Hockey Canada released the list of 111 players invited to the Team Canada Camp for the 2018 World Hockey Challenge Under-17 tournament held from November 3, 2018 through November 10, 2018 in New Brunswick, Canada. The players will be competing for spots on one of three Canadian Teams in the tournament.
Of the 111 players invited to attend, almost half (53) are from the Ontario Hockey League. And 53 of the 111 players are first round draft picks in the Canadian Hockey League’s respective drafts in 2018. 19 of the 53 OHL players were first round picks at the 2018 OHL Priority Selection. All but 7 of the 53 OHL players invited are eligible for the 2020 National Hockey League Draft, with those 7 being eligible for 2021. Players born before September 15, 2002 are eligible for 2020.
Four of the 53 OHL draft picks are goaltenders. Another seventeen are defencemen and thirty-two are forwards. Four players invited have dual citizenship (American and Canadian). Because the World Hockey Challenge is not an International Ice Hockey Federation sanctioned tournament, those four can choose to play for Canada or the USA in future IIHF tournaments. Under IIHF rules, once you play for one country in one of their tournaments, you can no longer play for the other country in future tournaments.
Here are the 53 OHL drafted players invited to camp:
| Goaltenders | |||||||
| Name | Catches | HT | WT | DOB | Hometown | 2017-2018 Team | OHL Draft |
| Tye Austin | L | 6’3¾” | 171 | 05/28/02 | Dunrobin, Ont. | Kanata (HEOMAAA) | PBO 2018 (3/43) |
| Will Cranley | L | 6’1¾” | 160 | 02/26/02 | Peterborough, Ont. | Peterborough (OMHA-ETA) | OTT 2018 (2/35) |
| Tristan Lennox | L | 6’2” | 173 | 10/21/02 | Mississauga, Ont. | Mississauga Reps (GTHL) | SAG 2018 (2/26) |
| Joe Vrbetic | L | 6’4” | 164 | 10/24/02 | Dunvegan, Ont. | Don Mills (GTHL) | NB 2018 (2/31) |
| Defence | |||||||
| Name | Shoots | HT | WT | DOB | Hometown | 2017-2018 Team | OHL Draft |
| Kyle Aucoin | L | 5’9½” | 142 | 07/02/02 | Hinsdale, Ill. | Chicago Mission (USU16) | SUD 2018 (7/121) |
| Jack Bar | R | 6’2” | 175 | 10/07/02 | Newmarket, Ont. | York Simcoe (OMHA-ETA) | PBO 2018 (3/52) |
| Alec Belanger | L | 5’11½” | 181 | 05/29/02 | Barrie, Ont. | Barrie (OMHA-ETA) | OTT 2018 (3/44) |
| Michael Bianconi | L | 5’11¼” | 152 | 05/19/02 | Toronto, Ont. | Toronto Jr. Canadiens (GTHL) | FLI 2018 (3/48) |
| Nolan Dillingham-Morelli | R | 6’1” | 196 | 06/22/02 | Mississauga, Ont. | Mississauga Rebels (GTHL) | SAR 2018 (4/68) |
| Jamie Drysdale | R | 5’11” | 157 | 04/08/02 | Toronto, Ont. | Toronto Marlboros (GTHL) | ER 2018 (1/4) |
| Lleyton Moore | L | 5’7¼” | 159 | 02/27/02 | Woodbridge, Ont. | Toronto Marlboros (GTHL) | NIA 2018 (1/12) |
| Jake Murray | L | 6’2½” | 188 | 04/11/02 | Oakville, Ont. | Oakville (OMHA-SCTA) | KIN 2018 (1/13) |
| Ryan O’Rourke | L | 6’0½” | 165 | 05/16/02 | Pickering, Ont. | Vaughan (GTHL) | SSM 2018 (1/20) |
| Owen Power | L | 6’4½” | 207 | 11/22/02 | Mississauga, Ont. | Mississauga Reps (GTHL) | FLI 2018 (2/22) |
| Michael Renwick | R | 5’10¾” | 160 | 01/26/02 | Mississauga, Ont. | Mississauga Reps (GTHL) | HAM 2018 (2/34) |
| Ben Roger | R | 5’11” | 128 | 11/03/02 | Brighton, Ont. | Quinte (OMHA-ETA) | LDN 2018 (4/74) |
| Pacey Schlueting | L | 6’0½” | 176 | 01/02/02 | Corbeil, Ont. | North Bay (GNML) | NB 2018 (1/9) |
| Donovan Sebrango | L | 5’10¾” | 162 | 01/12/02 | Kingston, Ont. | CIHA White (HEOMAAA) | KIT 2018 (2/40) |
| Nolan Seed | L | 5’11½” | 152 | 04/24/02 | Newboro, Ont. | Smiths Falls (HEOMAAA) | OS 2018 (1/15) |
| Zack Terry | L | 6’1” | 177 | 04/05/02 | Oakville, Ont. | Oakville (OMHA-SCTA) | GUE 2018 (2/36) |
