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Projecting USA Hockey’s roster for the 2022 World Junior Championship

By Jeff CoxJanuary 8, 2021

Brett Berard (East Greenwich, R.I.) should be a key forward for the 2022 U.S. world juniors team. (Getty Images)

Now that USA Hockey has won gold at the 2021 World Junior Championship, attention turns to who the Americans will bring back to Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta, for next year’s marquee event on the junior calendar.

USA Hockey has never won back-to-back gold medals at world juniors, and doing so in 2022 will be a tall order. MVP Trevor Zegras and his 27 career points at the tournament will have aged out, as will star goaltender Spencer Knight (Darien, Conn.) and other key offensive players such as Matthew Boldy (Millis, Mass.), Cole Caufield, Arthur Kaliyev and Alex Turcotte.

The 2001 birth year was a special one for the U.S., so losing that group will prove challenging to replace. The ’02 class isn’t anywhere near as strong. The ’03 class is a little better, but the next real good American birth year is 2004.

Tags: 2021 World Junior Championship, 20212 World Junior Championship, Brett Berard, Drew Commesso, Matt Beniers, Team USA, USA Hockey, World Juniors

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