2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters explained

See main article: 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Below are the rosters for teams competing in the 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Group A

• Head coach: Benoit Groulx

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GK	1	Eric Comrie	Tri-City Americans	Winnipeg Jets
GK	31	Zach Fucale	Halifax Mooseheads	Montreal Canadiens
D	2	Joe Hicketts	Victoria Royals	Detroit Red Wings
D	3	Dillon Heatherington	Swift Current Broncos	Columbus Blue Jackets
D	4	Madison Bowey	Kelowna Rockets	Washington Capitals
D	5	Samuel Morin	Rimouski Océanic	Philadelphia Flyers
D	6	Shea Theodore	Seattle Thunderbirds	Anaheim Ducks
D	7		Kelowna Rockets	Winnipeg Jets
D	25	Darnell Nurse	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Edmonton Oilers
F	9	Brayden Point	Moose Jaw Warriors	Tampa Bay Lightning
F	10	Anthony Duclair	Quebec Remparts	New York Rangers
F	16	Max Domi	London Knights	Arizona Coyotes
F	17	Connor McDavid	Erie Otters	Draft-Eligible 2015
F	18	Jake Virtanen	Calgary Hitmen	Vancouver Canucks
F	19	Nic Petan	Portland Winterhawks	Winnipeg Jets
F	20	Nick Paul	North Bay Battalion	Ottawa Senators
F	21	Nick Ritchie	Peterborough Petes	Anaheim Ducks
F	22	Frédérik Gauthier	Rimouski Océanic	Toronto Maple Leafs
F	23	Sam Reinhart	Kootenay Ice	Buffalo Sabres
F	26	Curtis Lazar	Ottawa Senators	Ottawa Senators
F	28	Lawson Crouse	Kingston Frontenacs	Draft-Eligible 2015
F	29	Robby Fabbri	Guelph Storm	St. Louis Blues

• Head coach: Pat Cortina

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GK	1	Ilya Sharipov	EC Salzburg	Undrafted
GK	29	Florian Proske	Heilbronn Falcons	Undrafted
GK	30	Kevin Reich	Green Bay Gamblers	Undrafted
D	3	Tim Bender	EHC Red Bull München	Undrafted
D	4	Jonas Müller	Eisbären Berlin	Undrafted
D	5	David Trinkenberger	Muskegon Lumberjacks	Undrafted
D	7	Dorian Saeftel	Heilbronn Falcons	Undrafted
D	9		Ravensburg Towerstars	Undrafted
D	12	Kai Wissmann	FASS Berlin	Draft-Eligible 2015
D	16	Fabio Wagner	ERC Ingolstadt	Undrafted
D	18	Janik Moser	Ohio State University	Undrafted
F	6	Parker Tuomie	Sioux Falls Stampede	Undrafted
F	10	Marc Michaelis	Green Bay Gamblers	Undrafted
F	11	Markus Eisenschmid	Medicine Hat Tigers	Undrafted
F	14	Manuel Wiederer	ESF Kaufbeuren	Draft-Eligible 2015
F	17	Frederik Tiffels	Western Michigan University	Undrafted
F	19	Nico Sturm	Austin Bruins	Undrafted
F	21	Dominik Kahun	EHC Red Bull München	Undrafted
F	22	Marc Schmidpeter	ERC Ingolstadt	Undrafted
F	23	Vladislav Filin	EC Red Bull Salzburg	Undrafted
F	25	Fabio Pfohl	Kölner Haie	Undrafted
F	27	Maximilian Kammerer	EC Red Bull Salzburg	Draft-Eligible 2015
F	28	Andreas Eder	EC Red Bull Salzburg	Undrafted

