32 OHL Players to Compete at 2012 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship
Toronto, ON – The Canadian Hockey League today announced that a total of 68 CHL players are listed on official International Ice Hockey Federation rosters and will be competing in the 2012 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship beginning today in Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta.
The 68 players includes a representative from all 10 participating countries including Canada who leads the way with 21 CHL players followed by the Czech Republic with ten players, Slovakia with eight players, Switzerland and the United States each with seven players, Russia with six players, Sweden with four players, Finland and Latvia each with two players, and one player from Denmark.
In addition to the 68 CHL players, another 10 players participated in the 2011 SUBWAY Super Series with Team Russia.
The Ontario Hockey League leads the way with 32 players competing in the tournament followed by the Western Hockey League with 20 players, and the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with 16 players. 39 of the CHL’s 59 clubs are represented in the event with the OHL’s Niagara IceDogs producing a CHL-high four competing players, all of which are on Team Canada.
Last season, 55 CHL players competed in the 2011 IIHF World Junior Championship in Buffalo, New York.
The 2012 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship begins today with four games including Team Canada against Team Finland at 3:30 pm Eastern at Rexall Place in Edmonton.
CHL Players Competing at the 2012World Junior Hockey Championship:
Canada (21):
Nathan Beaulieu (Saint John Sea Dogs)
Michael Bournival (Shawinigan Cataractes)
Brett Connolly (Prince George Cougars)*
Brendan Gallagher (Vancouver Giants)
Brandon Gormley (Moncton Wildcats)
Dougie Hamilton (Niagara IceDogs)
Freddie Hamilton (Niagara IceDogs)
Scott Harrington (London Knights)
Quinton Howden (Moose Jaw Warriors)
Jonathan Huberdeau (Saint John Sea Dogs)
Boone Jenner (Oshawa Generals)
Ryan Murray (Everett Silvertips)
Jamie Oleksiak (Saginaw Spirit)
Tanner Pearson (Barrie Colts)
Mark Pysyk (Edmonton Oil Kings)
Mark Scheifele (Barrie Colts)
Devante Smith-Pelly (Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors)*
Mark Stone (Brandon Wheat Kings)
Ryan Strome (Niagara IceDogs)
Mark Visentin (Niagara IceDogs)
Scott Wedgewood (Plymouth Whalers)
*Connolly and Smith-Pelly are CHL graduates currently competing in the National Hockey League.
Czech Republic (10):
Jakub Culek (Rimouski Oceanic)
Radek Faksa (Kitchener Rangers)
Tomas Filippi (Baie-Comeau Drakkar)
Marek Hrbas (Kamloops Blazers)
Tomas Hyka (Gatineau Olympiques)
Petr Mrazek (Ottawa 67’s)
David Musil (Vancouver Giants)
Lukas Sedlak (Chicoutimi Sagueneens)
Petr Straka (Rimouski Oceanic)
Dominik Uher (Spokane Chiefs)
Denmark (1):
Nicklas Jensen (Oshawa Generals)
Finland (2):
Christopher Gibson (Chicoutimi Sagueneens)
Olli Maatta (London Knights)
Latvia (2):
Nikita Kolesnikovs (Blainville-Boisbriand Armada)
Kristians Pelss (Edmonton Oil Kings)
Russia (6):
Mikhail Grigorenko (Quebec Remparts)
Alexander Khokhlachev (Windsor Spitfires)
Artem Sergeyev (Val d’Or Foreurs)
Andrei Markov (Saskatoon Blades)
Ivan Telegin (Barrie Colts)
Nail Yakupov (Sarnia Sting)
In addition, the following ten Russian players competed in the 2011 SUBWAY Super Series against the CHL’s three regional league teams.
Victor Antipin (Metallurg, Magnitogorsk)
Daniil Apalkov (Metallurg, Magnitogorsk)
Nikita Gusev (CSKA)
Ildar Isangulov (Salavat Yulaev, Ufa)
Nikita Kucherov (CSKA)
Pavel Kulikov (Neftekhimik, Nizhnekamsk)
Sergey Kostenko (Metallurg, Novokuznetsk)
Mikhail Naumenkov (CSKA)
Nikita Nesterov (Traktor, Chelyabinsk)
Grigory Zheldakov (Spartak, Moscow)
Switzerland (7):
Sven Andrighetto (Rouyn-Noranda Huskies)
Sven Bartschi (Portland Winterhawks)
Alessio Bertaggia (Brandon Wheat Kings)
Lino Martschini (Peterborough Petes)
Tanner Richard (Guelph Storm)
Dave Sutter (Seattle Thunderbirds)
Dario Trutmann (Plymouth Whalers)
Slovakia (8):
Michal Cajkovsky (Ottawa 67’s)
Peter Ceresnak (Peterborough Petes)
Vladimir Dolnik (Everett Silvertips)
Martin Gernat (Edmonton Oil Kings)
Adam Janosik (Gatineau Olympiques)
Tomas Jurco (Saint John Sea Dogs)
Martin Marincin (Prince George Cougars)
Marek Tvrdon (Vancouver Giants)
Sweden (4):
Rickard Rakell (Plymouth Whalers)
Victor Rask (Calgary Hitmen)
Ludvig Rensfeldt (Sarnia Sting)
Johan Mattsson (Sudbury Wolves)
United States (7):
Jack Campbell (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)
Emerson Etem (Medicine Hat Tigers)
John Gibson (Kitchener Rangers)
JT Miller (Plymouth Whalers)
Brandon Saad (Saginaw Spirit)
Jarred Tinordi (London Knights)
Austin Watson (Peterborough Petes)
For more information about the 2011 World Junior Hockey Championship and for complete team rosters please visit www.hockeycanada.ca and www.iihf.com.
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