By @MichaelCaples –
The 2020 World Junior Summer Showcase is still expected to come through Plymouth this summer, and today, USA Hockey announced the 43 players who will be invited.
Congrats to the following Michigan names, who will take part in the prestigious event that is the starting point for USA Hockey’s World Juniors team selection process.
“We’re excited to have our players and staff together,” said John Vanbiesbrouck (Detroit, Michigan), general manager of the U.S. National Junior Team and assistant executive director of hockey operations at USA Hockey. “While Finland, Sweden and Canada won’t be joining us as we’ve been used to in past years, this will provide a great opportunity to have our players back on the ice and begin the process in earnest of building our team for the World Junior Championship.
“With the current pandemic, we’ll be doing some things differently, and that’s okay. It’s exciting to see rinks opening back up throughout the country and we’re most appreciative of the efforts of Dr. Mike Stuart from the Mayo Clinic, our chief medical and safety officer, among others, for guiding us in best practices to ensure the safest possible environment for our players and everyone involved.”
Forwards
Josh Nodler – Oak Park native, Michigan State
John Beecher – University of Michigan, NTDP alum
Thomas Bordeleau – University of Michigan, NTDP alum
Brendan Brisson – University of Michigan
Alex Turcotte – HoneyBaked, NTDP alum
Arthur Kaliyev – Compuware alum
Robert Mastrosimone – Red Wings draft pick
Cole Caufield – NTDP alum
Trevor Zegras – NTDP alum
Luke Tuch – NTDP alum
Landon Slaggert – NTDP alum
Patrick Moynihan – NTDP alum
Owen Lindmark – NTDP alum
Sean Farrell – NTDP alum
Michael Gildon – NTDP alum
Matthew Beniers – NTDP alum
Brett Berard – NTDP alum
Matthew Boldy – NTDP alum
Defensemen
Hunter Skinner – Pinckney native
Cam York – University of Michigan, NTDP alum
Brock Faber – NTDP alum
Domenick Fensore – NTDP alum
Drew Helleson – NTDP alum
Tyler Kleven – NTDP alum
Case McCarthy – NTDP alum
Jake Sanderson – NTDP alum
Henry Thrun – NTDP alum
Alex Vlasic – NTDP alum
Marshell Warren – NTDP alum
Goaltenders
Drew Commesso – NTDP alum
Spencer Knight – NTDP alum
Logan Stein – Ferris State, Oakland Jr. Grizzlies alum