2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

Below are the rosters for teams competing in the 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Group A

Canada

• Head coach: Dave Lowry

Pos.	No.	Player	Team	NHL Rights
GK	1	Mason McDonald	Charlottetown Islanders	Calgary Flames
GK	29	Mackenzie Blackwood	Barrie Colts	New Jersey Devils
GK	33	Samuel Montembeault	Blainville-Boisbriand Armada	Florida Panthers
D	3	Joe Hicketts – A	Victoria Royals	Detroit Red Wings
D	4	Haydn Fleury	Red Deer Rebels	Carolina Hurricanes
D	5	Thomas Chabot	Saint John Sea Dogs	Ottawa Senators
D	6	Brandon Hickey	Boston University	Calgary Flames
D	20	Roland McKeown	Kingston Frontenacs	Carolina Hurricanes
D	23	Travis Sanheim	Calgary Hitmen	Philadelphia Flyers
D	24	Travis Dermott	Erie Otters	Toronto Maple Leafs
F	9	Dylan Strome	Erie Otters	Arizona Coyotes
F	11	Brendan Perlini	Niagara IceDogs	Arizona Coyotes
F	12	Julien Gauthier	Val-d'Or Foreurs	Draft Eligible 2016
F	13	Mathew Barzal	Seattle Thunderbirds	New York Islanders
F	14	Rourke Chartier	Kelowna Rockets	San Jose Sharks
F	16	Mitch Marner	London Knights	Toronto Maple Leafs
F	17	Travis Konecny	Ottawa 67's	Philadelphia Flyers
F	18	Jake Virtanen	Vancouver Canucks	Vancouver Canucks
F	19	Brayden Point – C	Moose Jaw Warriors	Tampa Bay Lightning
F	21	Anthony Beauvillier	Shawinigan Cataractes	New York Islanders
F	22	John Quenneville	Brandon Wheat Kings	New Jersey Devils
F	27	Mitchell Stephens	Saginaw Spirit	Tampa Bay Lightning
F	28	Lawson Crouse – A	Kingston Frontenacs	Florida Panthers

Denmark

• Head coach: Olaf Eller

Pos.	No.	Player	Team	NHL Rights
GK	1	Mathias Seldrup	Herning IK	Undrafted 2015
GK	30	Lasse Petersen	Spokane Chiefs	Undrafted 2015
GK	31	Thomas Lillie	Växjö Lakers	Undrafted 2015
D	2	Anders Krogsgaard	Esbjerg Energy	Undrafted 2014
D	4	Ludvig Adamsen	Surrey Eagles	Undrafted 2015
D	5	Matias Lassen	Leksands IF	Undrafted 2015
D	6	Lasse Bo Knudsen	Aalborg Pirates	Undrafted 2014
D	8	Nicolai Weichel	Rungsted IK	Draft Eligible 2016
D	12	Christian Mieritz	Hamilton Bulldogs	Draft Eligible 2016
D	15	Morten Jensen	Rögle BK J20	Undrafted 2015
F	9	Markus Jensen	Herning Blue Fox	Undrafted 2014
F	10	Thomas Olesen	Malmö Redhawks J20	Undrafted 2014
F	10	Kristian Jensen	Luleå HF	Undrafted 2014
F	16	Jonas Røndbjerg	Rungsted IK	Draft Eligible 2017
F	17	Mathias From	Rögle BK	Draft Eligible 2016
F	18	William Boysen	Rungsted IK	Undrafted 2015
F	19	Nikolaj Krag Christensen	Rødovre Mighty Bulls	Draft Eligible 2016
F	20	Jeppe Jul Korsgaard	Aalborg Pirates	Draft Eligible 2016
F	23	Jeppe Holmberg	Esbjerg Energy	Undrafted 2014
F	24	Niklas Andersen	Spokane Chiefs	Draft Eligible 2016
F	25	Søren Nielsen	Esbjerg Energy	Undrafted 2015
F	27	Alexander True	Seattle Thunderbirds	Undrafted 2015
F	28	Emil Oliver Christensen	Rødovre Mighty Bulls	Undrafted 2014

