Rickard Hugg named to preliminary roster for Team Sweden at World Juniors

Kitchener Rangers’ Swedish forward, Rickard Hugg has been selected by Team Sweden to the preliminary roster for the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship. Hugg currently leads the Rangers in points with 32 and is second in goals with 13.

Camp Roster (Sweden)

Goaltenders:
Adam Åhman
Samuel Ersson
Olle Eriksson Ek

Defencemen:
Adam Boqvist
Jakob Ragnarsson
Adam Ginning
Timothy Liljegren
Rasmus Sandin
Nils Lundkvist
Erik Brännström
Filip Westerlund

Forwards:
Emil Bemström
Samuel Fagemo
Johan Södergran
Hugo Leufvenius
Oskar Bäck
Filip Svenningsson
Jacob Olofson
Filip Hållander
Nils Höglander
Lucas Elvenes
Rickard Hugg
David Gustafsson
Fabian Zetterlund
Pontus Holmberg

The pre-tournament will take place from December 18-23 in BC. Following the six-day camp, each team will then announce their final rosters for the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship in Vancouver and Victoria, BC from December 26- January 5.