With the World Junior A Challenge (WJAC) just days away and the tryout camps now complete, the roster for Team Canada West has been named.
| 10 | Reilly Funk | Forward | L | 6’3 | 190 | 12-23-2000 | Portage la Prairie, Man. | Portage (MJHL) | |
| 11 | Alexander Campbell | Forward | L | 5’11 | 155 | 02-27-2001 | Châteauguay, Que. | Victoria (BCHL) | |
| 12 | Mathieu Gosselin | Forward | R | 5’9 | 160 | 05-18-1999 | Quebec City, Que. | Merritt (BCHL) | |
| 15 | Dylan Holloway | Forward | L | 6’1 | 192 | 09-23-2001 | Bragg Creek, Alta. | Okotoks (AJHL) | |
| 16 | Harrison Blaisdell | Forward | L | 5’11 | 173 | 03-18-2001 | Abbotsford, B.C. | Chilliwack (BCHL) | |
| 17 | Riley Hughes | Forward | R | 6’1 | 180 | 06-27-2000 | Westwood, Mass. | Victoria (BCHL) | |
| 18 | Massimo Rizzo | Forward | L | 5’10 | 180 | 06-13-2001 | Burnaby, B.C. | Penticton (BCHL) | |
| 19 | Austin Wong | Forward | R | 5’11 | 196 | 10-26-2000 | Cochrane, Alta. | Okotoks (AJHL) | |
| 20 | David Silye | Forward | R | 5’11 | 184 | 03-02-1999 | Arnprior, Ont. | Penticton (BCHL) | |
| 21 | Ethan Leyh | Forward | L | 6’0 | 187 | 01-28-2001 | Port Moody, B.C. | Langley (BCHL) | |
| 22 | Alex Newhook | Forward | L | 5’11 | 190 | 01-28-2001 | St. John’s, N.L. | Victoria (BCHL) | |
| 23 | Matt Osadick | Forward | L | 5’11 | 180 | 02-08-2000 | Grande Pointe, Man. | Swan Valley (MJHL) | |
| 24 | Alex Swetlikoff | Forward | L | 6’3 | 190 | 07-06-2001 | Kelowna, B.C. | Vernon (BCHL) | |
| 2 | Jérémie Bucheler | Defence | R | 6’4 | 205 | 03-31-2000 | Saint-Laurent, Que. | Victoria (BCHL) | |
| 3 | Mason Snell | Defence | L | 6’0 | 195 | 06-18-2000 | Clarington, Ont. | Penticton (BCHL) | |
| 4 | Jack Judson | Defence | R | 6’0 | 175 | 02-26-2000 | White Rock, B.C. | Vernon (BCHL) | |
| 5 | Luke Bast | Defence | L | 5’9 | 170 | 11-20-2000 | Red Deer, Alta. | Brooks (AJHL) | |
| 6 | Carter Berger | Defence | L | 6’1 | 200 | 09-17-1999 | North Vancouver, B.C. | Victoria (BCHL) | |
| 7 | T.J. Lloyd | Defence | R | 5’8 | 179 | 11-15-1999 | Lloydminster, Alta. | Spruce Grove (AJHL) | |
| 8 | Layton Ahac | Defence | L | 6’3 | 195 | 02-22-2001 | North Vancouver, B.C. | Prince George (BCHL) |
| # | Player | Pos | Catches | Height | Weight | DOB | Hometown | Current Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Davis | Goaltender | R | 5’11 | 173 | 06-16-2001 | Calgary, Alta. | Spruce Grove (AJHL) | |
| 31 | Matthew Radomsky | Goaltender | L | 6’2 | 185 | 06-21-1999 | Winnipeg, Man. | Steinbach (MJHL) |
The roster of 13 forwards, seven defencemen and two goaltenders is made up of players from the BCHL, AJHL and MJHL. Players from the SJHL and the Superior International Junior Hockey League (SIJHL) tried out as well but none were able to make the final roster.
The tournament runs from Dec. 9 to 16 in Bonnyville, Alta. This year, the WJAC is a five-team round-robin tournament as opposed to the six-team event with two pools as it had been in years’ past. The other teams competing this year are Canada East, Russsia, the United States and the Czech Republic.
Team Canada West is the defending gold medalist in the WJAC as they prevailed 5-1 over the United States in last year’s event in Truro, N.S.
Some notable names to play in the WJAC over the years include Jacob Bernard-Docker, Brock Boeser, Alexander Burmistrov, Dennis Cholowski, Joe Colborne, Kyle Connor, Grigori Denisenko, Nikolaj Ehlers, Dante Fabbro, Nikita Filatov, Mikhail Grigorenko, Denis Guryanov, Tyson Jost, Dmitri Kulikov, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Elias Lindholm, Hampus Lindholm, Cale Makar, John Moore, Vladislav Namestnikov, Riley Nash, Valeri Nichushkin, Dylan Olsen, David Pastrnak, German Rubtsov, Ilya Samsonov, Jordan Schmaltz, Nick Schmaltz, Jaden Schwartz, Brendan Smith, Andrei Svechnikov, Evgeny Svechnikov, Vladimir Tarasenko, Kyle Turris, Alexander Wennberg, Andrei Vasilevski, Jakub Vrana, Nail Yakupov and Jakub Zboril.
