Brock Faber, Matthew Knies and Logan Cooley will skate for Team USA when the 2022 World Junior Hockey Championship begins on Aug. 9, as that trio of Minnesota Gophers was named to the Americans' 25-man roster.
Eighty-five of the top young hockey players in the world will gather in Buffalo for fitness testing and interviews prior to the 2022 NHL Draft, coming in July. Among that group are four who are committed to play for the Minnesota Gophers as soon as next season.
Laurila, a 15-year-old defenseman, is one of seven Minnesota-born players to make the roster but he's also the rare bantam player who has made the leap to the national development team.
Former Rochester Mayo and Shattuck St. Mary's standout hockey player Maddox Fleming is excelling with the USHL's Sioux Falls Stampede this spring. The Notre Dame commit could also be selected in July's NHL Draft.
Seven of the nine Minnesotans invited to the evaluation camp have been selected to join the National Team Development Program U-17 team for next season.
Sophomore from Maple Grove will join the Olympic team on Sunday after series against Notre Dame. The Los Angeles Kings draft pick discusses his career with the National Team Development Program, playing in two IIHF World Junior Championships and more
