USA Hockey names final roster for 2022 World Juniors

On Tuesday, USA Hockey announced it's final 25-man roster for the upcoming 2022 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta.

USA's roster includes three goaltenders, eight defenceman and fourteen forwards. Six of the twenty-five players are returning from last year's gold medal winning team.

"I think it's a completely different team," Matty Beniers said. "We got a lot of familiar faces, which is really nice, and I think it helps that we have a lot of people who are comfortable with each other already."

He added, "I think we did something very special last year and it was really awesome, but we have to turn the page. We have to remember what worked and what didn't work and implement that into the team this year...try to do it even better."

"We have had a long process evaluating this team dating back to the summer showcase (in July) and scouting these players throughout their seasons," USA general manager John Vanbiesbrouck said. "We had a great camp and our players and staff have done everything we've asked of them. We believe in these 25 players and we all have the same goal heading into Alberta."

Team USA *- indicates returning player.

Goaltenders (3): Drew Commesso, Kaidan Mbereko, Dylan Silverstein.

Defencemen (8): *Brock Faber, Luke Hughes, Wyatt Kaiser, *Tyler Kleven, Ian Moore, Scott Morrow, Jack Peart, *Jake Sanderson.

Forwards (14): *Matty Beniers, *Brett Berard, Logan Cooley, Matt Coronato, Tanner Dickinson, Dominic James, Matthew Knies, Chaz Lucius, Carter Mazur, Sasha Pastujov, Mackie Samoskevich, Redmond Savage, *Landon Slaggert, Ty Smilanic.

The United States will kick off their quest for back-to-back gold medals on Sunday, December 26th vs Slovakia. They'll also take on Switzerland on December 28th, Sweden on December 29th, before wrapping up the group stage on December 31st against Russia.

Source: USA Hockey.

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