Three current or future Gophers will be headed to Duluth in two weeks with designs on representing their country in the forthcoming World Junior Hockey Championship.

On Monday, USA Hockey named 28 players to the preliminary roster for the U.S. National Junior Team, which is seeking a third consecutive gold medal when the world’s best young players hit the ice in St. Paul and Minneapolis Dec. 26-Jan. 2.

Current Gopher forwards Brody Ziemer and L.J. Mooney, and future Gophers forward Jacob Kvasnicka were invited to the team’s final training camp, during which Gophers head coach Bob Motzko and his Team USA staff will cut the roster down to 25 players.

Ziemer, a sophomore from Chaska, skated for Team USA last winter when they won the world title in Ottawa, Ontario. He is currently tied for

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