The 2023 World Junior Hockey Championship is set to run from December 26th through January 5th and the Habs will be very well represented with six prospects named to the original rosters plus a seventh joining mid-tournament. As usual, we’ll keep track of their stats here.
Owen Beck (Canada)
| Date | Opponent | G | A | PIMS | +/- | SOG | TOI |
| Jan. 2 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 1 | 1:41 |
| Jan. 4 | USA | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 8:42 |
| Jan. 5 | Czechia | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2:46 |
| Totals | 0 | 1 | 0 | E | 1 | 13:09 | |
Beck was added to Canada’s roster on January 1st, taking the place of Colton Dach who was injured in the preliminary round.
Adam Engstrom (Sweden)
| Date | Opponent | G | A | PIMS | +/- | SOG | TOI |
| Dec. 26 | Austria | 0 | 2 | 0 | +4 | 2 | 15:37 |
| Dec. 27 | Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:08 |
| Dec. 29 | Czechia | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:35 |
| Dec. 31 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 2 | 17:52 |
| Jan. 2 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 1 | 20:32 |
| Jan. 4 | Czechia | 0 | 0 | 2 | E | 2 | 19:01 |
| Jan. 5 | USA | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 2 | 20:49 |
| Totals | 1 | 2 | 2 | +6 | 11 | 129:34 | |
Lane Hutson (USA)
| Date | Opponent | G | A | PIMS | +/- | SOG | TOI |
| Dec. 26 | Latvia | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 14:07 |
| Dec. 28 | Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 14:35 |
| Dec. 29 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 1 | 17:43 |
| Dec. 31 | Finland | 1 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 | 15:24 |
| Jan. 2 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 16:08 |
| Jan. 4 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:31 |
| Jan. 5 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 0 | E | 2 | 16:01 |
| Totals | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 9 | 95:54 | |
Oliver Kapanen (Finland)
| Date | Opponent | G | A | PIMS | +/- | SOG | TOI |
| Dec. 26 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:02 |
| Dec. 27 | Slovakia | 1 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 16:25 |
| Dec. 29 | Latvia | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 2 | 19:40 |
| Dec. 31 | USA | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:19 |
| Jan. 2 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 19:32 |
| Totals | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 13 | 88:38 | |
Filip Mesar (Slovakia)
| Date | Opponent | G | A | PIMS | +/- | SOG | TOI |
| Dec. 27 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:12 |
| Dec. 28 | USA | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 20:49 |
| Dec. 30 | Latvia | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 19:56 |
| Dec. 31 | Switzerland | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 19:15 |
| Jan. 2 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | E | 2 | 19:37 |
| Totals | 2 | 4 | 2 | +4 | 13 | 99:49 | |
Vincenz Rohrer (Austria)
| Date | Opponent | G | A | PIMS | +/- | SOG | TOI |
| Dec. 26 | Sweden | DNP – illness | |||||
| Dec. 27 | Czechia | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 1 | 19:55 |
| Dec. 29 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 19:20 |
| Dec. 30 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 27:26 |
| Jan. 2 | Latvia | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:31 |
| Jan. 4 | Latvia | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 8 | 27:16 |
| Totals | 1 | 2 | 0 | +3 | 10 | 117:28 | |
Joshua Roy (Canada)
| Date | Opponent | G | A | PIMS | +/- | SOG | TOI |
| Dec. 26 | Czechia | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 3 | 13:13 |
| Dec. 28 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 13:20 |
| Dec. 29 | Austria | 1 | 2 | 0 | +5 | 2 | 15:55 |
| Dec. 31 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 4 | 19:35 |
| Jan. 2 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 3 | 20:24 |
| Jan. 4 | USA | 2 | 2 | 0 | +3 | 2 | 14:26 |
| Jan. 5 | Czechia | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 19:07 |
| Totals | 5 | 6 | 0 | +14 | 20 | 125:57 | |
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 |
| Petteri Nurmi | 2022 | Finland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
| Jan Mysak | 2020-2022 | Czechia | 17 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 2 |
| Christian Dvorak | 2016 | USA | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Joshua Roy | 2022 | Canada | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| 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 |
| Nick Suzuki | 2019 | Canada | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Oliver Kapanen | 2022 | Finland | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Emil Heineman | 2021 | Sweden | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Josh Anderson | 2014 | Canada | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Riley Kidney | 2022 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 2021 | Slovakia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |