World Juniors Preview: Canada vs. United States
A better have a look at Canadian content material from Nashville – from Connor Bedard to Tyler Peddle
After one other profitable NHL Draft, one factor stays clear – no nation
develops hockey gamers fairly like Canada.
In complete, greater than one-third of the gamers who had their names known as in
Nashville – 87 of 224 – hail from north of the forty ninth parallel. (That
consists of gamers who have been born outdoors the nation however are merchandise of the
Canadian hockey system, like No. 37 decide Ethan Gauthier.)
The record options illustration from 10 Members, and 33 who’ve worn the
Maple Leaf in worldwide competitors.
The red-and-white run began from the highest, with two-time IIHF World
Championship gold medallist Connor Bedard going No. 1 to the Chicago
Blackhawks. The North Vancouver, B.C., native is simply the second participant
from Canada’s westernmost province to be taken with the primary decide, becoming a member of
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (2012).
CONNOR BEDARD IS A CHICAGO BLACKHAWK pic.twitter.com/7mZD3btVSM
— Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) June 28, 2023
Bedard rewrote the World Juniors file ebook, setting all-time data for targets (17) and factors (36) by a Canadian.
Adam Fantilli adopted rapidly behind, going to the Columbus Blue Jackets
with the third decide. He had a historic 2022-23 season on the worldwide
stage, turning into simply the second Canadian – after Jonathan Toews (2007) – to
win gold on the IIHF World Championship and IIHF World Junior Championship
in the identical season.
Canadians accounted for 12 of the 32 first-round picks; that record included
seven gamers who helped Canada win gold on the 2022 Hlinka Gretzky Cup in
Red Deer (Barlow, Benson, Bonk, Molendyk, Ritchie, Wood, Yager) and three
who earned bronze on the 2023 IIHF U18 World Championship (Barlow, Ritchie,
Wood).
The Canadian Hockey League (CHL) was nicely represented among the many Canadian
contingent; 68 of the 87 gamers chosen have been merchandise of CHL applications,
from 39 completely different groups – led by six members of the WHL champion Seattle
Thunderbirds. The Western Hockey League and Ontario Hockey League led the
method with 29 picks every, adopted by the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
with 10.
The Seattle Thunderbirds (Hanzel, Milic, Myatovic, Mynio, Ratzlaff, Sawchyn) paced
all membership groups with six gamers chosen, whereas the Brantford Bulldogs (Brown, Lardis, Thomas, Xhekaj), Flint Firebirds (Bertucci, Day, Hay, Pitre), London Knights (Barkey, Bonk, Cowan, Julien) and Ottawa 67’s (Foster, Gardiner, Mayich, Pinelli) had 4 apiece.
CANADIAN PLAYERS DRAFTED – BY MEMBER
Ontario Hockey Federation (34) – Beau Akey, Cam Allen, Matthew Andonovski,
Denver Barkey, Colby Barlow, Tristan Bertucci, Sebastian Bradshaw, Cole
Brown, Jonathan Castagna, Warren Clark, Easton Cowan, Nathaniel Day, Adam
Fantilli, Cooper Foster, Brad Gardiner, Andrew Gibson, Ethan Hay, Jacob
Julien, Larry Keenan, Nick Lardis, Angus MacDonell, Ryan MacPherson,
Matthew Mayich, Ethan Miedema, Alex Pharand, Luca Pinelli, Coulson Pitre,
Carson Rehkopf, Calum Ritchie, Ryan Roobroeck, Konnor Smith, Patrick
Thomas, Zaccharya Wisdom, Florian Xhekaj
BC Hockey (19) – Owen Beckner, Connor Bedard, Zach Benson, Luca Cagnoni,
Aiden Celebrini, Andrew Cristall, Lukas Dragicevic, Terrell Goldsmith,
Kaden Hammell, Jeremy Hanzel, Justin Kipkie, Connor Levis, Thomas Milic,
Tanner Molendyk, Nico Myatovic, Sawyer Mynio, Austin Roest, Hoyt Stanley,
Matthew Wood
Hockey Alberta (8) – Nate Danielson, Aiden Fink, Emmitt Finnie, Brett
Hyland, Ty Mueller, Scott Ratzlaff, Gracyn Sawchyn, Koehn Ziemmer
Hockey Saskatchewan (8) – Noah Chadwick, Riley Heidt, Kalan Lind, Hudson
Malinoski, Kalem Parker, Matthew Perkins, Caden Price, Brayden Yager
Hockey Quebec (7) – Mathieu Cataford, Ethan Gauthier, Justin Gill, Rudy
Guimond, Charles-Olivier Legault, Quinton Miller, Étienne Morin,
Hockey Manitoba (3) – Carson Bjarnason, Jayden Perron, Carter Sotheran
Hockey New Brunswick (3) – Dylan MacKinnon, Matteo Mann, Bradly Nadeau
Hockey Eastern Ontario (2) – Oliver Bonk, Quinton Burns
Hockey P.E.I. (2) – Luke Coughlin, Cam Squires
Hockey Nova Scotia (1) – Tyler Peddle
CANADIAN PLAYERS DRAFTED – BY INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
2023 National Men’s Team
Adam Fantilli
2023 National Junior Team
Connor Bedard, Adam Fantilli, Thomas Milic
2022 National Junior Team
Connor Bedard
2023 National Men’s Under-18 Team
Cam Allen, Colby Barlow, Tristan Bertucci, Carson Bjarnason, Quinton Burns,
Andrew Cristall, Lukas Dragicevic, Andrew Gibson, Riley Heidt, Nick Lardis,
Angus MacDonell, Étienne Morin, Alex Pharand, Caden Price, Calum Ritchie,
Matthew Wood
2022 National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team
Cam Allen, Denver Barkey, Colby Barlow, Zach Benson, Carson Bjarnason,
Oliver Bonk, Mathieu Cataford, Andrew Cristall, Ethan Gauthier, Riley
Heidt, Kalan Lind, Dylan MacKinnon, Tanner Molendyk, Caden Price, Scott
Ratzlaff, Carson Rehkopf, Calum Ritchie, Matthew Wood, Brayden Yager
2022 National Men’s Under-18 Team
Connor Bedard, Lukas Dragicevic, Adam Fantilli, Kalem Parker, Matthew Wood
2021 National Men’s Under-18 Team
Connor Bedard, Thomas Milic
2019 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge
Charles-Olivier Legault (White), Thomas Milic (Red)
2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games
Nate Danielson, Adam Fantilli
2022 World Junior A Challenge
Aiden Celebrini (West), Aiden Fink (West), Hudson Malinoski (West)
