Justin Barron named to Team Canada
2020-12-11
Mooseheads Captain Justin Barron has been named to Hockey Canada’s roster for the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship which will take place this holiday season from December 25th – January 5th in Edmonton, AB.
The 19-year-old from Halifax, NS made the team after surviving the final round of nine cuts made by Head Coach Andre Tourigny and the Hockey Canada staff earlier today. Barron impressed throughout the shortened camp which was interrupted by a 14-day quarantine. He scored goals in three of the four intrasquad scrimmages including a goal and an assist in the final game on Thursday night.
Barron becomes the eighth member of the Mooseheads to represent the team at the World Juniors and will look to help the team win a second straight gold medal after Jared McIsaac and Raphael Lavoie became the only Mooseheads players to capture gold in the tournament last year.
It’s been a massive few months for Barron who was selected in the first round, 25th overall, by the Colorado Avalanche in October’s NHL Entry Draft. He also made his return to game action with the Herd on October 23rd following corrective surgery to prevent blood clots from forming. He has one goal and three assists in eight games this season.
Mooseheads forward Senna Peeters will also participate in the 2021 World Juniors as a key player for Austria while Attilio Biasca is currently attending Switzerland’s camp where he is hoping to earn a spot on their squad.
List of players to represent the Mooseheads at the IIHF World Junior Championship:
Canada: Alex Tanguay (1998), Brandon Reid (2000), Nathan MacKinnon (2013), Jonathan Drouin (2013 & 2014), Zach Fucale (2014), Jared McIsaac (2019 & 2020), Raphael Lavoie (2020), Justin Barron (2021)
Czech Republic: Filip Zadina (2018), Martin Frk (2012 & 2013), Tomas Knotek (2009 & 2010), Jakub Voracek (2007 & 2008), Jiri Suchy (2007), Petr Vrana (2005)
Slovakia: Milan Jurcina (2002 & 2003), Ladislav Nagy (1999)
Switzerland: Nico Hischier (2017), Timo Meier (2015), Attilio Biasca (2021)
Denmark: Nikolaj Ehlers (2015)
Germany: Konrad Abeltshauser (2011)
Russia: Alexei Volkov (1999 & 2000)
Austria: Senna Peeters (2021)
