Team Canada 2022 World Junior Championship Roster Finalized
World Juniors are a little over a week away, and rosters are being finalized in the days leading up. After the 2022 WJC was postponed citing COVID protocol, it's a variation of Christmas in July for hockey fans. Except it's a hockey tournament in August.
Team Canada released their final rosters today:
F Connor Bedard
F Will Cuylle (NYR)
F Elliot Desnoyers (PHI)
F William Dufour (NYI)
F Tyson Foerster (PHI)
F Nathan Gaucher (ANA)
F Ridly Greig (OTT)
F Kent Johnson (CBJ)
F Riley Kidney (MTL)
F Mason McTavish (ANA)
F Zack Ostapchuk (OTT)
F Brennan Othmann (NYR)
F Joshua Roy (MTL)
F Logan Stankoven (DAL)
D Lukas Cormier (VGK)
D Daemon Hunt (MIN)
D Carson Lambos (MIN)
D Ryan O'Rourke (MIN)
D Donovan Sebrango (DET)
D Ronan Seeley (CAR)
D Jack Thompson (TBL)
D Olen Zellweger (ANA)
G Brett Brochu
G Sebastian Cossa (DET)
G Dylan Garand (NYR)
Connor Bedard stands out as the only undrafted player on Team Canada. Projected to be drafted #1 overall next summer, he will be a player to watch for sure.
Big-time omissions include Chase Stillman (NJD), Brandt Clarke (LAK), Denton Mateychuk (CBJ), and Zachary L'Heureux (NSH).
Puck drop for World Juniors is Tuesday August 9 in Edmonton, AB.
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Mikko Rantanen | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Jake Debrusk | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Dylan Guenther | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Connor McDavid | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Ivan Barbashev | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Jack Eichel | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Brock Nelson | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Valeri Nichushkin | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Clayton Keller | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Anthony Cirelli | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Jonathan Drouin | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Roman Josi | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Kirill Marchenko | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Kyle Palmieri | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Artemi Panarin | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Sebastian Aho | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Evan Bouchard | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Leon Draisaitl | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Matt Duchene | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 21 | 17 | 4 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 30 | |
Devils | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 30 | |
Hurricanes | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 29 | |
Golden Knights | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 27 | |
Flames | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 27 | |
Stars | 19 | 13 | 6 | - | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||