Sixteen OHL players invited to Canada’s National Junior Team Selection Camp

CALGARY, Alberta – With less than one month until the puck drops on the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship, Hockey Canada has announced that 32 players have earned an invitation to Canada’s National Junior Team selection camp, set for Dec. 10-13 at TD Place in Ottawa, Ontario. A total of 16 players from the Ontario Hockey League have received invitations to selection camp.

Four goaltenders, 10 defencemen and 18 forwards were selected by U20 head scout Al Murray (Regina, SK) and the management group, which includes Peter Anholt (Naicam, SK/Lethbridge, WHL) and Brent Seabrook (Tsawwassen, BC), with support from Scott Salmond (Creston, BC), senior vice-president of high performance and hockey operations, Benoit Roy (Sudbury, ON), director of hockey operations, and player development coach Scott Walker (Cambridge, ON/Guelph, OHL). Head coach Dave Cameron (Kinkora, PE/Ottawa, OHL), U17 head scout Byron Bonora (Brooks, AB) and goaltending consultant Dan De Palma (Kamloops, BC/Kamloops, WHL), as well as coaches and general managers from across the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), also provided input.

16 OHL PLAYERS INVITED TO CANADA’S NATIONAL JUNIOR TEAM SELECTION CAMP:

Goaltenders:
Jack Ivankovic (Brampton Steelheads)
Carter George (Owen Sound Attack)

Defencemen:
Oliver Bonk (London Knights)
Cameron Allen (Guelph Storm)
Beau Akey (Barrie Colts)
Sam Dickinson (London Knights)
Andrew Gibson (Soo Greyhounds)
Matthew Schaefer (Erie Otters)

Forwards:
Cole Beaudoin (Barrie Colts)
Denver Barkey (London Knights)
Jett Luchanko (Guelph Storm)
Easton Cowan (London Knights)
Porter Martone (Brampton Steelheads)
Carson Rehkopf (Brampton Steelheads)
Calum Ritchie (Oshawa Generals)
Luca Pinelli (Ottawa 67s’)

Hockey Operations:
Head Coach – Dave Cameron (Ottawa 67’s)
Assistant Coach – Chris Lazary (Saginaw Spirit)
Player Development Coach – Scott Walker (Guelph Storm)
Equipment Manager – Chris Cook (Brantford Bulldogs)
Equipment Manager – Chris Hamilton (Ottawa 67’s)
Athletic Therapist – Andy Brown (Owen Sound Attack)
Strength & Conditioning Coach – Sean Young (Ottawa 67’s)

Among the 16 OHL players competing for a chance to represent Canada at the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship in Ottawa are three players who were named to the roster for the 2024 World Juniors (Bonk, Cowan, Rehkopf), as well as six who won gold at the 2024 IIHF U18 World Championship (Beaudoin, George, Ivankovic, Luchanko, Martone, Schaefer) and two who captured a gold medal at the 2024 Hlinka Gretzky Cup (Ivankovic, Schaefer).

Selection camp will include a pair of games against a team of U SPORTS all-stars, Dec. 12 at 3 p.m. ET and Dec. 13 at 12 p.m. ET. Fans looking to secure their seat for the selection camp games can purchase tickets at HockeyCanada.ca/WorldJuniors, with two-game packages starting at $52 and individual-game tickets starting as low as $35. Both games will also be livestreamed at HNLive.ca.

Following selection camp, Canada’s National Junior Team will travel to Petawawa, Ontario, for a four-day training camp at the Silver Dart Arena, Dec. 15-18, in preparation for the 2025 World Juniors. Team Canada will also take on Switzerland, Sweden and Czechia in pre-tournament action on the Road to the World Juniors.

“We are thrilled for the 32 players who have earned the opportunity to compete for a spot on Canada’s National Junior Team at the World Juniors, and we look forward to a starting the final piece of our evaluation process at selection camp,” Anholt said. “We are also excited to bring our team to Ottawa and Petawawa, and to give fans an opportunity to see the best under-20 Canadian players take on a U SPORTS all-star team before the start of the tournament.”

The 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship begins on Boxing Day with four games, which includes Canada taking on Finland at the Canadian Tire Centre at 7:30 p.m. ET. TSN and RDS, the official broadcast partners of Hockey Canada, will once again provide extensive coverage of the event, broadcasting all 29 tournament games and all three Team Canada pre-tournament games.

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