WJC Notes: Cossa makes Team Canada’s cut; Mazur, Savage will play for Team USA; Buium bows out

Hockey Canada named its World Junior Championship roster about an hour ago, and Sebastian Cossa will reprise his role as one of the team’s goaltenders [edit: as will Donovan Sebrango, on Canada’s defense]…

And Team USA named Shai Buium, Carter Mazur and Red Savage to their preliminary 27-man roster for the World Juniors on yesterday, but FloHockey’s Chris Peters reports that Buium had to bow out:

The Detroit News’s Nolan Bianchi took note of yesterday’s news, and spoke with Buium about being named to the preliminary team:

At long last, it’s time for the IIHF World Junior Championship.

Several Detroit Red Wings and University of Michigan prospects will be wearing the red, white and blue, as Team USA on Monday announced its preliminary roster for the 2022 event, which is set to be held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada from Aug. 9-20.

Wings prospects Shai Buium (University of Denver), Carter Mazur (Denver) and Red Savage (Miami of Ohio) all made the 27-man preliminary roster. Wolverine standouts Luke Hughes, Jacob Truscott, Mackie Samoskevich and Frank Nazar, as well as former Michigan forward Thomas Bordeleau, also made the cut.

“It’s an honor to come here and try to make a team to represent your country,” Buium told The Detroit News last week. “Everyone wants to do that all over the world. So for me, I just don’t want to take it for granted. I’m here to make the most of it.”

The team will carry 27 players as it makes the trip to Edmonton before whittling down the roster to 25, following a pair of pre-tournament games on Friday and Saturday.

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