World Juniors Preview: Canada vs. Czechia
CALGARY, Alta. – With lower than one month till the puck drops on the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship, Hockey Canada has introduced the 29 gamers who’ve earned an invite to Canada’s National Junior Team choice camp, set for Dec. 9-12 on the Avenir Centre in Moncton, N.B.
Four goaltenders, 9 defencemen and 16 forwards had been chosen by Alan Millar (Tottenham, Ont.), director of participant personnel, and James Boyd (Midland, Ont./Ottawa, OHL), the U20 lead for the Program of Excellence administration group, with assist from Scott Salmond (Creston, B.C.), senior vice-president of hockey operations. Head coach Dennis Williams (Stratford, Ont./Everett, WHL) and assistant coaches Stéphane Julien (Shawinigan, Que./Sherbrooke, QMJHL), Brent Kisio (Calgary, Alta./Lethbridge, WHL) and Alan Letang (Renfrew, Ont./Sarnia, OHL), in addition to goaltending marketing consultant Kelly Guard (Prince Albert, Sask./Prince Albert, WHL) and coaches and common managers throughout the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), additionally offered enter.
Among the 29 gamers competing for an opportunity to characterize Canada on the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship in Halifax and Moncton are 10 gamers who received a gold medal on the 2022 World Juniors in Edmonton (Bedard, Del Mastro, Gaucher, Kidney, Lambos, Ostapchuk, Othmann, Roy, Stankoven, Zellweger).
“We are excited to unveil the 29 players who will begin our journey at selection camp in Moncton as we look ahead to the 2023 World Juniors,” mentioned Millar. “This is an experienced and skilled group, and we expect a competitive selection camp that will lead to difficult decisions when naming a final roster. We are excited about the players who have earned invites to camp, and we look forward to assembling a roster that will wear the Maple Leaf with pride this holiday season.”
Selection camp will embody practices and a pair of video games in opposition to a staff of U SPORTS all-stars, Dec. 11 at 2 p.m. AT and Dec. 12 at 12 p.m. AT. Moncton ticket packages embody one ticket for each video games, whereas followers who haven’t bought a ticket package deal should buy single-game tickets to every U SPORTS recreation for as little as $15 plus charges at HockeyCanada.ca/WorldJuniors.
Following choice camp, Canada’s National Junior Team will title its closing roster for the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship on Dec. 12.
“We are excited to host our selection camp in Moncton and give fans in New Brunswick the opportunity to see the best under-20 Canadian players before the start of the World Juniors,” mentioned Salmond. “While we continue to have discussions with NHL teams regarding additional players that may be available to attend camp, we are thrilled for the 29 players that have been named to our camp roster and we look forward to taking on a strong U SPORTS team as part of our evaluation process.”
Canada’s National Junior Team may also maintain a five-day coaching camp on the Garcelon Civic Centre in St. Stephen, N.B., from Dec. 14-18 in preparation for the 2023 World Juniors earlier than taking up Switzerland, Slovakia and Finland in pre-tournament motion.
The 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship begins on Boxing Day with 4 video games, together with Canada taking up Czechia on the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax at 7:30 p.m. AT. TSN and RDS, the official broadcast companions of Hockey Canada, will as soon as once more present intensive protection of the occasion, broadcasting all 31 event video games, in addition to all three Team Canada pre-tournament video games. TSN Radio may also present complete event protection.
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