Country Duty Calls

With the World Junior Championship nearing, the WHL will be greatly impacted by this event, as some players will be taking part in this event.  This year, 54 WHL players will be heading to Ufa, Russia, where this year's event will be held.  The tournament is divided into the under-20 and under-17 categories, meaning that the number going represents both sections.  For the under-20 group, the players that will be in that group are Alessio Bertaggia (Brandon, representing Switzerland), Victor Rask (Calgary, Sweden), David Musil (Edmonton, Czech Republic), Griffin Reinhart (Edmonton, Canada), Edgars Kulda (Edmonton, Latvia, and is attending the national team selection camp), Mirco Mueller (Everett, Switzerland), Marek Hrbas (Kamloops, Czech Republic), JC Lipon (Kamloops, Canada), Morgan Rielly (Moose Jaw, Canada), Ty Rattie and Tyler Wotherspoon (Portland, Canada), Seth Jones (Portland, United States, and attending the national team selection camp), Oliver Bjorkstrand (Portland, Denmark), Layne Viveiros (Portland, Austria), Leon Draisaitl (Prince Albert, Germany), Jonas Knutsen (Prince Albert, Norway), Rinalds Rosinskis (Prince George, Latvia, and attending national team selection camp), Patrik Bartosak (Red Deer, Czech Republic), Andrey Makarov (Saskatoon, Russia, and attending national team selection camp), Roberts Lipsbergs (Seattle, Latvia, and attending national team selection camp), and Eetu Laurikainen (Swift Current, Finland, and attending national team selection camp).