The holiday season is upon us, which means yuletide cheer, festive greetings and – most importantly – the annual IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships, this year in Toronto and Montreal. Ten teams of under-20 players will embark upon the greatest tournament in sports to determine the supreme junior hockey power in the world.
For NHL fans, the World Juniors can often be a confusing time, with so many new teams to keep track of in addition to the existing big-league cheering allegiances. In the interest of cheering clarity, here is a handy cheat sheet to which NHL prospects are playing on which World Junior roster.
ANAHEIM DUCKS (3)
- D Shea Theodore – Canada – 2013 first round pick (26th overall)
- F Nick Ritchie – Canada – 2014 first round pick (10th overall)
- F Ondrej Kase – Czech Republic – 2014 seventh round pick (205th overall)
ARIZONA COYOTES (2)
- F Max Domi – Canada – 2013 first round pick (12th overall)
- F Anton Karlsson – Sweden – 2014 third round pick (87th overall)
BOSTON BRUINS (3)
- D Anton Blidh – Sweden – 2013 sixth round pick (180th overall)
- F David Pastrnak – Czech Republic – 2014 first round pick (25th overall)
- F Peter Cehlarik – Slovakia – 2013 third round pick (90th overall)
BUFFALO SABRES (4)
- F Sam Reinhart – Canada – 2014 first round pick (2nd overall)
- F Victor Olofsson – Sweden – 2014 seventh round pick (181st overall)
- F J.T. Compher – USA – 2013 second round pick (35th overall)
- F Hudson Fasching – USA – 2013 fourth round (118 overall) [drafted by Los Angeles, traded to Buffalo]
CALGARY FLAMES (1)
- D Rushan Rafikov – Russia – 2013 seventh round pick (187th overall)
CAROLINA HURRICANES (3)
- G Alex Nedeljkovic – USA – 2014 second round pick (37th overall)
- F Lucas Wallmark – Sweden – 2014 fourth round pick (97th overall)
- F Sergei Tolchinsky – Russia – signed as a free agent
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS (5)
- D Robin Norell – Sweden – 2013 fourth round pick (111th overall)
- F John Hayden – USA – 2013 third round pick (74th overall)
- F Anthony Louis – USA – 2013 sixth round pick (181st overall)
- F Tyler Motte – USA – 2013 fourth round pick (121st overall)
- F Nick Schmaltz – USA – 2014 first round pick (20th overall)
COLORADO AVALANCHE (1)
- D Will Butcher – USA – 2013 fifth round pick (123rd overall)
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS (4)
- D Dillon Heatherington – Canada – 2013 second round pick (50th overall)
- D Ryan Collins – USA – 2014 second round pick (47th overall)
- F Oliver Bjorkstrand – Denmark – 2013 third round pick (89th overall)
- F Sonny Milano – USA – 2014 first round pick (16th overall)
DALLAS STARS (3)
- D Julius Honka – Finland – 2014 first round pick (14th overall)
- D Aleksi Makela – Finland – 2013 seventh round pick (182nd overall)
- F Matej Paulovic – Slovakia – 2013 fifth round pick (149th overall)
DETROIT RED WINGS (5)
- D Joe Hicketts – Canada – signed as a free agent
- F Julius Vahatalo – Finland – 2014 sixth round pick (166th overall)
- F Christoffer Ehn – Sweden – 2014 fourth round pick (106th overall)
- F Axel Holmstrom – Sweden – 2014 seventh round pick (196th overall)
- F Dylan Larkin – USA – 2014 first round pick (15th overall)
EDMONTON OILERS (2)
- D Darnell Nurse – Canada – 2013 first round pick (7th overall)
- D William Lagesson – Sweden – 2014 fourth round pick (91st overall)
FLORIDA PANTHERS (1)
- D Ian McCoshen – USA – 2013 second round pick (31st overall)
LOS ANGELES KINGS (3)
- D Alex Lintuniemi – Finland – 2014 second round pick (60th overall)
- F Dominik Kubalik – Czech Republic – 2013 seventh round pick (191st overall)
- F Adrian Kempe – Sweden – 2014 first round pick (29th overall)
MINNESOTA WILD (2)
- G Kaapo Kahkonen – Finland – 2014 fourth round pick (109th overall)
- F Alex Tuch – USA – 2014 first round pick (18th overall)
MONTREAL CANADIENS (4)
- G Zachary Fucale – Canada – 2013 second round pick (36th overall)
