Monday, July 22, 2019
Summer Showcase Features NCAA Stars
Nineteen schools have players participating in World Junior preview event.
Dozens of college players will take the ice in the 2019 World Junior Summer Showcase, set for July 26 through Aug. 3 at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth, Mich.
The showcase serves as an evaluation camp for the 2020 United States National Junior Team and features two U.S. teams plus entries from Canada, Finland and Sweden.
In addition, the event provides a look at some of college hockey’s top talent in 2019-20, including many players who will be impact freshmen. The U.S. rosters feature 38 NCAA players, representing 19 schools. All but three former NCAA players will be playing college hockey in 2019-20.
Boston College and Wisconsin lead all schools with five players on the U.S. rosters; Boston University boasts four, while Minnesota and Notre Dame each have three.
Canada’s roster features five college players: Jacob Bernard-Docker and Jonny Tychonick of North Dakota, Jack McBain and Alex Newhook of Boston College, and Peter Diliberatore of Quinnipiac. Finland’s roster features Minnesota sophomore Sampo Ranta, while Sewden’s includes future Michigan goaltender Erik Portillo.
HockeyTV and NHL Network will provide coverage of the 2019 World Junior Summer Showcase, with NHL Network carrying the final six games of the event (July 31-Aug. 3).
Minnesota Duluth’s Scott Sandelin is the head coach of the 2020 U.S. National Junior Team, with assistant coaches David Lassonde (Dartmouth), Steve Miller (Ohio State), Brett Larson (St. Cloud State) and Jerry Keefe (Northeastern).
| U.S. Team Blue | ||
| No. | Name | NCAA Team |
| Goaltenders | ||
| 1 | Isaiah Saville | Omaha |
| 30 | Spencer Knight | Boston College |
Defensemen |
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| 2 | Mattias Samuelsson | Western Michigan |
| 3 | Ty Emberson | Wisconsin |
| 4 | Ryan Johnson | Minnesota |
| 5 | Christian Krygier | Michigan State |
| 6 | Jackson LaCombe | Minnesota |
| 7 | Spencer Stastney | Notre Dame |
| 8 | Cam York | Michigan |
| 11 | Marshall Warren | Boston College |
Forwards |
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| 12 | Bobby Brink | Denver |
| 14 | Cole Caufield | Wisconsin |
| 15 | Joel Farabee | Boston University* |
| 16 | Parker Ford | Providence |
| 17 | Jon Gruden | Miami* |
| 18 | John Beecher | Michigan |
| 19 | Alex Turcotte | Wisconsin |
| 20 | Luke Loheit | Minnesota Duluth |
| 21 | Blake McLaughlin | Minnesota |
| 22 | Owen Lindmark | Wisconsin |
| 23 | Shane Pinto | North Dakota |
| 25 | Luke Toporowski | |
| U.S. Team White | ||
| No. | Name | NCAA Team |
| Goaltenders | ||
| 1 | Drew DeRidder | Michigan State |
| 30 | Dustin Wolf | |
Defensemen |
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| 2 | Alex Vlasic | Boston University |
| 3 | Slava Demin | Denver |
| 4 | Drew Helleson | Boston College |
| 5 | Jordan Harris | Northeastern |
| 6 | Zac Jones | Massachusetts |
| 7 | Case McCarthy | Boston University |
| 8 | Bode Wilde | |
| 11 | K’Andre Miller | Wisconsin |
Forwards |
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| 9 | Matthew Boldy | Boston College |
| 10 | Jack Drury | Harvard |
| 14 | Nick Robertson | |
| 15 | John Farinacci | Harvard |
| 16 | Trevor Janicke | Notre Dame |
| 17 | Blade Jenkins | |
| 18 | Curtis Hall | Yale |
| 19 | Arthur Kaliyev | |
| 20 | Jacob Pivonka | Notre Dame |
| 21 | Trevor Zegras | Boston University |
| 22 | Demetrios Koumontzis | Arizona State |
| 25 | Oliver Wahlstrom | Boston College* |
Former player