• Head coach: Hannu Jortikka

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GK	30	Ville Husso	HIFK	St. Louis Blues
GK	31	Juuse Saros	HPK	Nashville Predators
D	2	Sami Niku	JYP Jyväskylä	Draft-Eligible 2015
D	4	Mika Ilvonen	St. Cloud State Huskies	Undrafted
D	5	Aleksi Mäkelä	Ilves	Dallas Stars
D	6	Joonas Lyytinen	KalPa	Nashville Predators
D	7		Tappara	Undrafted
D	9	Julius Honka	Texas Stars	Dallas Stars
D	23	Alex Lintuniemi	Ottawa 67's	Los Angeles Kings
F	10	Juuso Ikonen	JYP Jyväskylä	Undrafted
F	11	Hannes Björninen	Lahti Pelicans	Undrafted
F	13	Jesse Puljujärvi	Oulun Kärpät	Draft-Eligible 2016
F	16	Mikko Rantanen	HC TPS	Draft-Eligible 2015
F	19	Antti Kalapudas	Oulun Kärpät	Undrafted
F	20	Niko Ojamäki	Ässät	Undrafted
F	21	Aleksi Mustonen	Ilves	Undrafted
F	22	Roope Hintz	Ilves	Draft-Eligible 2015
F	24	Kasperi Kapanen	KalPa	Pittsburgh Penguins
F	26	Sebastian Aho	Oulun Kärpät	Draft-Eligible 2015
F	27	Julius Vähätalo	HC TPS	Detroit Red Wings
F	28	Artturi Lehkonen	Frölunda HC	Montreal Canadiens
F	29	Otto Rauhala	Tappara	Undrafted

• Head coach: Ernest Bokroš

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GK	1	Daniel Gibl	Barrie Colts	Undrafted
GK	2	Dávid Okoličány	HK Orange 20	Undrafted
GK	30	Denis Godla	HK Orange 20	Undrafted
D	4	Mislav Rosandič	HC ’05 Banská Bystrica	Undrafted
D	5		HK Orange 20	Undrafted
D	7	Dominik Jendroľ	HK Orange 20	Undrafted
D	11	Matúš Holenda	HK Orange 20	Undrafted
D	14	Erik Černák	HC Košice	Draft-Eligible 2015
D	15	Patrik Bačík	HK Orange 20	Undrafted
D	18	Branislav Pavúk	HK Orange 20	Undrafted
D	26	Christián Jaroš	Luleå HF	Draft-Eligible 2015
F	8	Patrik Koyš	HK Orange 20	Undrafted
F	9	Samuel Petráš	HK Orange 20	Undrafted
F	10	Martin Réway	Sparta Prague	Montreal Canadiens
F	12	Dominik Rehák	HK Orange 20	Undrafted
F	13	Radovan Bondra	HK Orange 20	Draft-Eligible 2015
F	16	Róbert Lantoši	VIK Västerås HK	Undrafted
F	19	Matúš Sukeľ	HK Orange 20	Undrafted
F	21	Dávid Šoltés	Prince George Cougars	Undrafted
F	22	Peter Cehlárik	Luleå HF	Boston Bruins
F	27	Michal Kabáč	HK Orange 20	Undrafted
F	28	Pavol Skalický	HK Orange 20	Undrafted
F	29	Matej Paulovič	Muskegon Lumberjacks	Dallas Stars

• Head coach: Mark Osiecki

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GK	29	Brandon Halverson	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	New York Rangers
GK	30	Thatcher Demko	Boston College	Vancouver Canucks
GK	31	Alex Nedeljkovic	Plymouth Whalers	Carolina Hurricanes
D	2	Noah Hanifin	Boston College	Draft-Eligible 2015
D	3	Ian McCoshen	Boston College	Florida Panthers
D	4	Will Butcher	University of Denver	Colorado Avalanche
D	6	Ryan Collins	University of Minnesota	Columbus Blue Jackets
D	23	Zach Werenski	University of Michigan	Draft-Eligible 2015
D	24		Sarnia Sting	Tampa Bay Lightning
D	26	Brandon Carlo	Tri-City Americans	Draft-Eligible 2015
F	7	J. T. Compher	University of Michigan	Buffalo Sabres
F	8	Nick Schmaltz	University of North Dakota	Chicago Blackhawks
F	9	Jack Eichel	Boston University	Draft-Eligible 2015
F	10	Anthony Louis	Miami University	Chicago Blackhawks
F	11	Miles Wood	Noble and Greenough School	New Jersey Devils
F	13	Sonny Milano	Plymouth Whalers	Columbus Blue Jackets
F	14	Tyler Motte	University of Michigan	Chicago Blackhawks
F	15	John Hayden	Yale University	Chicago Blackhawks
F	17	Alex Tuch	Boston College	Minnesota Wild
F	18	Chase De Leo	Portland Winterhawks	Winnipeg Jets
F	21	Dylan Larkin	University of Michigan	Detroit Red Wings
F	22	Hudson Fasching	University of Minnesota	Buffalo Sabres
F	34	Auston Matthews	U.S. NTDP	Draft-Eligible 2016

