Twenty-seven players, including five members of the bronze-medal winning 2016 U.S. National Junior Team, have been named to the preliminary roster for the 2017 U.S. National Junior Team.
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Minnesota Wild Prospect Update
This year’s first round draft choice continues to build on a stellar freshman campaign for the Wisconsin Badgers. His description as a highly skilled scorer has been spot on so far this year.
2017 World Juniors: Team USA Roster Projection
Joseph Woll(Boston College) is a solid third string option that could earn a lot of playing time if the other two struggle and he gets hot.
Badgers men’s hockey: Luke Kunin named U.S. captain for World Junior Championship
Luke Kunin has been tasked with trying to make it three.
Kunin on Sunday was named the U.S. captain for the Dec. 26-Jan. 5 tournament for the world’s best players in the under-20 age group.
Badgers men’s hockey: Unlike last year, Luke Kunin picked for U.S. World Junior camp
One of Luke Kunin’s goals last season was to be on the U.S. team for the World Junior Championship.
Not getting selected to play in the prestigious tournament for under-20 players has stayed with the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey captain and, he said, served as motivation.
Wild Selects Center Luke Kunin In First Round Of 2016 NHL Entry Draft
The Minnesota Wild selected center Luke Kunin (pronounced KUHN-in) with the 15th overall pick in the first round of the 2016 NHL Entry Draft tonight at First Niagara Center in Buffalo, N.Y.
St. Louis could have four players chosen in first round of NHL draft
The dreams were so much simpler then, Matthew Tkachuk recalls. Back then, he, Logan Brown, Clayton Keller and Luke Kunin were four kids playing youth hockey for the AAA Blues at Hardee’s Iceplex in Chesterfield.
Former NHLers watch their sons rise up in the hockey hotbed of St. Louis
It was around the time Matthew Tkachuk turned 8 when a prospect from the St. Louis Blues, Lee Stempniak, moved into the family household. Stempniak was from Buffalo, had played college hockey at Dartmouth College, and Tkachuk’s father, Keith, wanted to help the first-year player make the transition to professional hockey.
St. Louis hockey hotbed producing elite talent for NHL
When the draft begins Friday night in Buffalo, get ready to hear a lot about players from St. Louis with at least four potential first-rounders from here in Matthew Tkachuk, Swansea’s Clayton Keller, Logan Brown and Luke Kunin.
Coyotes Load Up by Drafting Luke Kunin
Kunin, who previously served as the captain of the U.S. National Team Development Program, showed off his speed and intelligence this year, widely considered to be his best asset.