Hockey Canada announced on Thursday that Kootenay Ice centre Peyton Krebs️ will be captain of the National Under-18 team that will take part in the annual tournament next week in Sweden.

Also, Lethbridge Hurricanes centre Dylan Cozens and Baie Comeau winger Nathan Legare were named alternate captains. All three players are eligible for the NHL Draft in June.

Krebs scored 19 goals and tallied 68 points in 64 games this past season with Kootenay, while Cozens scored 34 goals and had 84 points in 68 games with Lethbridge.

Legare scored 45 goals and had 87 points in the QMJHL in 2018-19.

The World Under-18 Hockey Championship begins on Thursday in Ornskoldsvik and Umea, Sweden and can be seen live on TSN, the TSN App and TSN Direct.

 

Pre-Competition Roster

 
# Name S/C Ht. Wt. Hometown Club Team
  Goaltenders          
1 Taylor Gauthier R 6’2 180 Calgary, Alta. Prince George (WHL)
29 Dylan Garand L 6'0 170 Victoria, B.C. Kamloops (WHL)
30 Jonathan Lemieux L 6'0 184 Beloeil, Que. Val-d’Or (QMJHL)
  Defence          
2 Braden Schneider R 6’2 210 Prince Albert, Sask. Brandon (WHL)
3 Kaedan Korczak R 6’3 188 Yorkton, Sask. Kelowna (WHL)
4 Thomas Harley L 6’3 183 Jamesville, N.Y. Mississauga (OHL)
5 Michael Vukojevic L 6’3 206 Oakville, Ont. Kitchener (OHL)
6 Jamie Drysdale R 5’11 165 Toronto, Ont. Erie (OHL)
21 Lukas Cormier L 5’8 170 Sainte-Marie-de-Kent, N.B. Charlottetown (QMJHL)
24 Daemon Hunt L 6'0 198 Brandon, Man. Moose Jaw (WHL)
  Forwards          
7 Brayden Tracey L 6'0 174 Calgary, Alta. Moose Jaw (WHL)
8 Keean Washkurak L 5’10 184 Waterloo, Ont. Mississauga (OHL)
9 Nathan Légaré R 6'0 201 Montreal, Que. Baie-Comeau (QMJHL)
12 Mavrik Bourque R 5’10 165 Plessisville, Que. Shawinigan (QMJHL)
14 Jamieson Rees L 5’10 171 Hamilton, Ont. Sarnia (OHL)
15 Alex Newhook L 5’11 190 St. John’s, N.L Victoria (BCHL)
16 Ryan Suzuki L 6'0 170 London, Ont. Barrie (OHL)
17 Dylan Cozens R 6’3 185 Whitehorse, Y.T. Lethbridge (WHL)
18 Connor Zary L 6'0 175 Saskatoon, Sask. Kamloops (WHL)
19 Peyton Krebs L 5’11 180 Okotoks, Alta. Kootenay (WHL)
22 Hendrix Lapierre L 5’11 173 Gatineau, Que. Chicoutimi (QMJHL)
23 Jean-Luc Foudy R 5’11 163 Scarborough, Ont. Windsor (OHL)
25 Jacob Perreault R 5’11 198 Hinsdale, Ill. Sarnia (OHL)