Group B

• Head coach: Miroslav Přerost

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GK	1	Miroslav Svoboda	Oceláři Třinec	Undrafted
GK	2	Vítek Vaněček	Bílí Tygři Liberec	Washington Capitals
GK	30	Daniel Vladař	HC Kladno	Draft-Eligible 2015
D	3	Jan Košťálek	Rimouski Océanic	Winnipeg Jets
D	4	Jan Ščotka	HC ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice	Undrafted
D	5	Marek Baránek	HC Litvínov	Undrafted
D	6	Lukáš Klok	Vítkovice Steel	Undrafted
D	8	David Němeček	HC TPS	Undrafted
D	20	Jan Štencel	Vítkovice Steel	Undrafted
D	27		Peterborough Petes	Tampa Bay Lightning
F	9	David Pastrňák	Boston Bruins	Boston Bruins
F	10	David Kämpf	Piráti Chomutov	Undrafted
F	13	Jakub Vrána	Linköpings HC	Washington Capitals
F	14	Pavel Zacha	Sarnia Sting	Draft-Eligible 2015
F	16	Jan Mandát	Val-d'Or Foreurs	Undrafted
F	17	Marek Růžička	Oceláři Třinec	Undrafted
F	18	Dominik Kubalík	HC Plzeň	Los Angeles Kings
F	21	Michael Špaček	HC ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice	Draft-Eligible 2015
F	23	David Kaše	Piráti Chomutov	Draft-Eligible 2015
F	25	Ondřej Kaše	Piráti Chomutov	Anaheim Ducks
F	26	Patrik Zdráhal	Vítkovice Steel	Undrafted
F	28	Sebastian Gorčík	HC Karlovy Vary	Undrafted

• Head coach: Olaf Eller

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GK	1	Nicolaj Henriksen	Esbjerg Energy	undrafted
GK	31	Thomas Lillie	Växjö Lakers	undrafted
GK	39	Georg Sørensen	Herning Blue Fox	undrafted
D	2	Anders Krogsgaard	Esbjerg Energy	undrafted
D	3	Daniel Hansen	SønderjyskE	undrafted
D	5	Matthias Lassen	Rødovre Mighty Bulls	undrafted
D	6	Daniel Nielsen	Hvidovre IK	undrafted
D	11	Mads Larsen	Malmö Redhawks	undrafted
D	14	Victor Eskerod	Gentofte Stars	undrafted
D	18	Sonny Hertzberg	Oshawa Generals	undrafted
F	7	Mikkel Aagaard	Niagara IceDogs	undrafted
F	9	Nick Olesen	Odense Bulldogs	undrafted
F	10	Kristian Jensen	Luleå HF	undrafted
F	15	Andre Pison	Wenatchee Wild	undrafted
F	16	Alexander True	Seattle Thunderbirds	Draft-Eligible 2015
F	17	Marcus Nielsen	Rungsted IK	undrafted
F	19	Emil Rasmussen	Rødovre Mighty Bulls	undrafted
F	20	Mads Eller	Edmonton Oil Kings	undrafted
F	21	Mathias Asperup	Malmö Redhawks	undrafted
F	23	Jeppe Holmberg	Esbjerg Energy	undrafted
F	24	Nikolaj Ehlers	Halifax Mooseheads	Winnipeg Jets
F	27	Oliver Bjorkstrand	Portland Winterhawks	Columbus Blue Jackets
F	28	Søren Nielsen	Esbjerg Energy	Draft-Eligible 2015

• Head coach: Valeri Bragin

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GK	1	Ilya Sorokin	Metallurg Novokuznetsk	New York Islanders
GK	29	Denis Kostin	Avangard Omsk	Undrafted
GK	30	Igor Shestyorkin	SKA Saint Petersburg	New York Rangers
D	3	Dmitri Yudin	SKA Saint Petersburg	Undrafted
D	4	Ziat Paigin	Ak Bars Kazan	Undrafted
D	5	Nikita Cherepanov	HC Ryazan	Draft-Eligible 2015
D	6	Vladislav Gavrikov	HC Ryazan	Draft-Eligible 2015
D	7	Rushan Rafikov	HC Ryazan	Calgary Flames
D	12	Alexander Bryntsev	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	Draft-Eligible 2015
D	24	Rinat Valiev	Kootenay Ice	Toronto Maple Leafs
D	29	Ivan Provorov	Brandon Wheat Kings	Draft-Eligible 2015
F	9	Vladislav Kamenev	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	Nashville Predators
F	11	Nikolay Goldobin	HIFK	San Jose Sharks
F	15	Anatoly Golyshev	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	Draft-Eligible 2015
F	17	Ivan Fishenko	Sokol Krasnoyarsk	Draft-Eligible 2015
F	18	Maxim Mamin	CSKA Moscow	Draft-Eligible 2015
F	19	Pavel Buchnevich	Severstal Cherepovets	New York Rangers
F	22	Ivan Barbashev	Moncton Wildcats	St. Louis Blues
F	23	Alexander Sharov	Lada Togliatti	Draft-Eligible 2015
F	25	Alexander Dergachyov	SKA Saint Petersburg	Draft-Eligible 2015
F	26	Vladimir Bryukvin	Dynamo Moscow	Draft-Eligible 2015
F	27	Vyacheslav Leshenko	Atlant Mytishchi	Draft-Eligible 2015
F	28	Sergei Tolchinsky	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	Carolina Hurricanes

