USA Hockey announced today their roster for the 2012 World Junior A Challenge, which will be played Nov. 5-11 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, with five Michigan natives making the list.
Team USA won the prestigious under-20 tournament three straight years from 2008-10, and placed third last year.
Twenty-one of the 22 players on the roster hail from the USHL, with one player from the Eastern Junior Hockey League. The players representing Michigan are below:
Defense
Mike Downing
- Height: 6-3
- Weight: 195 lbs.
- Birthday: 5/19/95
- Shoots: Left
- Hometown: Canton, Mich.
- Current team: Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)
Forwards
Sheldon Dries
- Height: 5-9
- Weight: 170 lbs.
- Birthday: 4/23/94
- Shoots: Left
- Hometown: Macomb Twp., Mich.
- Current team: Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)
Thomas Ebbing
- Height: 5-11
- Weight: 165 lbs.
- Birthday: 9/28/94
- Shoots: Left
- Hometown: Troy, Mich.
- Current team: Chicago Steel (USHL)
Alex Kile
- Height: 5-11
- Weight: 180 lbs.
- Birthday: 7/9/94
- Shoots: Left
- Hometown: Troy, Mich.
- Current team: Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)
Nicholas Schilkey
- Height: 5-9
- Weight: 170 lbs.
- Birthday: 5/12/94
- Shoots: Right
- Hometown: Smiths Creek, Mich.
- Current team: Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)