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2024 Junior A World Challenge - Let's Go East!
Date: Dec, 06, 2024 12:00 PM EDT
Hockey Canada has unveiled the 44 players from the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) selected to represent Canada East and Canada West at the 2024 Junior A World Challenge, scheduled from December 9–15 in Alberta.
The rosters were finalized following a three-day selection camp in Calgary, which concluded Thursday.
Focusing on the the Canada East roster - it comprises of 22 players drawn from five eastern CJHL leagues: the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL), Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL), Central Canada Hockey League (CCHL), Ligue de hockey junior AAA du Québec (LHJAAAQ), and Maritime Hockey League (MHL).
19 Players call Ontario their hometown!
Forwards
|
Name |
Hometown |
Current Team |
|
Brayden Besner |
Casselman |
Hawkesbury (CCHL) |
|
Ryder Cali |
Penetanguishene |
Milton (OJHL) |
|
Julian Demiglio |
Richmond Hill |
Stouffville (OJHL) |
|
Kimani (KJ) Eccleston |
Brampton |
Brockville (CCHL) |
|
Ethan Facchina |
Parkhill |
Collingwood (OJHL) |
|
Shaan Kingwell |
Ottawa |
Navan (CCHL) |
|
Dylan McFadden |
Smithville |
Buffalo (OJHL) |
|
Cameron Menard |
Carp |
Espanola (NOJHL) |
|
Andreas Mikrogiannakis |
Aurora |
Aurora (OJHL) |
|
Jack Rimmer |
Etobicoke |
Collingwood (OJHL) |
|
Matthew Souliere |
London |
Trenton (OJHL) |
|
Mason Walker |
Sudbury |
Greater Sudbury (NOJHL) |
Defence
|
Name |
Hometown |
Current Team |
|
Nolan Egelton |
London |
Collingwood (OJHL) |
|
Cameron Eke |
St. Catharines |
Collingwood (OJHL) |
|
Jonathan Kapageridis |
Vaughan |
Cobourg (OJHL) |
|
Hudson Martin |
Midhurst |
Collingwood (OJHL) |
|
Nolan Turnbull |
Ottawa |
Rockland (CCHL) |
Goaltenders
|
Name |
Hometown |
Current Team |
|
Dryden Riley |
Belleville |
Timmins (NOJHL) |
|
Noah Tegelaar |
Georgetown |
Collingwood (OJHL) |
The tournament begins December 9 at Encana Arena in Camrose. Canada East, the 2023 silver medalist, will open against the United States at 3 p.m. MT, followed by defending gold medalist Canada West squaring off against Sweden at 7:30 p.m. MT.
Fans can still get full-event ticket packages for $140 at HockeyCanada.ca/Tickets.
TSN and RDS, Hockey Canada’s official broadcast partners, will air the bronze and gold medal games. All preliminary-round and semifinal games will be streamed on Hockey Canada’s platform at HNLive.ca.
For more information on Hockey Canada and the 2024 Junior A World Challenge, visit HockeyCanada.ca/WJAC.