• Head coach: Rikard Grönborg

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GK	1	Samuel Ward	Luleå HF	Undrafted
GK	30	Linus Söderström	Djurgårdens IF	New York Islanders
GK	35	Fredrik Bergvik	Frölunda HC	San Jose Sharks
D	2	Sebastian Aho	Skellefteå AIK	Draft-Eligible 2015
D	3	William Lagesson	Dubuque Fighting Saints	Edmonton Oilers
D	5	Robin Norell	Djurgårdens IF	Chicago Blackhawks
D	6	Andreas Englund	Djurgårdens IF	Ottawa Senators
D	7	Julius Bergman	London Knights	San Jose Sharks
D	8	Gustav Forsling	Linköpings HC	Vancouver Canucks
D	14	Robert Hägg	Lehigh Valley Phantoms	Philadelphia Flyers
F	9	Jacob de la Rose	Hamilton Bulldogs	Montreal Canadiens
F	11	Anton Blidh	Frölunda HC	Boston Bruins
F	12	Victor Olofsson	Modo Hockey	Buffalo Sabres
F	20	Adam Brodecki	Brynäs IF	Undrafted
F	21	William Nylander	Modo Hockey	Toronto Maple Leafs
F	22	Oskar Lindblom	Brynäs IF	Philadelphia Flyers
F	23	Lucas Wallmark	Luleå HF	Carolina Hurricanes
F	24	Jens Lööke	Brynäs IF	Draft-Eligible 2015
F	25	Axel Holmström	Skellefteå AIK	Detroit Red Wings
F	26	Christoffer Ehn	Frölunda HC	Detroit Red Wings
F	27	Anton Karlsson	Frölunda HC	Arizona Coyotes
F	28	Leon Bristedt	University of Minnesota	Undrafted
F	29	Adrian Kempe	Modo Hockey	Los Angeles Kings

• Head coach: John Fust

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GK	1	Ludovic Waeber	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	undrafted
GK	29	Gauthier Descloux	Genève-Servette HC	undrafted
GK	30	Gilles Senn	HC Davos	undrafted
D	2	Michael Fora	Kamloops Blazers	undrafted
D	5	Mirco Müller	San Jose Sharks	San Jose Sharks
D	6	Edson Harlacher	Kloten Flyers	undrafted
D	14	Phil Baltisberger	Guelph Storm	undrafted
D	20	Simon Kindschi	HC Davos	undrafted
D	25	Jonas Siegenthaler	ZSC Lions	Draft-Eligible 2015
D	27	Yannick Rathgeb	Plymouth Whalers	undrafted
F	9	Michael Hugli	EV Zug	Draft-Eligible 2015
F	10	Kevin Fiala	HV71	Nashville Predators
F	12	Jason Fuchs	HC Ambrì-Piotta	undrafted
F	13	Luca Hischier	SC Bern	undrafted
F	15	Kris Schmidli	Kelowna Rockets	undrafted
F	16	Denis Malgin	ZSC Lions	Draft-Eligible 2015
F	18	Kay Schweri	Sherbrooke Phoenix	Draft-Eligible 2015
F	19	Marc Aeschlimann	HC Davos	undrafted
F	21	Luca Fazzini	HC Lugano	undrafted
F	22	Tim Wieser	Sherbrooke Phoenix	undrafted
F	24	Pius Suter	Guelph Storm	undrafted
F	26	Noah Rod	Genève-Servette HC	San Jose Sharks
F	28	Timo Meier	Halifax Mooseheads	Draft-Eligible 2015

External links

• worldjunior2015.com