The 2022 World Junior Championship kicks off later this week after the tournament was postponed from its original dates in December/January due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
And a handful of Chicago Blackhawks prospects learned this weekend that they’ll be representing their countries in the tournament.
Team USA announced its final roster on Sunday afternoon:
Three of those names should be familiar:
- Forward Dominic James (2022 sixth-round pick, 173rd overall)
- Forward Landon Slaggert (2020 third-round pick, 79th overall)
- Defenseman Wyatt Kaiser (2020 third-round pick, 81st overall)
Slaggert will also be sporting an “A” for the American side:
In a slight buzzkill, though, forward Frank Nazar — Chicago’s No.