| Jack Thompson | R | 5’11” | 161 | 03/19/02 | Courtice, Ont. | Clarington (OMHA-ETA) | SUD 2018 (2/30) |
| Forwards | |||||||
| Name | Shoots | HT | WT | DOB | Hometown | 2017-2018 Team | OHL Draft |
| Colby Ambrosio | R | 5’7” | 147 | 08-07-02 | Welland, Ont. | Buffalo (USU16) | OTT 2018 (4/66) |
| Josh Barnes | L | 5’9” | 155 | 09/27/02 | Cornwall, Ont. | Cornwall (HEOMAAA) | OS 2018 (2/24) |
| Cameron Butler | R | 6’4” | 190 | 06/09/02 | Gloucester, Ont. | York Simcoe (OMHA-ETA) | PBO 2018 (2/27) |
| Quinton Byfield | L | 6’3½” | 202 | 08/24/02 | Newmarket, Ont. | York Simcoe (OMHA-ETA) | SUD 2018 (1/1) |
| Ethan Cardwell | R | 5’9½” | 157 | 08/30/02 | Courtice, Ont. | Clarington (OMHA-ETA) | SAG 2018 (2/33) |
| Ty Collins | R | 6’0” | 156 | 06/11/02 | Newmarket, Ont. | York Simcoe (OMHA-ETA) | GUE 2018 (2/38) |
| Will Cuylle | L | 6’2” | 187 | 02/02/02 | Toronto, Ont. | Toronto Marlboros (GTHL) | PBO 2018 (1/3) |
| George Diaco | L | 5’5” | 140 | 02/14/02 | London, Ont. | London (MHAO) | HAM 2018 (6/101) |
| Luke Evangelista | R | 5’9¾” | 149 | 02/21/02 | Oakville, Ont. | Oakville (OMHA-SCTA) | LDN 2018 (1/14) |
| Jean-Luc Foudy | R | 5’10” | 153 | 05/13/02 | Scarborough, Ont. | Toronto Titans (GTHL) | WSR 2018 (1/10) |
| Stephen Halliday | L | 6’2½” | 203 | 07/02/02 | Glenwood, Md. | Toronto Marlboros (GTHL) | NIA 2018 (3/41) |
| James Hardie | L | 5’10¾” | 154 | 01/18/02 | Innisfil, Ont. | Barrie (OMHA-ETA) | MIS 2018 (1/8) |
| Isaac Langdon | L | 5’11½” | 170 | 05/22/02 | Belleville, Ont. | Quinte (OMHA-ETA) | KIT 2018 (2/32) |
| Matthew Maggio | R | 5’8¾” | 162 | 11/25/02 | Tecumseh, Ont. | Sun County (MHAO) | OTT 2018 (5/86) |
| Kyle McDonald | R | 6’3” | 176 | 02/05/02 | Ottawa, Ont. | Ottawa (HEOMAAA) | WSR 2018 (2/25) |
| Sean McGurn | R | 5’9¼” | 150 | 07/20/02 | Ottawa, Ont. | Ottawa (HEOMAAA) | LDN 2018 (3/53) |
| Dawson McKinney | R | 6’0” | 183 | 06/23/02 | Binbrook, Ont. | Hamilton (OMHA-SCTA) | OSH 2018 (4/64) |
| Logan Morrison | R | 5’9½” | 144 | 07/09/02 | Guelph, Ont. | Guelph (OMHA-SCTA) | HAM 2018 (1/18) |
| Sahil Panwar | L | 5’11½” | 177 | 01/26/02 | Troy, Mich. | Detroit Honeybaked (USU16) | LDN 2018 (2/23) |
| Cole Perfetti | L | 5’9¼” | 170 | 01/01/02 | Whitby, Ont. | Vaughan (GTHL) | SAG 2018 (1/5) |
| Jacob Perreault | R | 5’10” | 195 | 04/15/02 | Hinsdale, Ill. | Chicago Mission (USU16) | SAR 2018 (1/19) |
| Cameron Peters | L | 6’0¾” | 167 | 07/09/02 | Toronto, Ont. | Toronto Marlboros (GTHL) | NB 2018 (2/29) |
| Riley Piercey | L | 6’2½” | 184 | 03/20/02 | Mississauga, Ont. | Toronto Marlboros (GTHL) | BAR 2018 (1/16) |
| William Portokalis | L | 5’9¾” | 173 | 04/04/02 | Mississauga, Ont. | Don Mills (GTHL) | MIS 2018 (2/39) |
| Dylan Robinson | L | 6’1” | 163 | 07/02/02 | Simcoe, Ont. | Toronto Jr. Canadiens (GTHL) | OSH 2018 (2/28) |
| Eric Russell | L | 6’1½” | 178 | 03/26/02 | Oakville, Ont. | Vaughan (GTHL) | BAR 2018 (3/56) |
| Spencer Smith | L | 5’8” | 152 | 05/20/02 | St. Catharines, Ont. | Niagara North (OMHA-SCTA) | GUE 2018 (3/47) |
| Cameron Tolnai | L | 6’0” | 166 | 02/14/02 | Oakville, Ont. | Oakville (OMHA-SCTA) | OTT 2018 (1/6) |
| Tyler Tullio | R | 5’7½” | 140 | 04/05/02 | Lakeshore, Ont. | Vaughan (GTHL) | OSH 2018 (1/11) |
| Reid Valade | R | 5’10” | 160 | 03/14/02 | Caledon, Ont. | Toronto Marlboros (GTHL) | KIT 2018 (1/17) |
| Evan Vierling | L | 5’11½” | 148 | 06/20/02 | Aurora, Ont. | York Simcoe (OMHA-ETA) | FLI 2018 (1/2) |
| Davis Young | L | 5’10¾” | 162 | 01/03/02 | Mississauga, Ont. | Mississauga Reps (GTHL) | HAM 2018 (2/37) |
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