When the Finnish national junior team announced its training camp roster Wednesday in preparation August's World Junior Championship, there was one glaring omission.
Penguins goaltending prospect Joel Blomqvist, the team's second-round pick in 2020.
The World Junior Championship is scheduled to be held Aug. 9 - 20 in Edmonton, and is going to be the second attempt at competing the tournament. The tournament was initially scheduled to be held from Dec 6, 2021 through Jan, 5, 2022 Edmonton and Red Deer in Alberta, but the tournament was postponed after just a handful of games due to a number of positive COVID tests within multiple teams.