Etem and Tinordi Named Alternate Captains for USA

CHL players Emerson Etem (Long Beach, Calif./Medicine Hat Tigers) and Jarred Tinordi (Millersville, Md./London Knights) have been named Alternate Captains for the U.S National Junior Team that is set to compete in the 2012 IIHF World Junior Championship.

Etem earned a bronze medal with Team USA last year, while Tinordi will be making his first U.S. National Junior Team appearance.

Both Etem and Tinordi were selected in the first round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft with Etem a prospect of the Anaheim Ducks, while Tinordi is a Montreal Canadiens prospect.  Both players are currently captains of their CHL club teams.

Returning forward Jason Zucker will captain Team USA that includes a total of seven CHL players.

The 2012 IIHF World Junior Championship will take place from Dec. 26, 2011-Jan. 5, 2012, in Edmonton and Calgary, Alta. Team USA will play its first preliminary-round game on Monday (Dec. 26) against Denmark. The game will be televised live on NHL Network U.S., and will start at 8 p.m. EST.