WORLD JUNIOR HOPEFULS

CHL players who are attending national team camps and could be participating in the world junior hockey championship include: Czech Republic: Goalie Jiri Patera (Brandon); defencemen Filip Kral (Spokane), Radim Salda (Rimouski), Daniel Bukac (Niagara); forwards Petr Cjaka (Erie), Jakub Lauko (Rouyn-Noranda), Matej Pekar (Barrie), Ostap Safin (Halifax), Krystof Hrabik (Tri-City)

Denmark: Goalie Mads Sogaard (Medicine Hat); forward Philip Schultz (Victoria)

Finland: Goalie UkkoPekka Luukkonen (Sudbury); defencemen Anttalainen Aleksi (Blainville-Boisbriand), Thomson Lassi (Kelowna)

Russia: Defencemen Dmitry Samorukov (Guelph), Alexander Alexeyev (Red Deer), Alexander Khovanov (Moncton); forward Ivan Chekhovich (Baie-Comeau)

Slovakia: North American skaters won’t be confirmed until Dec. 15

Sweden: Defenceman Adam Boqvist (London); forwards Hugo Leufvenius (Sarnia), Rickard Hugg (Kitchener)

Switzerland: Defencemen Nico Gross (Oshawa), Simon Le Coultre (Moncton); forwards Valentin Nussbaumer (Shawinigan), Nando Eggenberger (Oshawa), Philipp Kurashev (Quebec), Kyen Sopa (Niagara)

USA: Goalie Kyle Keyser (Oshawa); defenceman Joey Keane (Barrie); forwards Sasha Chmelevski (Ottawa), Cole Coskey (Saginaw), Jason Robertson (Niagara) (Americans aren’t considered import players in the CHL)