For Immediate Release | June 20, 2024
USHL News | USA Hockey World Junior Summer Showcase
42 Players with USHL Ties Selected for 2024 World Junior Hockey Summer Showcase
USA Hockey has announced its roster for the 2024 World Junior Summer Showcase which is scheduled for July 26 – Aug. 3 in Plymouth, Mich.
The Showcase serves to identify players who will make up Team USA which will compete at the IIHF World Junior Championship scheduled for Dec. 26, 2024, through Jan. 5, 2025, in Ottawa, Ont.
Other teams participating at the World Junior Hockey Summer Showcase include Canada, Finland and Sweden.
In addition to 11 invitees from the USA Hockey National Team Development Program who saw action in the USHL in 2023-24, 16 players who suited up for club teams in the United States Hockey League during the course of this season were named to participate at this summer’s camp – Carsen Musser (Madison), Hampton Slukynsky (Fargo), Adam Kleber (Lincoln), Tory Pitner (Youngstown), Colin Ralph (Dubuque), Andrew Strathmann (Youngstown), Austin Burnevik (Madison), Trevor Connelly (Tri-City), Jake Fisher (Fargo), Beckett Hendrickson (Dubuque), Chris Pelosi (Sioux Falls), Noah Powell (Dubuque), James Reeder (Dubuque), Jayson Shaugabay (Green Bay), Brandon Svoboda (Fargo) and Mac Swanson (Fargo). An additional 15 players who played in the USHL previously will also attend the camp giving the League a total of 42 players.
David Carle, the head coach at the University of Denver and a former assistant coach with the USHL’s Green Bay Gamblers, is serving as head coach of Team USA for the second consecutive year. Other members of the staff include assistant coaches Brett Larson of St. Cloud State, who spent two seasons as the head coach and general manager of the Sioux City Musketeers (2011-13), Steve Miller, who spent the 1984-85 season playing for the Madison Capitols before beginning a lengthy assistant coaching career in the college ranks, Garrett Raboin, who played for the Lincoln Stars (2003-06) and currently serves as the head coach at Augustana University and goalie coach David Lassonde from the NTDP.
| Players with USHL Ties Attending the 2024 World Junior Summer Showcase | |||
| Name | Pos | Most Recent Team (League) | USHL Team |
| Trey Augustine | G | Michigan State University (Big 10) | USA Hockey NTDP |
| Nick Kempf | G | U.S. National Under-18 Team (USHL) | |
| Carsen Musser | G | Madison Capitols (USHL) | |
| Hampton Slukynsky | G | Fargo Force (USHL) | |
| Zeev Buium | D | University of Denver (NCHC) | USA Hockey NTDP |
| EJ Emery | D | U.S. National Under-18 Team (USHL) | |
| Paul Fischer | D | University of Notre Dame (Big 10) | USA Hockey NTDP |
| Lukas Fischer | D | Sarnia Sting (OHL) | Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL) |
| Drew Fortescue | D | Boston College (Hockey East) | USA Hockey NTDP |
| Logan Hensler | D | U.S. National Under-18 Team (USHL) | |
| Cole Hutson | D | U.S. National Under-18 Team (USHL) | |
| Adam Kleber | D | Lincoln Stars (USHL) | |
| Matt Mania | D | Sudbury (OHL) | Fargo Force (USHL) |
| Gavin McCarthy | D | Boston University (Hockey East) | Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) |
| Aram Minnetian | D | Boston College (Hockey East) | USA Hockey NTDP |
| Tory Pitner | D | Youngstown Phantoms (USHL) | Tr-City Storm (USHL) |
| Colin Ralph | D | Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL) | |
| Zach Schulz | D | University of Wisconsin (Big 10) | USA Hockey NTDP |
| Andrew Strathmann | D | Youngstown Phantoms (USHL) | |
| John Whipple | D | U.S. National Under-18 Team (USHL) | |
| Tanner Adams | F | Providence College (Hockey East) | Tr-City Storm (USHL) |
| Kamil Bednarik | F | U.S. National Under-18 Team (USHL) | |
| Austin Burnevik | F | Madison Capitols (USHL) | |
| Trevor Connelly | F | Tri-City Storm (USHL) | |
| Cole Eiserman | F | U.S. National Under-18 Team (USHL) | |
| Jake Fisher | F | Fargo Force (USHL) | |
| James Hagens | F | U.S. National Under-18 Team (USHL) | |
| Beckett Hendrickson | F | Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL) | |
| Ryan Leonard | F | Boston College (Hockey East) | USA Hockey NTDP |
| Oliver Moore | F | University of Minnesota (Big 10) | USA Hockey NTDP |
| Danny Nelson | F | University of Notre Dame (Big 10) | USA Hockey NTDP/Green Bay Gamblers |
| Chris Pelosi | F | Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) | |
| Gabe Perreault | F | Boston College (Hockey East) | USA Hockey NTDP |
| Max Plante | F | U.S. National Under-18 Team (USHL) | |
| Noah Powell | F | Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL) | |
| James Reeder | F | Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL) | |
| Jayson Shaugabay | F | Green Bay Gamblers (USHL) | |
| Teddy Stiga | F | U.S. National Under-18 Team (USHL) | |
| Brandon Svoboda | F | Fargo Force (USHL) | |
| Mac Swanson | F | Fargo Force (USHL) | |
| William Whitelaw | F | University of Wisconsin (Big 10) | Youngstown Phantoms |
| Brodie Ziemer | F | U.S. National Under-18 Team (USHL) | |
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