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Returning Players: 9 (7 from 2017 World Jr. roster; 2 additional from 2017 camp)
NHL Draft Picks: 32
Players with CHL experience: 29
Points leader: Tyler Steenbergen (Swift Current, WHL), 61
Goals leader: Tyler Steenbergen (Swift Current, WHL), 35
Assists leader: Jordan Kyrou (Sarnia, OHL), 39
Memorial Cup Champions: 4
Major Award Winners: 3
Canada’s World Junior Team hopefuls will look to cement their spots for the 2018 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship with a three-game Selection Camp in St. Catharines, Ont., – including two against the U SPORTS All-Stars and a contest against Denmark. Team Canada boasts nine returning players to this year’s camp – seven of whom made last year’s World Junior roster, and a pair who took part in the 2017 camp, including Montreal Canadiens defenceman Victor Mete who was loaned to the squad on Monday.
Canada is coming off a silver medal performance in last year’s tournament after falling to the United States 5-4 in a shootout in the gold medal game. Dominique Ducharme, head coach of the QMJHL’s Drummondville Voltigeurs and a former assistant at the U SPORTS level with the UQTR Patriotes, is back behind the junior national bench for a second straight year.
U SPORTS ALL-STAR SERIES SCHEDULE
Wednesday, Dec. 13 (Meridian Centre)
Game Day Skate, 11:00 – 11:30 a.m. ET / 8:00 – 8:30 a.m. PT
* Media availability after practice
Game vs. Team Canada, 7:00 p.m. ET / 4:00 p.m. PT
Thursday, Dec. 14 (Meridian Centre)
Game Day Skate, 10:00 – 10:30 a.m. ET / 7:00 – 7:30 a.m. PT
* Media availability after practice
Game vs. Team Canada, 4:00 p.m. ET / 1:00 p.m. PT
All games livestreamed at TSN GO.
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