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The 2014 World Juniors will be taking place
from December 26th through January 5th.  This year, the Habs will have six
representatives: Zach Fucale and Charles Hudon (CAN), Sebastian Collberg and
Jacob De la Rose (SWE), Artturi Lehkonen (FIN), and Martin Reway (SVK). 
They also have a prospect in the Spengler Cup as Hamilton goalie Robert Mayer has
been loaned to Geneve-Servette.  As is our annual tradition, we
will be tracking each players’ progress throughout their tournaments.

World Juniors

F Sebastian Collberg (Sweden)

Date	Opponent	G	A	PIM	+/-	SOG
Dec. 26	Switzerland	0	0	0	E	1
Dec. 28	Finland	0	1	0	+1	4
Dec. 29	Norway	1	2	2	+3	4
Dec. 31	Russia	0	1	0	E	1
Jan. 2	Slovakia	0	0	4	E	5
Jan. 4	Russia	0	0	0	E	1
Jan. 5	Finland	0	1	0	E	1
Totals		1	5	6	+4	17

Collberg finished 3rd on Team Sweden in
assists.

F Jacob De la Rose (Sweden)

Date	Opponent	G	A	PIM	+/-	SOG
Dec. 26	Switzerland	0	2	0	+2	2
Dec. 28	Finland	1	0	2	+1	4
Dec. 29	Norway	0	1	2	E	3
Dec. 31	Russia	1	0	0	+1	2
Jan. 2	Slovakia	1	0	2	E	4
Jan. 4	Russia	0	0	0	E	3
Jan. 5	Finland	0	0	0	-1	3
Totals		3	3	6	+3	21

Two of De la Rose’s goals were game winners
to lead the team.  He also finished 2nd on the team in shots.

G Zach Fucale (Canada)

Date	Opponent	GA	SF	GAA	SV%
Dec. 26	Germany	Did not play
Dec. 28	Czech Republic	Did not play
Dec. 30	Slovakia	3	22	3.00	.864
Dec. 31	USA	2	26	2.00	.923
Jan. 2	Switzerland	1	20	1.00	.950
Jan. 4	Finland	4	22	4.10	.818
Jan. 5	Russia	2	32	2.03	.938
Totals		12	122	2.42	.902

Fucale was
named Canada’s Player of the Game vs USA.  He finished 6th in the
tournament in SV% and 4th in GAA.

F Charles Hudon (Canada)

Date	Opponent	G	A	PIM	+/-	SOG
Dec. 26	Germany	0	0	0	+1	0
Dec. 28	Czech Republic	1	0	0	+1	2
Dec. 30	Slovakia	0	0	0	+2	3
Dec. 31	USA	0	0	0	+1	1
Jan. 2	Switzerland	0	0	0	E	0
Jan. 4	Finland	0	0	0	E	0
Jan. 5	Russia	0	1	2	E	2
Totals		1	1	2	+5	8

Hudon finished tied for 2nd on Team Canada
in +/-.

F Artturi Lehkonen (Finland)

Date	Opponent	G	A	PIM	+/-	SOG
Dec. 27	Norway	1	1	0	+2	5
Dec. 28	Sweden	0	0	2	E	3
Dec. 30	Russia	Did not play – injured
Dec. 31	Switzerland	Did not play – injured
Jan. 2	Czech Republic	0	0	0	+2	2
Jan. 4	Canada	1	0	0	E	2
Jan. 5	Sweden	0	1	0	+3	2
Totals		2	2	2	+7	14

Lehkonen’s +7 rating put him 3rd on Finland but
also 3rd in the tournament amongst all forwards.

F Martin Reway (Slovakia)

Date	Opponent	G	A	PIM	+/-	SOG
Dec. 27	Germany	1	3	0	+2	2
Dec. 28	USA	2	0	0	E	6
Dec. 30	Canada	1	2	0	-1	6
Dec. 31	Czech Republic	0	1	0	E	3
Jan. 2	Sweden	0	0	2	-1	1
Totals		4	6	2	E	18

Reway was
named Slovakia’s Player of the Game vs USA.  He was named one of Slovakia’s
Best Three players of the tournament.  He also led the team in goals and
shots on goal while tying for the team lead in points.  Reway is now tied
for 11th all-time in Slovakian World Junior points.  Despite playing two
fewer games than most teams, he finished 5th in WJC points.

Spengler Cup

G Robert Mayer (Geneve-Servette)

Date	Opponent	GA	SF	GAA	SV%
Dec. 26	Rochester	Did not play
Dec. 28	CSKA Moscow	3	29	2.91	.897
Dec. 30	Canada	Did not play
Dec. 31	CSKA Moscow	3	44	3.00	.932
Totals		6	73	2.95	.917

Mayer was the winning goalie in both games
against Moscow, the second being in the Gold Medal Game.

Over the years, many of the present Habs and Bulldogs,
as well as several of the clubs’ current junior prospects, have
represented their homeland in the World Juniors.  Here is a look at how each
has fared.

Goalies

Player	Year(s)	Country	Record	GAA	SV%	SO
Carey Price	2007	Canada	6-0-0	1.14	.961	2
Robert Mayer	2008	Switzerland	1-4-0	3.17	.895	0
Peter Budaj	’01-’02	Slovakia	2-3-2	3.59	.897	1

Defence

Player	Year(s)	Country	GP	G	A	PTS	PIMS
P.K. Subban	’08-’09	Canada	13	3	6	9	11
Alexei Emelin	’05-’06	Russia	12	3	5	8	47
Josh Gorges	2004	Canada	6	0	3	3	4
Raphael Diaz	’05-’06	Switzerland	12	1	2	3	14
Jarred Tinordi	2012	USA	6	1	1	2	6
Nathan Beaulieu	2012	Canada	6	0	1	1	16
Andrei Markov*	’97-’98	Russia	6	0	1	1	2

* – Andrei Markov was listed on the 1998 team
but did not play.

Forwards

Player	Year(s)	Country	GP	G	A	PTS	PIMS
Brian Gionta	’98-’99	USA	13	11	8	19	6
Lars Eller^	’07-’09	Denmark	16	8	11	19	73
Sebastian Collberg	’12-’13	Sweden	12	8	5	13	4
Sven Andrighetto	’12-’13	Switzerland	12	6	4	10	6
Joonas Nattinen	’09-’11	Finland	18	4	6	10	6
Tomas Plekanec	’01-’02	Czech Rep.	14	4	5	9	6
Alex Galchenyuk	2013	USA	7	2	6	8	4
Louis Leblanc	2011	Canada	7	3	4	7	2
Brendan Gallagher	2012	Canada	6	3	3	6	12
Daniel Briere	1996	Canada	7	2	4	6	4
Michael Blunden	2006	Canada	6	2	3	5	8
Artturi Lehkonen	2013	Finland	6	3	1	4	4
Martin Reway	2013	Slovakia	6	0	2	2	2
Michael Bournival	2012	Canada	6	0	1	1	0
Jacob De la Rose	2013	Sweden	6	0	0	0	22
Max Pacioretty	2008	USA	6	0	0	0	8

^ – Includes one year of Division I (2009)