USA Hockey has announced the 25 players who will make up the 2022 U.S. National Junior Team set to compete in the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship from Aug. 9-20 in Edmonton.
The group returns 17 of the 25 that were originally rostered in December 2021 before the tournament was postponed.
The team also features four members of the 2021 U.S. National Junior Team that won a gold medal in Edmonton, including forwards Brett Berard (Providence) and Landon Slaggert (Notre Dame), and defensemen Brock Faber (Minnesota) and Tyler Kleven (North Dakota).
“We had a great week of camp followed by a pair of good pre-tournament games to help us finalize our roster,” said John Vanbiesbrouck, general manager of the 2022 U.S. National Junior Team and also the assistant executive director of hockey operations for USA Hockey, in a statement. “We had some spots to fill from December and we filled them in well. These are hard decisions, but we believe these are the 25 best players to achieve our goal.”
The roster, comprised of players born in 2002 or later, come from 17 different states. A total of 22 players are expected to play college hockey this upcoming season.
FORWARDS
Brett Berard, Providence
Thomas Bordeleau, Michigan (signed with San Jose in offseason)
Logan Cooley, Minnesota
Matt Coronato, Harvard
Riley Duran, Providence
Dominic James, Minnesota Duluth
Matt Knies, Minnesota
Carter Mazur, Denver
Hunter McKown, Colorado College
Sasha Pastujov, Guelph (OHL)
Mackie Samoskevich, Michigan
Red Savage, Miami
Landon Slaggert, Notre Dame
Charlie Stramel, Wisconsin
DEFENSEMEN
Sean Behrens, Denver
Brock Faber, Minnesota
Luke Hughes, Michigan
Wyatt Kaiser, Minnesota Duluth
Tyler Kleven, North Dakota
Ian Moore, Harvard
Jack Peart, St. Cloud State
Jacob Truscott, Michigan
GOALIES
Remington Keopple, Cornell
Kaidan Mbereko, Colorado College
Andrew Oke, Saginaw (OHL)
Team USA is set to face Germany in its first preliminary round game Aug. 9 at Rogers Place with faceoff set for 8 p.m. local time/10 p.m. ET. All games will be televised live on NHL Network.
Nate Leaman (Providence) is the head coach of the 2022 U.S. National Junior Team with Grant Potulny (Northern Michigan), Kris Mayotte (Colorado College), and Steve Miller (Minnesota) serving as assistant coaches, and Theresa Feaster (Providence) as video coach.
The United States enters the event having earned medals in five of the last six tournaments, including most recently winning its fifth gold medal in 2021 in Edmonton. To date, the U.S. National Junior Team has claimed 13 medals, including five gold (2021, 2017, 2013, 2010, 2004), two silver (2019, 1997) and six bronze (2018, 2016, 2011, 2007, 1992, 1986).
