Sixteen current or future NCAA players representing 10 schools are among the 29 players who will attend the pre-tournament training camp for the U.S. National Junior Team, to be held Dec. 14-18 at Boston University.
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Two current and three future BU Terriers lead all schools in terms of representation on the roster. Boston College and North Dakota both have two current players selected.
Two defensemen - Minnesota's Ryan Collins and Michigan's Zach Werenski - made the preliminary roster after playing for the U.S. in last year's World Junior Champiuonship.
The 23-man final roster will be announced by Dec. 24. The 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship is set for Dec. 26 to Jan. 5 in Helsinki, Finland.
NCAA Players on the U.S. Preliminary Roster
| Keifer Bellows | Boston University* |
| Louie Belpedio | Miami |
| Anders Bjork | Notre Dame |
| Brock Boeser | North Dakota |
| Will Borgen | St. Cloud State |
| Ryan Collins | Minnesota |
| Ryan Donato | Harvard |
| Casey Fitzgerald | Boston College |
| Brandon Fortunato | Boston University |
| Ryan Hitchcock | Yale |
| Clayton Keller | Boston University* |
| Chad Krys | Boston University* |
| Charlie McAvoy | Boston University |
| Nick Schmaltz | North Dakota |
| Zach Werenski | Michigan |
| Colin White | Boston College |
| * 2016 commit |