The 2022 World Juniors Championship is just around the corner and on Wednesday, two teams announced their tournament rosters. The San Jose Sharks will have at least one prospect in the tournament, as William Eklund made the final cut for Sweden, but Finland’s roster skews more toward 2022 draft-eligible prospects, with 10 total players showcasing themselves for next summer.

Among those draft-hopefuls are forwards Joakim Kemell and Brad Lambert. The 17-year-olds are both ranked largely in the top-10, and as high as second-overall so far in the scouting season. Lambert comes from a hockey family, with his dad and uncle having played in Europe, as well as his uncle Lane Lambert, who played for the Detroit Red Wings and Quebec Nordiques in the 80s.

Lambert comes with more of the size and versatility, playing at center and wing, while winger Kemell is a pure goal-scorer. The JYP team mates in Finland’s Liiga are two of the three youngest players on the team. Kemell leads the team in both goals (12) and points (18) despite missing nine games.

Finland World Juniors 2022 Schedule

As far as the drafted players, 11 NHL franchises are represented on Finland’s roster, with the Ottawa Senators, Carolina Hurricanes, Toronto Maple Leafs and Los Angeles Kings sending two prospects each. Ten players are returning from last year’s competition: one goaltender, four defenders and five forwards, including Brad Lambert and the Kings’ Kasper Simontaival.

In the 2021 World Juniors live , Finland defeated Russia to win Bronze. Simontaival was second on the team in goals (4) and third in points (7) over the seven games of the tournament. Lambert netted 1 goal and 3 assists. Joel Blomqvist, the returning netminder who was drafted in the second round of the 2020 draft by the Pittsburgh Penguins, did not see any ice time in last year’s tournament.

Finland will compete in Group A against the Czech Republic, Canada, Germany and Austria in Edmonton, Alberta. Group B, consisting of the United States, Sweden, Russia, Slovakia, and Switzerland, will compete in Red Deer.

The pretournament exhibition games will begin on Dec. 20, with the preliminary round beginning on Dec. 26. The Finals will take place on Jan. 5, 2022.

GOALTENDERS

Joel Blomqvist (Pittsburgh Penguins, 2020)
Juha Jatkola (2022 draft eligible)
Leevi Merilainen (Ottawa Senators, 2020)

DEFENDERS

Aleksi Heimosalmi (Carolina Hurricanes, 2021)
Rami Maatta, (2022 draft eligible)
Topi Niemela (Toronto Maple Leafs, 2020)
Petteri Nurmi (2022 draft eligible)
Ville Ottavainen (Seattle Kraken, 2021)
Kasper Puutio (Florida Panthers, 2020)
Ruben Rafkin (2022 draft eligible)
Eemil Viro (Detroit Red Wings, 2020)

FORWARDS

Samuel Helenius (Los Angeles Kings, 2021)
Roni Hirvonen (Toronto Maple Leafs, 2020)
Roby Jarventie (Ottawa Senators, 2020)
Oliver Kapanen (Montreal Canadiens, 2021)
Joakim Kemell (2022 draft eligible)
Ville Koivunen (Carolina Hurricanes, 2021)
Brad Lambert (2022 draft eligible)
Joel Maatta (2022 draft eligible)
Juuso Maenpaa (2022 draft eligible)
Olli Nikupeteri (2022 draft eligible)
Sami Paivarinta (2022 draft eligible)
Aatu Raty (New York Islanders, 2021)
Kasper Simontaival (Los Angeles Kings, 2020)
Kalle Vaisanen (New York Rangers, 2021)

Kaiden Guhle approached last year with Team Canada at the World Junior Championship. His additional opportunity at a gold decoration is soon to start.

The veteran defenseman was one of three returning players in the fundamental program for Team Canada that was reported Wednesday. He is the just defenseman from last year’s silver decoration winning crew that was qualified to return.

As it generally does, the competition will formally start on Boxing Day, yet the work starts before that as the group’s instructional course will begin on Dec. 8. They will hold two practices before they face the U Sports top pick group on Dec. 11 and 12 as a feature of their customary pre-competition plan. From that point forward, the arrangement is that they’ll formally have their full group.

While Canada will not have the sort of extraordinary quarantine they had finally year’s occasion, there is as yet a concise quarantine period in Edmonton after that. When they escape that quarantine it will be a little more than seven days until the competition starts, and not exactly that until their first pre-competition game.

As well as getting back to wearing the maple leaf, something Guhle’s done at the WJC, Hlinka-Gretzky Cup and World Under-17 Challenge, it will be a get back for him. In contrast to last year, when the competition was shut to fans, Guhle will play simply up the street from his old neighborhood of Sherwood Park in a structure loaded with onlookers.

Guhle was important for a stacked Canadian blueline last year that included six NHL first-round picks. He completed second in scoring among defensemen in the group with two objectives and a help, following just group co-chief Bowen Byram in blueline scoring. Byram was a commander as a returning player last year, and there is a brilliant possibility Guhle will have a similar obligation.

In the wake of missing the beginning of the period since he was away with the Montreal Canadiens, Guhle has gotten back to the Raiders and set up two objectives and 15 focuses in 17 games, all while playing his standard tough style. He scored his initial two objectives of the period against the Brandon Wheat Kings on Saturday, November 27 giving all the offense in a 2-1 Raiders win.

The remainder of the Team Canada choice camp list incorporates 14 first-round picks from past NHL drafts, 15 individual individuals from the WHL, and three players who have not yet been drafted.

Canada opens the competition against the Czech Republic on Boxing Day at 6:00 p.m. Saskatchewan time.

The 2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship will take place in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, scheduled to happen between Dec 25, 2021, to Jan 5, 2022.

It’s bubble hockey — world junior-style.

The 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship begins on Christmas Day and runs through Jan. 5 with the end of the group stage wrapping up on New Year’s Eve.

2022 IIHF WJC Broadcast Schedule

As noted above, this event shall also beamed across the globe via various communication channels and modes of transmission. Knowing the breakdown of the times when the events shall be held is certainly a great thing to do as it is the one that shall guide you fully.

World juniors broadcast schedule

For a start, the upcoming tournament shall be divided into two main kinds. These are the pre-tournament and the world junior respectively. We present the schedule by way of a table hereunder:

IIHF World Juniors 2022 Schedule