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The rescheduled 2022 World Junior Hockey Championship will run from August 9th through the 20th. Although several of Montreal’s top prospects won’t be attending, they will still have five players representing the organization in this event. As is tradition, we’ll keep track of their progress here.
Oliver Kapanen (Finland)
| Date | Opponent | G | A | PIMS | +/- | SOG | TOI |
| Aug. 9 | Latvia | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 1 | 14:28 |
| Aug. 11 | Czechia | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 1 | 14:47 |
| Aug. 14 | Slovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 15:47 |
| Aug. 15 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:22 |
| Aug. 17 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | E | 1 | 18:10 |
| Aug. 19 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 3 | 18:48 |
| Aug. 20 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 15:41 |
| Totals | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 15 | 116:03 | |
Riley Kidney (Canada)
| Date | Opponent | G | A | PIMS | +/- | SOG | TOI |
| Aug. 10 | Latvia | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 4:26 |
| Aug. 11 | Slovakia | Did not play | |||||
| Aug. 13 | Czechia | Did not play | |||||
| Aug. 15 | Finland | Did not play | |||||
| Aug. 17 | Switzerland | Did not play | |||||
| Aug. 19 | Czechia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1:03 |
| Aug. 20 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 5:29 | |
Jan Mysak (Czechia)
| Date | Opponent | G | A | PIMS | +/- | SOG | TOI |
| Aug. 9 | Slovakia | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 13 | 21:41 |
| Aug. 11 | Finland | 1 | 1 | 0 | E | 1 | 24:53 |
| Aug. 13 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 1 | 19:39 |
| Aug. 14 | Latvia | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 22:30 |
| Aug. 17 | USA | 1 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 | 18:03 |
| Aug. 19 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | E | 3 | 18:31 |
| Aug. 20 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | E | 1 | 19:34 |
| Totals | 5 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 25 | 144:51 | |
Mysak was named to the tournament All-Star team.
Petteri Nurmi (Finland)
| Date | Opponent | G | A | PIMS | +/- | SOG | TOI |
| Aug. 9 | Latvia | 0 | 0 | 2 | E | 0 | 20:36 |
| Aug. 11 | Czechia | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 1 | 15:19 |
| Aug. 14 | Slovakia | Did not play – illness | |||||
| Aug. 15 | Canada | Did not play – illness | |||||
| Aug. 17 | Germany | Did not play – illness | |||||
| Aug. 19 | Sweden | Did not play – illness | |||||
| Aug. 20 | Canada | Did not play – illness | |||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 2 | E | 1 | 35:55 | |
Joshua Roy (Canada)
| Date | Opponent | G | A | PIMS | +/- | SOG | TOI |
| Aug. 10 | Latvia | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 18:32 |
| Aug. 11 | Slovakia | 1 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 2 | 17:05 |
| Aug. 13 | Czechia | 0 | 0 | 2 | E | 1 | 20:17 |
| Aug. 15 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 0 | E | 2 | 16:01 |
| Aug. 17 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:33 |
| Aug. 19 | Czechia | 1 | 0 | 0 | E | 1 | 23:07 |
| Aug. 20 | Finland | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 23:38 |
| Totals | 3 | 5 | 2 | +4 | 15 | 138:13 | |
Over the years, many of the Habs and their prospects have played in this tournament. Here is a look at how each of those players performed. Points from the original attempt to play the 2022 tournament are not included here.
Goalies
| Player | Year(s) | Country | Record | GAA | SV% | SO |
| Carey Price | 2007 | Canada | 6-0-0 | 1.14 | .961 | 2 |
| Cayden Primeau | 2019 | USA | 4-1-0 | 1.61 | .937 | 0 |
| Jake Allen | 2010 | Canada | 4-0-0 | 2.06 | .902 | 2 |
Samuel Montembeault was named to Canada’s entry for the 2016 tournament but didn’t play.
Defence
| Player | Year(s) | Country | GP | G | A | PTS | PIMS |
| Madison Bowey | 2015 | Canada | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Kaiden Guhle | 2021 | Canada | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Justin Barron | 2021 | Canada | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Jordan Harris | 2020 | USA | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mattias Norlinder | 2020 | Sweden | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Forwards
| Player | Year(s) | Country | GP | G | A | PTS | PIMS |
| Joel Armia | 2011-2013 | Finland | 19 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 30 |
| Jonathan Drouin | 2013/14 | Canada | 13 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 24 |
| Christian Dvorak | 2016 | USA | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Mitchell Stephens | 2015/16 | Canada | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| Cole Caufield | 2020/21 | USA | 12 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| Evgenii Dadonov | 2008/09 | Russia | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| Brendan Gallagher | 2012 | Canada | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| Jesse Ylonen | 2019 | Finland | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Jan Mysak | 2020/21 | Czechia | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Nick Suzuki | 2019 | Canada | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Emil Heineman | 2021 | Sweden | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Josh Anderson | 2014 | Canada | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 2021 | Slovakia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