Sweden

• Head coach: Rikard Grönborg

Pos.	No.	Player	Team	NHL Rights
GK	1	Felix Sandström	Brynäs IF	Philadelphia Flyers
GK	30	Linus Söderström	Djurgårdens IF	New York Islanders
GK	35	Erik Källgren	IK Oskarshamn	Arizona Coyotes
D	3	William Lagesson	U. of Massachusetts Amherst	Edmonton Oilers
D	4	Jacob Larsson	Frölunda HC	Anaheim Ducks
D	5	Adam Ollas Mattsson	Djurgårdens IF	Calgary Flames
D	6	Andreas Englund – C	Djurgårdens IF	Ottawa Senators
D	7	Marcus Pettersson	Skellefteå AIK	Anaheim Ducks
D	8	Gustav Forsling	Linköpings HC	Chicago Blackhawks
D	9	Gabriel Carlsson	Linköpings HC	Columbus Blue Jackets
F	12	Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson	Boston University	Boston Bruins
F	16	Carl Grundström	Modo Hockey	Draft Eligible 2016
F	17	Dmytro Timashov	Quebec Remparts	Toronto Maple Leafs
F	18	Rasmus Asplund	Färjestad BK	Draft Eligible 2016
F	19	Alexander Nylander	Mississauga Steelheads	Draft Eligible 2016
F	20	Joel Eriksson Ek	Färjestad BK	Minnesota Wild
F	21	William Nylander – A	Toronto Marlies	Toronto Maple Leafs
F	23	Oskar Lindblom	Brynäs IF	Philadelphia Flyers
F	24	Jens Lööke	Brynäs IF	Arizona Coyotes
F	25	Axel Holmström – A	Skellefteå AIK	Detroit Red Wings
F	26	Christoffer Ehn	Frölunda HC	Detroit Red Wings
F	27	Anton Karlsson	Frölunda HC	Arizona Coyotes
F	29	Adrian Kempe	Ontario Reign	Los Angeles Kings

Switzerland

• Head coach: John Fust

Pos.	No.	Player	Team	NHL Rights
GK	1	Ludovic Waeber	HC Red Ice	Undrafted 2014
GK	29	Gauthier Descloux	Genève-Servette HC	Undrafted 2014
GK	30	Joren van Pottelberghe	Linköpings HC	Detroit Red Wings
D	3	Andrea Glauser	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	Undrafted 2014
D	4	Roger Karrer	ZSC Lions	Undrafted 2015
D	6	Edson Harlacher	Kloten Flyers	Undrafted 2014
D	9	Marco Forrer	HC Davos	Undrafted 2015
D	20	Simon Kindschi	HC Davos	Undrafted 2015
D	25	Jonas Siegenthaler	ZSC Lions	Washington Capitals
D	27	Fabian Heldner	HC Davos	Undrafted 2014
F	11	Julien Privet	EHC Visp	Undrafted 2014
F	12	Calvin Thürkauf	Kelowna Rockets	Undrafted 2015
F	13	Denis Malgin	ZSC Lions	Florida Panthers
F	14	Dario Meyer	Edmonton Oil Kings	Undrafted 2015
F	15	Kris Schmidli	GC Küsnacht Lions	Undrafted 2014
F	16	Auguste Impose	Quebec Remparts	Undrafted 2015
F	18	Nico Hischier	SC Bern	Draft Eligible 2017
F	19	Damien Riat	Genève-Servette HC	Undrafted 2015
F	21	Chris Egli	HC Davos	Undrafted 2014
F	22	Tino Kessler	HC Davos	Undrafted 2014
F	24	Pius Suter	ZSC Lions	Undrafted 2014
F	26	Noah Rod	Genève-Servette HC	San Jose Sharks
F	28	Timo Meier	Halifax Mooseheads	San Jose Sharks

