Boston College Athletics
BC Well Represented at 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship
December 05, 2017 | Men's Hockey
Joseph Woll (Team USA) and Aapeli Rasanen (Team Finland) will skate for their respective countries at the 2018 WJC while BC associate head coach Greg Brown will be behind Team USA's bench once again
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Three members of the Boston College men's hockey program including goaltender Joseph Woll (St. Louis, Mo.) and Aapeli Rasanen (Tampere, Finland) have been named to their respective preliminary rosters for the 2018 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship from Dec. 26, 2017 - Jan. 5, 2018, in Buffalo, New York.
Woll will return as one of seven members from the gold medal-winning 2017 U.S. National Junior Team and will be one of three goaltenders on the 28-man preliminary roster. These 28 skaters are auditioning for a spot on the final 23-man roster.
Rasanen will return to Team Finland as he skated for his country in 2017.
Team USA and Finland have won gold in the last two World Junior Championships, respectively.
Boston College associate head coach Greg Brown (Scituate, Mass.) will also be an assistant coach for Team USA. This will be Brown's third time behind the bench for Team USA as he helped the red, white and blue to gold last year. He was also an assistant coach in 2015.
Team USA will attend training camp Dec. 15-19 at Nationwide Arena and OhioHealth Ice Haus in Columbus, Ohio, followed by an additional camp in Jamestown, New York, from Dec. 20-23. The U.S. will play pre-tournament games Dec. 20 against Belarus on Dec. 20 at the Northwest Arena in Jamestown and Dec. 22 against Sweden at the Erie Insurance Arena in Erie, Pennsylvania. Both games are set for 7 p.m. ET puck drops and tickets are on sale now here.
Seven camp invitees were members of the 2017 U.S. National Junior Team that earned the gold medal at the 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship in Montreal and Toronto, Canada, including forwards Joey Anderson (Roseville, Minn./University of Minnesota Duluth), Kieffer Bellows (Edina, Minn./Portland Winterhawks), Patrick Harper (New Canaan, Conn./Boston University); defensemen Adam Fox(Jericho, N.Y./Harvard University) and Ryan Lindgren (Minneapolis, Minn./University of Minnesota); and goaltenders Jake Oettinger (Lakeville, Minn./Boston University) and Joseph Woll (St. Louis, Mo./Boston College).
For a full training camp schedule, click here.
NOTES
• The final 23-man roster is expected to be named by Dec. 23.
• Team USA has medaled in five of the last eight IIHF World Junior Championships, winning gold in 2010, 2013 and 2017, plus bronze in 2011 and 2016. No other nation has won three gold medals in that span.
• The United States is seeking back-to-back medal finishes in tournament play for the second time ever (2010 - gold, 2011 - bronze).
• Bob Motzko (St. Cloud, Minn.), who guided Team USA to its fourth-ever gold medal at the 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship in Montreal and Toronto, Canada, is returning as head coach for the 2018 U.S. National Junior Team. He is joined behind the bench by assistant coaches Greg Brown (Scituate, Mass.), Grant Potulny (Minneapolis, Minn.), Kris Mayotte (Pittsburgh, Pa.) and Steve Miller (Littleton, Colo.), all of whom were part of his gold medal-winning staff a year ago.
• NHL Network is the official U.S. broadcaster of the 2018 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship, which will take place in Buffalo, New York, Dec. 26, 2017 - Jan. 5, 2018, and include the first ever outdoor game in tournament play when the United States takes on Canada at New Era Field on Dec. 29, 2017.
• Team USA will play its preliminary-round games against Denmark, Slovakia, Canada and Finland. Quarterfinals will be split between the KeyBank Center and HarborCenter. The semifinal and medal games will be played at the KeyBank Center. For more information about the tournament, including ticket information, click here.
Woll will return as one of seven members from the gold medal-winning 2017 U.S. National Junior Team and will be one of three goaltenders on the 28-man preliminary roster. These 28 skaters are auditioning for a spot on the final 23-man roster.
Rasanen will return to Team Finland as he skated for his country in 2017.
Team USA and Finland have won gold in the last two World Junior Championships, respectively.
Boston College associate head coach Greg Brown (Scituate, Mass.) will also be an assistant coach for Team USA. This will be Brown's third time behind the bench for Team USA as he helped the red, white and blue to gold last year. He was also an assistant coach in 2015.
Team USA will attend training camp Dec. 15-19 at Nationwide Arena and OhioHealth Ice Haus in Columbus, Ohio, followed by an additional camp in Jamestown, New York, from Dec. 20-23. The U.S. will play pre-tournament games Dec. 20 against Belarus on Dec. 20 at the Northwest Arena in Jamestown and Dec. 22 against Sweden at the Erie Insurance Arena in Erie, Pennsylvania. Both games are set for 7 p.m. ET puck drops and tickets are on sale now here.
Seven camp invitees were members of the 2017 U.S. National Junior Team that earned the gold medal at the 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship in Montreal and Toronto, Canada, including forwards Joey Anderson (Roseville, Minn./University of Minnesota Duluth), Kieffer Bellows (Edina, Minn./Portland Winterhawks), Patrick Harper (New Canaan, Conn./Boston University); defensemen Adam Fox(Jericho, N.Y./Harvard University) and Ryan Lindgren (Minneapolis, Minn./University of Minnesota); and goaltenders Jake Oettinger (Lakeville, Minn./Boston University) and Joseph Woll (St. Louis, Mo./Boston College).
For a full training camp schedule, click here.
NOTES
• The final 23-man roster is expected to be named by Dec. 23.
• Team USA has medaled in five of the last eight IIHF World Junior Championships, winning gold in 2010, 2013 and 2017, plus bronze in 2011 and 2016. No other nation has won three gold medals in that span.
• The United States is seeking back-to-back medal finishes in tournament play for the second time ever (2010 - gold, 2011 - bronze).
• Bob Motzko (St. Cloud, Minn.), who guided Team USA to its fourth-ever gold medal at the 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship in Montreal and Toronto, Canada, is returning as head coach for the 2018 U.S. National Junior Team. He is joined behind the bench by assistant coaches Greg Brown (Scituate, Mass.), Grant Potulny (Minneapolis, Minn.), Kris Mayotte (Pittsburgh, Pa.) and Steve Miller (Littleton, Colo.), all of whom were part of his gold medal-winning staff a year ago.
• NHL Network is the official U.S. broadcaster of the 2018 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship, which will take place in Buffalo, New York, Dec. 26, 2017 - Jan. 5, 2018, and include the first ever outdoor game in tournament play when the United States takes on Canada at New Era Field on Dec. 29, 2017.
• Team USA will play its preliminary-round games against Denmark, Slovakia, Canada and Finland. Quarterfinals will be split between the KeyBank Center and HarborCenter. The semifinal and medal games will be played at the KeyBank Center. For more information about the tournament, including ticket information, click here.
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