- F Jacob de la Rose – Sweden – 2013 second round pick (34th overall)
- F Artturi Lehkonen – Finland – 2013 second round pick (55th overall)
- F Martin Reway – Slovakia – 2013 fourth round pick (116th overall)
NASHVILLE PREDATORS (4)
- G Juuse Saros – Finland – 2013 fourth round pick (99th overall)
- D Joonas Lyytinen – Finland – 2014 fifth round pick (132nd overall)
- F Kevin Fiala – Switzerland – 2014 first round pick (11th overall)
- F Vladislav Kamenev – Russia – 2014 second round pick (42nd overall)
NEW JERSEY DEVILS (2)
- D Steven Santini – USA – 2013 second round pick (42nd overall)
- F Miles Wood – USA – 2013 fourth round pick (100th overall)
NEW YORK ISLANDERS (2)
- G Linus Soderstrom – Sweden – 2014 fourth round pick (95th overall)
- G Ilya Sorokin – Russia – 2014 third round pick (78th overall)
NEW YORK RANGERS (4)
- G Igor Shestyorkin – Russia – 2014 fourth round pick (118th overall)
- G Brandon Halverson – USA – 2014 second round pick (59th overall)
- F Anthony Duclair – Canada – 2013 third round pick (80th overall)
- F Pavel Buchnevich – Russia – 2013 third round pick (75th overall)
OTTAWA SENATORS (3)
- D Andreas Englund – Sweden – 2014 second round pick (40th overall)
- F Curtis Lazar – Canada – 2013 first round pick (17th overall)
- F Nick Paul – Canada – 2013 fourth round pick (101st overall) [drafted by Dallas, traded to Ottawa]
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (3)
- D Samuel Morin – Canada – 2013 first round pick (11th overall)
- D Robert Hagg – Sweden – 2013 second round pick (41st overall)
- F Oskar Lindblom – Sweden – 2014 fifth round pick (138th overall)
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS (1)
- F Kasperi Kapanen – Finland – 2014 first round pick (22nd overall)
SAN JOSE SHARKS (5)
- G Fredrik Bergvik – Sweden – 2013 fourth round pick (117th overall)
- D Julius Bergman – Sweden – 2014 second round pick (46th overall)
- D Mirco Mueller – Switzerland – 2013 first round pick (18th overall)
- F Noah Rod – Switzerland – 2014 second round pick (53rd overall)
- F Nikolay Goldobin – Russia – 2014 first round pick (27th overall)
ST. LOUIS BLUES (3)
- G Ville Husso – Finland – 2014 fourth round pick (94th overall)
- F Robby Fabbri – Canada – 2014 first round pick (21st overall)
- F Ivan Barbashev – Russia – 2014 second round pick (33rd overall)
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING (3)
- D Dominik Masin – Czech Republic – 2014 second round pick (35th overall)
- D Anthony DeAngelo – USA – 2014 first round pick (19th overall)
- F Brayden Point – Canada – 2014 third round pick (79th overall)
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (3)
- D Rinat Valiyev – Russia – 2014 third round pick (68th overall)
- F Frederik Gauthier – Canada – 2013 first round pick (21st overall)
- F William Nylander – Sweden – 2014 first round pick (8th overall)
VANCOUVER CANUCKS (3)
- G Thatcher Demko – USA – 2014 second round pick (36th overall)
- D Gustav Forsling – Sweden – 2014 fifth round pick (126th overall)
- F Jake Virtanen – Canada – 2014 first round pick (6th overall)
WASHINGTON CAPITALS (3)
- G Vitek Vanecek – Czech Republic – 2014 second round pick (39th overall)
- D Madison Bowey – Canada – 2013 second round pick (53rd overall)
- F Jakub Vrana – Czech Republic – 2014 first round pick (13th overall)
WINNIPEG JETS (6)
- G Eric Comrie – Canada – 2013 second round pick (59th overall)
- D Josh Morrissey – Canada – 2013 first round pick (13th overall)
- D Jan Kostalek – Czech Republic – 2013 fourth round pick (114th overall)
- F Nic Petan – Canada – 2013 second round pick (43rd overall)
- F Nikolaj Ehlers – Denmark – 2014 first round pick (9th overall)
- F Chase de Leo – USA – 2014 fourth round pick (99th overall)
Ryan Pike has covered the Calgary Flames and the NHL Draft extensively since 2010 as a Senior Writer for The Hockey Writers and Senior Contributing Editor of FlamesNation.ca. A member of the Professional Hockey Writers Association, he lives in Calgary.