United States of America

• Head coach: Ron Wilson

Pos.	No.	Player	Team	NHL Rights
GK	31	Alex Nedeljkovic	Niagara IceDogs	Carolina Hurricanes
GK	36	Brandon Halverson	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	New York Rangers
D	4	Chad Krys	U.S. NTDP	Draft Eligible 2016
D	5	Brandon Fortunato	Boston University	Undrafted 2014
D	8	Louie Belpedio – A	Miami University	Minnesota Wild
D	13	Zach Werenski – C	University of Michigan	Columbus Blue Jackets
D	20	Will Borgen	St. Cloud State University	Buffalo Sabres
D	25	Charlie McAvoy	Boston University	Draft Eligible 2016
D	26	Brandon Carlo	Tri-City Americans	Boston Bruins
F	9	Nick Schmaltz	University of North Dakota	Chicago Blackhawks
F	7	Matthew Tkachuk	London Knights	Draft Eligible 2016
F	10	Anders Bjork	University of Notre Dame	Boston Bruins
F	11	Christian Dvorak	London Knights	Arizona Coyotes
F	12	Alex DeBrincat	Erie Otters	Draft Eligible 2016
F	14	Scott Eansor	Seattle Thunderbirds	Undrafted 2014
F	17	Ryan MacInnis	Kitchener Rangers	Arizona Coyotes
F	18	Colin White – A	Boston College	Ottawa Senators
F	19	Ryan Donato	Harvard University	Boston Bruins
F	21	Ryan Hitchcock	Yale University	Undrafted 2014
F	23	Brock Boeser	University of North Dakota	Vancouver Canucks
F	28	Sonny Milano	Lake Erie Monsters	Columbus Blue Jackets
F	34	Auston Matthews – A	ZSC Lions	Draft Eligible 2016

Group B

Belarus

• Head coach: / Aleksandrs Belavskis

Pos.	No.	Player	Team	NHL Rights
GK	20	Alexander Osipkov	MHK Yunost Minsk	Undrafted 2015
GK	25	Vladislav Verbitsky	Dinamo U20	Undrafted 2015
GK	31	Ivan Kulbakov	Dinamo U20	Undrafted 2015
D	2	Alexander Tabolin	Dinamo U20	Undrafted 2015
D	3	Pavel Vorobey	Dinamo U20	Undrafted 2015
D	4	Stepan Falkovsky	Ottawa 67's	Undrafted 2015
D	5	Ilya Sushko	Dinamo U20	Draft Eligible 2016
D	9	Vladislav Goncharov – C	Dinamo U20	Undrafted 2015
D	14	Sergei Romanovich	Dinamo U20	Undrafted 2015
D	24	Daniil Bokun – A	Dinamo U20	Undrafted 2014
F	6	Alexander Patsenkin	MHK Yunost Minsk	Undrafted 2015
F	8	Yegor Sharangovich	Dinamo-Raubichi Minsk	Draft Eligible 2016
F	10	Dmitry Buinitsky	Dinamo Minsk	Undrafted 2015
F	11	Dmitri Filippovich	Dinamo U20	Undrafted 2014
F	13	Alexei Busko	Shakhter Soligorsk	Undrafted 2014
F	15	Grigori Veremyov	Dinamo U20	Undrafted 2014
F	16	Alexei Patsenkin	MHK Yunost Minsk	Undrafted 2015
F	18	Ilya Bobko	Dinamo U20	Undrafted 2015
F	19	Artemi Chernikov	Dinamo U20	Undrafted 2014
F	22	Danila Karaban – A	Dinamo U20	Undrafted 2014
F	23	Andrei Belevich	Dinamo U20	Undrafted 2015
F	26	Ruslan Vasilchuk	Dinamo U20	Draft Eligible 2016
F	27	Vadim Malinovsky	Okanagan European Eagles	Undrafted 2014

