The 2018 World Junior Championships are right around the corner. Countries are starting to pick their teams. 15 forwards, 10 defencemen and three goaltenders were named to the Team USA Selection Camp Roster for the 2018 World Junior Hockey Championships today.\u00a0 The 28-man camp roster will eventually need to be whittled\u00a0down to a 22-man final roster, likely 13 forwards, seven defenceman and two goaltenders.<\/p>\n
The team is highlighted by Dallas Stars<\/a>\u00a0prospect Jake Oettinger<\/strong><\/a>, New York Islanders<\/a> prospect Kieffer Bellows<\/strong><\/a>, Montreal Canadiens<\/a> prospect Ryan Poehling<\/strong><\/a>, Ottawa Senators<\/a> prospect Logan Brown<\/a><\/strong><\/a>, Buffalo Sabres<\/a> draftee Casey Mittlestadt<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Edmonton\u00a0Oilers<\/a>\u00a0 prospect\u00a0Kailer Yamamoto<\/a><\/strong><\/a>, 2018 draft eligibles Quinn Hughes<\/strong><\/a>, and Brady Tkachuk.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n GOALTENDERS:<\/b><\/p>\n Jake Oettinger, Boston University, H-EAST (Dallas Stars); DEFENSEMEN:<\/b><\/p>\n Michael Anderson, Minnesota-Duluth, NCHC (Los Angeles Kings); FORWARDS:<\/b><\/p>\n Joey Anderson, Minnesota-Duluth, NCHC (New Jersey Devils); <\/p>\n BUFFALO, NY – SEPTEMBER 21: Brady Tkachuk #9 of Team Leetch during the CCM\/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game against Team Chelios at the KeyBank Center on September 21, 2017 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Kevin Hoffman\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 2018 World Junior Championships are right around the corner. Countries are starting to pick their teams. 15 forwards, 10 defencemen and three goaltenders were named to the Team USA Selection Camp Roster for the 2018 World Junior Hockey Championships today.\u00a0 The 28-man camp roster will eventually need to be whittled\u00a0down to a 22-man final […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34,304,309],"tags":[2879,2133,1611,2303,2138,946,617],"class_list":["post-19925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-international-hockey","category-nhl-top-prospects","tag-2018-world-junior-hockey-championship","tag-brady-tkachuk","tag-jake-oettinger","tag-kieffer-bellows","tag-quinn-hughes","tag-ryan-poehling","tag-team-usa"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}World Juniors: Team USA Selection Camp Roster Named<\/h1>\n
\nJeremy Swayman, Maine, H-EAST (Boston Bruins);
\nJoseph Woll, Boston College, H-EAST (Toronto Maple Leafs)<\/p>\n
\nAdam Fox, Harvard, ECAC (Calgary Flames);
\nQuintin Hughes, Michigan, BIG10 (2018 draft eligible);
\nCole Hults, Penn State, BIG10 (Los Angeles Kings);
\nPhilip Kemp, Yale, ECAC (Edmonton Oilers);
\nRyan Lindgren, Minnesota, BIG10 (Boston Bruins);
\nAndrew Peeke, Notre Dame, H-EAST (Columbus Blue Jackets);
\nScott Perunovich, Minnesota-Duluth, NCHC (2018 draft eligible);
\nDylan Samberg, Minnesota-Duluth, NCHC (Winnipeg Jets);
\nReilly Walsh, Harvard, ECAC (New Jersey Devils)<\/p>\n
\nJack Badini, Harvard, ECAC (Anaheim Ducks);
\nKieffer Bellows, Portland, WHL (New York Islanders);
\nLogan Brown, Windsor, OHL (Ottawa Senators);
\nTrent Frederic, Wisconsin, BIG10 (Boston Bruins);
\nPatrick Harper, Boston University, H-EAST (Nashville Predators);
\nMax Jones, London, OHL (Anaheim Ducks);
\nWilliam Lockwood, Michigan, BIG10 (Vancouver Canucks);
\nHugh McGing, Western Michigan, WCHA (2018 draft eligible);
\nCasey Mittelstadt, Minnesota, BIG10 (Buffalo Sabres);
\nJoshua Norris, Michigan, BIG10 (San Jose Sharks);
\nRyan Poehling, St. Cloud State, NCHC (Montreal Canadiens);
\nBrady Tkachuk, Boston University, H-EAST (2018 draft eligible);
\nRiley Tufte, Minnesota-Duluth, NCHC (Dallas Stars);
\nKailer Yamamoto, Spokane, WHL (Edmonton Oilers)<\/p>\n