
The 2025 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Men’s Hockey Championship commences Boxing Day in Ottawa, Ontario. Canada will play Finland on Boxing Day, Latvia on December 27, Germany on December 29 and the United States on New Year’s Eve before the playoffs start. Of the 25 players who made Team Canada, 14 played are in the Ontario Hockey League, eight players are in the Western Hockey League, two are in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League.
The 14 OHL players are Barrie Colts defenseman and Edmonton Oilers second round pick Beau Akey of Waterloo, Ontario, Colts centre and Utah Hockey Club first round pick Cole Beaudoin of Ottawa, Ontario, London Knights defenseman and Philadelphia Flyers first round pick Oliver Bonk of Ottawa, Knights centre and Toronto Maple Leafs first round pick Easton Cowan of Mount Brydges, Ontario, Knights defenseman and San Jose Sharks first round pick Sam Dickinson of Toronto, Ontario, Owen Sound Attack goaltender and Los Angeles Kings second round pick Carter George of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Sault. Ste. Marie Greyhounds defenseman and Detroit Red Wings second round pick Andrew Gibson of Windsor, Ontario, Brampton Steelheads goaltender Jack Ivankovic of Mississauga, Ontario, Guelph Storm centre and Flyers first round pick Jett Luchanko of London, Ontario, Steelheads right winger Porter Martone of Peterborough, Ontario, Ottawa 67’s centre and Columbus Blue Jackets fourth round pick Luca Pinelli of Stoney Creek, Ontario, Steelheads left winger and Seattle Kraken second round pick Carson Rehkopf of Barrie, Ontario, Oshawa Generals centre and Colorado Avalanche first round pick Calum Ritchie of Oakville, Ontario, and Erie Otters defenseman Matthew Schaefer of Stoney Creek.
The eight Western Hockey League players are Brandon Wheat Kings goaltender and Flyers second round pick Carson Bjarnason of Carberry, Manitoba, Spokane Chiefs centre and Kraken first round pick Berkly Catton of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Calgary Hitmen left winger and Pittsburgh Penguins second round pick Tanner Howe of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Medicine Hat Tigers left winger Gavin McKenna of Whitehorse, Yukon, Saskatoon Blades defenseman and Nashville Predators first round pick Tanner Molendyk of McBride, British Columbia, Seattle Thunderbirds defenseman and Vancouver Canucks third round pick Sawyer Minio of Kamloops, British Columbia, Kelowna Rockets defenseman and Kraken third round pick Caden Price of Saskatoon, Lethbridge Hurricanes centre and Penguins first round pick Brayden Yager of Saskatoon.
The two Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League players are Rimouski Oceanic centre and Vegas Golden Knights third round pick Mathieu Cataford of Saint-Constant, Quebec, and Drummondville Voltigeurs right winger and Tampa Bay Lightning second round pick Ethan Gauthier of Drummondville, Quebec. The American Hockey League player is Chicago Wolves left winger and Carolina Hurricanes first round pick Bradly Nadeau of St-Francois de Madawaska, New Brunswick.