Czech Republic

• Head coach: / Jakub Petr

Pos.	No.	Player	Team	NHL Rights
GK	1	Vítek Vaněček	South Carolina Stingrays	Washington Capitals
GK	2	Aleš Stezka	Sioux Falls Stampede	Minnesota Wild
GK	30	Daniel Vladař	Chicago Steel	Boston Bruins
D	4	Ondřej Mikliš	Mountfield HK	Undrafted 2014
D	9	David Sklenička	HC Plzeň	Undrafted 2014
D	12	Alex Rašner	HC Olomouc	Undrafted 2014
D	20	Jakub Zbořil	Saint John Sea Dogs	Boston Bruins
D	23	Jan Ščotka	HC Pardubice	Undrafted 2014
D	24	Filip Pyrochta	Val-d'Or Foreurs	Undrafted 2014
D	25	Filip Hronek	Mountfield HK	Draft Eligible 2016
D	27	Dominik Mašín	Peterborough Petes	Tampa Bay Lightning
F	9	David Pastrňák	Boston Bruins	Boston Bruins
F	10	Jiří Smejkal	Moose Jaw Warriors	Undrafted 2015
F	11	Šimon Stránský	Prince Albert Raiders	Draft Eligible 2016
F	13	Pavel Zacha	Sarnia Sting	New Jersey Devils
F	14	Filip Chlapík	Charlottetown Islanders	Ottawa Senators
F	15	Dominik Lakatoš	Bílí Tygři Liberec	Undrafted 2015
F	17	Jan Ordoš	Bílí Tygři Liberec	Undrafted 2015
F	18	Michael Špaček	Red Deer Rebels	Winnipeg Jets
F	19	Radek Veselý	Piráti Chomutov	Undrafted 2014
F	21	Daniel Voženílek	HC Pardubice	Undrafted 2014
F	22	David Kaše	Piráti Chomutov	Philadelphia Flyers
F	26	Tomáš Šoustal	Kelowna Rockets	Undrafted 2015
F	28	David Tomášek	HC Pardubice	Undrafted 2014

Finland

• Head coach: Jukka Jalonen

Pos.	No.	Player	Team	NHL Rights
GK	1	Kaapo Kähkönen	Espoo Blues	Minnesota Wild
GK	30	Veini Vehviläinen	JYP Jyväskylä	Draft Eligible 2016
GK	31	Emil Larmi	Peliitat Heinola	Undrafted 2015
D	2	Sami Niku	JYP Jyväskylä	Winnipeg Jets
D	3	Miro Keskitalo	TPS	Undrafted 2014
D	4	Olli Juolevi	London Knights	Draft Eligible 2016
D	5	Eetu Sopanen	Lahti Pelicans	Undrafted 2014
D	6	Joni Tuulola	HPK	Chicago Blackhawks
D	7	Niko Mikkola	KalPa	St. Louis Blues
D	18	Vili Saarijärvi	Flint Firebirds	Detroit Red Wings
F	9	Jesse Puljujärvi	Oulun Kärpät	Draft Eligible 2016
F	10	Roope Hintz	Ilves	Dallas Stars
F	12	Kasper Björkqvist	Espoo Blues	Undrafted 2015
F	13	Miska Siikonen	Lahti Pelicans	Undrafted 2014
F	15	Mikko Rantanen – C	San Antonio Rampage	Colorado Avalanche
F	19	Aleksi Saarela	Ässät	New York Rangers
F	20	Sebastian Aho	Oulun Kärpät	Carolina Hurricanes
F	21	Antti Kalapudas	Oulun Kärpät	Undrafted 2015
F	23	Sebastian Repo	Lahti Pelicans	Undrafted 2014
F	24	Kasperi Kapanen	Toronto Marlies	Toronto Maple Leafs
F	25	Julius Nättinen	Barrie Colts	Anaheim Ducks
F	28	Juho Lammikko	Kingston Frontenacs	Florida Panthers
F	29	Patrik Laine	Tappara	Draft Eligible 2016

