Eight New England natives will participate in the 2018 World Junior Summer Showcase that starts July 28 in Kamloops, British Columbia. USA Hockey splits its roster into two teams – Blue and White – for the first few days of the camp, then cuts it down to one for the final few days. Canada, Finland...
Eight New England natives will participate in the 2018 World Junior Summer Showcase that starts July 28 in Kamloops, British Columbia.
USA Hockey splits its roster into two teams – Blue and White – for the first few days of the camp, then cuts it down to one for the final few days. Canada, Finland and Sweden are the other teams at the showcase.
The showcase is meant as an evaluation for players hoping to earn a spot on the U.S. team for the 2019 World Junior Championship, which will take place in Vancouver, British Columbia. At 2018's version of the tournament, the U.S. took home a bronze medal over the Czech Republic.
New England Natives
Defenseman Reilly Walsh (North Falmouth, Mass./Harvard), forward Jake Wise (North Andover, Mass./Boston University) and goaltender Keith Petruzzelli (Wilbraham, Mass./Quinnipiac) will compete on Team USA Blue.
Defensemen Phil Kemp (Greenwich, Conn./Yale) and Ben Mirageas (Newburyport, Mass./Providence), forwards Jay O’Brien (Hingham, Mass./Providence) and Oliver Wahlstrom (Yarmouth, Maine/Boston College), and goaltender Spencer Knight (Darien, Conn./U.S. NTDP U18) will play on Team USA White.
New England Connections
Several players from outside of the region who play for teams in New England will be in Kamloops as well, including Boston University left wing Brady Tkachuk, the fourth overall pick of the Ottawa Senators at the 2018 NHL Draft. Tkachuk will skate for Team USA Blue. Forwards Logan Cockerill (Boston University) and Logan Hutsko (Boston College), plus defenseman David Farrance (Boston University), will also play for Team USA Blue.
Forwards Jack Drury (Harvard), Joel Farabee (Boston University) and Curtis Hall (Yale), as well as goaltender Cayden Primeau (Northeastern), will lace up the skates for Team USA White.
The U.S. have medaled in back-to-back tournaments, taking home Gold in 2017.
