USA Hockey has announced its 28-player preliminary roster for the upcoming World Junior Championship in Minneapolis and St. Paul. They only need to make three cuts by the time final rosters are due Dec. 24, two days before round-robin action begins. They’ll do so over the course of their selection camp, which they’ll hold a few hours north of the Twin Cities in Duluth. That will begin on Dec. 15 and run for a week, including two pre-tournament friendlies against Finland and Germany. The initial squad is as follows:

F Kamil Bednarik (Islanders, 2024, 2-61)

F Trevor Connelly (Golden Knights, 2024, 1-19)

F Cole Eiserman (Islanders, 2024, 1-20)

F James Hagens (Bruins, 2025, 1-7)

F Will Horcoff (Penguins, 2025, 1-24)

F Jacob Kvasnicka (Islanders, 2025, 7-20

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