Russia

• Head coach: Valeri Bragin

Pos.	No.	Player	Team	NHL Rights
GK	1	Ilya Samsonov	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	Washington Capitals
GK	20	Maxim Tretiak	Krasnaya Armiya	Undrafted 2015
GK	30	Alexandar Georgiyev	TPS	Undrafted 2014
D	2	Sergei Boikov	Drummondville Voltigeurs	Colorado Avalanche
D	3	Dmitri Sergeyev	Kitchener Rangers	Undrafted 2014
D	4	Damir Sharipzyanov	Owen Sound Attack	Los Angeles Kings
D	5	Alexander Mikulovich	Niagara IceDogs	Undrafted 2014
D	9	Ivan Provorov	Brandon Wheat Kings	Philadelphia Flyers
D	22	Yegor Voronkov	HC Vityaz	Undrafted 2015
D	28	Yegor Rykov	SKA-1946	Undrafted 2015
D	29	Nikita Zhuldikov	Traktor Chelyabinsk	Undrafted 2014
F	7	Evgeny Svechnikov	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles	Detroit Red Wings
F	8	Andrei Svetlakov – A	CSKA Moscow	Undrafted 2014
F	11	Maxim Lazarev	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles	Undrafted 2014
F	12	Pavel Kraskovsky – A	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	Winnipeg Jets
F	13	Alexander Polunin	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	Undrafted 2015
F	16	Vladislav Kamenev – C	Milwaukee Admirals	Nashville Predators
F	17	Kirill Kaprizov	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	Minnesota Wild
F	19	Radel Fazleyev	Calgary Hitmen	Philadelphia Flyers
F	21	Andrei Kuzmenko	CSKA Moscow	Undrafted 2014
F	23	Artur Lauta	Avangard Omsk	Undrafted 2014
F	25	Alexander Dergachyov	SKA Saint Petersburg	Los Angeles Kings
F	26	Yegor Korshkov	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	Undrafted 2015

Slovakia

• Head coach: Ernest Bokroš

Pos.	No.	Player	Team	NHL Rights
GK	1	Dávid Hrenák	HK Orange 20	Draft Eligible 2016
GK	2	Stanislav Škorvánek	HK Orange 20	Undrafted
GK	30	Adam Húska	Green Bay Gamblers	New York Rangers
D	3	Adrián Sloboda	HK Orange 20	Undrafted
D	5	Matej Moravčík	HK Orange 20	Undrafted
D	6	Patrik Koch	HK Orange 20	Undrafted
D	7	Ladislav Romančík	Södertälje SK	Undrafted
D	13	Samuel Ivanič	HK Orange 20	Undrafted
D	14	Erik Černák - A	Erie Otters	Los Angeles Kings
D	16	Patrik Maier	Kamloops Blazers	Undrafted
D	26	Christián Jaroš - C	Luleå HF	Ottawa Senators
F	8	Matej Paločko	Bílí Tygři Liberec	Undrafted
F	9	Juraj Šiška	HK Orange 20	Undrafted
F	10	Dominik Briestenský	HK Orange 20	Undrafted
F	11	Radovan Bondra	Vancouver Giants	Chicago Blackhawks
F	12	Juraj Milý	HK Orange 20	Undrafted
F	15	Jozef Huňa	Bílí Tygři Liberec	Undrafted
F	17	Maroš Surový	HK Orange 20	Undrafted
F	18	Boris Sádecký	HK Orange 20	Draft Eligible 2016
F	19	Matúš Sukeľ - A	HK Orange 20	Undrafted
F	22	Kristián Pospíšil	Blainville-Boisbriand Armada	Undrafted
F	23	Lukáš Hrušík	HK Orange 20	Undrafted
F	27	Filip Lešťan	HV71	Draft Eligible 2016

External links

• worldjunior2016.com