USA Hockey named 22 current or former NCAA players among the 27-man preliminary roster for the 2017 U.S. National Junior Team, revealed Monday on NHL Network.
USA Hockey Announcement | Finns Pick NCAA Players | Two to Attend Canada Camp
Seven players from Boston University headline the group that will contend to play for St. Cloud State head coach Bob Motzko at the 2017 World Junior Championship. The group will attend training camp Dec. 16-20 in Buffalo, N.Y., prior to heading to the tournament that runs Dec. 26 through Jan. 5 in Toronto and Montreal.
In addition to Boston University, 12 other schools have players on the roster. Boston College has three representatives and 11 schools have one each.
Jack Roslovic, a freshman at Miami last year, is with the AHL's Manitoba Moose this year. The other 21 players with NCAA ties are all current players.
United States National Junior Team Preliminary Roster
| Goaltenders | |
| Jake Oettinger | Boston University |
| Tyler Parsons | |
| Joseph Woll | Boston College |
| Defensemen | |
| Jack Ahcan | St. Cloud State |
| Joe Cecconi | Michigan |
| Casey Fitzgerald | Boston College |
| Adam Fox | Harvard |
| Caleb Jones | |
| Chad Krys | Boston University |
| Ryan Lindgren | Minnesota |
| Charlie McAvoy | Boston University |
| Forwards | |
| Joey Anderson | Minnesota Duluth |
| Kieffer Bellows | Boston University |
| Brock Boeser | North Dakota |
| Jeremy Bracco | |
| Logan Brown | |
| Alex DeBrincat | |
| Erik Foley | Providence |
| Jordan Greenway | Boston University |
| Patrick Harper | Boston University |
| Clayton Keller | Boston University |
| Luke Kunin | Wisconsin |
| Tanner Laczynski | Ohio State |
| Jack Roslovic | Miami* |
| Troy Terry | Denver |
| Tage Thompson | Connecticut |
| Colin White | Boston College |
| * Former player | |