2022 IIHF World Junior Championship

The 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship was postponed in December due to an outbreak of COVID-19. The tournament will restart on Aug. 9 in Edmonton, Alberta, and conclude with the gold-medal and bronze-medal games on Aug. 20.

Nine out of 10 teams that participated in the earlier event will be back, including Austria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States. The team from Russia has been excluded because of that nation’s invasion of Ukraine, and Latvia will take its place in Group A.

Follow along as the tournament proceeds, with the game schedule and results, along with rosters for all 10 nations.

Game schedule

Note: All times Eastern.

Aug. 9

Czech Republic 5, Slovakia 4
Finland 6, Latvia 1
United States 5, Germany 1


Aug. 10

Sweden 3, Switzerland 2
Canada 5, Latvia 2
Germany 4, Austria 2


Aug. 11

Finland 4, Czech Republic 3
Canada 11, Slovakia 1
United States 7, Switzerland 1


Aug. 12

Sweden 6, Austria 0
Slovakia 3, Latvia 2


Aug. 13

United States 7, Austria 0
Canada 5, Czech Republic 1
Germany 3, Switzerland 2


Aug. 14

Finland 9, Slovakia 3
Latvia 5, Czech Republic 3
United States 3, Sweden 2


Aug. 15

Switzerland 3, Austria, 2
Canada 6, Finland 3
Sweden 4, Germany 2


Aug. 17

Germany vs. Finland, 12 p.m.
Latvia vs. Sweden, 3:30 p.m.
Switzerland vs. Canada, 7 p.m.
Czech Republic vs. United States, 10:30 p.m.


Aug. 19

Semifinal 1, 4 p.m.
Semifinal 2, 8 p.m.


Aug. 20

Bronze-medal game, 4 p.m.
Gold-medal game, 8 p.m.

Rosters

Note: Players drafted by NHL teams are denoted in parentheses.

Group A

Canada

Forwards

Connor Bedard
Will Cuylle (NYR)
Elliot Desnoyers (PHI)
William Dufour (NYI)
Tyson Foerster (PHI)
Nathan Gaucher (ANA)
Ridly Greig (OTT)
Kent Johnson (CBJ)
Riley Kidney (MTL)
Mason McTavish (ANA)
Zack Ostapchuk (OTT)
Brennan Othmann (NYR)
Joshua Roy (MTL)
Logan Stankoven (DAL)

Defensemen

Lukas Cormier (VGK)
Ethan Del Mastro (CHI)
Daemon Hunt (MIN)*
Carson Lambos (MIN)
Ryan O’Rourke (MIN)
Donovan Sebrango (DET)
Ronan Seeley (CAR)
Jack Thompson (TB)
Olen Zellweger (ANA)

*Replaced due to injury

Goaltenders

Brett Brochu
Sebastian Cossa (DET)
Dylan Garand (NYR)


Czech Republic

Forwards

Jaroslav Chmelar (NYR)
Michal Gut
Petr Hauser (NJ)
Daniel Hercik
Ivan Ivan
Jakub Kos (FLA)
Jiri Kulich (BUF)
Adam Mechura
Matous Mensik
Jan Mysak (MTL)
Martin Rysavy (CBJ)
Matyas Sapovaliv (VGK)
Gabriel Szturc
Tomas Urban

Defenseman

Ales Cech
Tomas Hamara (OTT)
David Jiricek (CBJ)
David Moravec
Stepan Nemec
David Spacek (MIN)
Stanislav Svozil (CBJ)
Jiri Tichacek

Goaltenders

Jan Bednar (DET)
Pavel Cajan
Tomas Suchanek


Finland

Forwards

Samuel Helenius (LA)
Roni Hirvonen (TOR)
Roby Järventie (OTT)
Oliver Kapanen (MTL)
Roni Karvinen
Joakim Kemell (NSH)
Ville Koivunen (CAR)
Brad Lambert (WPG)
Eetu Liukas (NYI)
Juuso Mäenpää
Joel Määttä (EDM)
Aatu Räty (NYI)
Kasper Simontaival (LA)
Kalle Väisänen (NYR)

Defensemen

Aleksi Heimosalmi (CAR)
Joni Jurmo (VAN)
Topi Niemelä (TOR)
Petteri Nurmi (MTL)
Kasper Puutio (FLA)
Ruben Rafkin
Matias Rajaniemi (NYI)
Eemil Viro (DET)

Goaltenders

Juha Jatkola
Jani Lampinen
Leevi Meriläinen (OTT)


Latvia

Forwards

Daniels Andersons
Rainers Darzins
Darels Dukurs
Felikss Gavars
Oskars Lapinskis
Martins Lavins
Dans Locmelis (BOS)
Peteris Purmalis
Anri Ravinskis
Rainers Rullers
Girts Silkalns
Klavs Veinbergs (TB)
Sandis Vilmanis (FLA)
Raimonds Vitolins

Defensemen

Ralfs Bergmanis
Harijs Brants
Peteris Bulans
Niks Fenenko
Daniels Gorsanovs
Bogdans Hodass
Gustavs Ozolins
Rihards Simanovics

Goaltenders

Patriks Berzins
Bruno Bruveris
Rudolfs Lazdins


Slovakia

Forwards

Jakub Demek (VGK)
Dalibor Dvorsky
Roman Faith
Samuel Honzek
Maros Jedlicka
Matej Kaslik
Jakub Kolenic
Lubomir Kupco
Martin Misiak
Oleksii Myklukha
Libor Nemec
Servác Petrovský (MIN)
Peter Repcik
Oliver Stümpel
Adam Sýkora (NYR)

Defensemen

Denis Bakala
Simon Becar
Simon Groch
Viliam Kmec
Michal Laurencik
Dávid Nátny
Rayen Petrovicky
Maxim Strbak
Adam Stripai
Boris Zabka

Goaltenders

Patrik Andrisik
Tomas Bolo
Simon Latkoczy


Group B

Austria

Forwards

Luca Auer
Jonas Dobnig
Tim Geifes
Maximilian Hengelmüller
Nico Kramer
Moritz Lackner
Oskar Maier
Senna Peeters
Ian Scherzer
Lucas Thaler
Finn van Ee
Leon Wallner
Janick Wernicke

Defensemen

Lukas Hörl
Lorenz Lindner
Matteo Mitrovic
Lukas Necesany
Maximilian Preiml
David Reinbacher
Tobias Sablattnig
Christoph Tialler
Martin Urbanek

Goaltenders

Thomas Pfarrmaier
Leon Sommer
Sebastian Wraneschitz


Germany

Forwards

Alexander Blank
Ryan Del Monte
Josef Eham
Luca Hauf
Haakon Hanelt (WSH)
Nikolaus Heigl
Thomas Heigl
Danjo Leonhardt
Yannick Proske
Bennet Rossmy
Maciej Rutkowski
Joshua Samanski
Markus Schweiger
Justin Volek

Defenders

Arkadiusz Dziambor
Nils Elten
Korbinian Geibe
Maximilian Glotzl
Adrian Klein
Luca Munzenberger (EDM)
Maksymilian Szuber (ARI)
Leon van der Linde

Goalkeepers

Florian Bugl
Niklas Lunemann
Nikita Quapp (CAR)


Sweden

Forwards

Jonathan Lekkerimäki (VAN)
Daniel Ljungman (DAL)
Fabian Lysell (BOS)
Oskar Magnusson (WSH)
Theodor Niederbach (DET)
Oskar Olausson (COL)
Isak Rosén (BUF)
Albert Sjöberg (DAL)
Linus Sjödin (BUF)
Åke Stakkestad
Victor Stjernborg (CHI)
Daniel Torgersson (WPG)

Defensemen

Emil Andrae (PHI)
Simon Edvinsson (DET)
Måns Forsfjäll
Helge Grans (LA)
Ludvig Jansson (FLA)
Anton Olsson (NSH)
William Wallinder (DET)

Goaltenders

Calle Clang (ANA)
Carl Lindbom (VGK)
Jesper Wallstedt (MIN)


Switzerland

Forwards

Mats Alge
Dario Allenspach
Nicolas Baechler
Attilio Biasca
Joshua Fahrni
Lilian Garessus
Marlon Graf
Joel Henry
Simon Knak (NSH)
Joel Marchon
Tim Muggli
Kevin Nicolet
Fabian Ritzmann
Jonas Taibel

Defensemen

Giancarlo Chanton
Noah Delémont
Vincent Despont
Rodwin Dionicio
Nick Meile
Arno Nussbaumer
Dario Sidler
Maximilian Streule
Brian Zanetti (PHI)

Goaltenders

Andri Henauer
Kevin Pasche
Noah Patenaude


United States

Forwards

Brett Berard (NYR)
Thomas Bordeleau (SJ)
Logan Cooley (ARI)
Matt Coronato (CGY)
Riley Duran (BOS)
Dominic James (CHI)
Matthew Knies (TOR)
Carter Mazur (DET)
Hunter McKown
Sasha Pastujov (ANA)
Mackie Samoskevich (FLA)
Redmond Savage (DET)
Landon Slaggert (CHI)
Charlie Stramel

Defensemen

Sean Behrens (COL)
Brock Faber (MIN)
Luke Hughes (NJ)
Wyatt Kaiser (CHI)
Tyler Kleven (OTT)
Ian Moore (ANA)
Jack Peart (MIN)
Jacob Truscott (VAN)

Goaltenders

Remington Keopple
Kaidan Mbereko
Andrew Oke