Hockey Canada has unveiled the 44 players from across the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) who will wear the Maple Leaf with Canada East and Canada West at the 2025 Junior A World Challenge, set for Dec. 7-13 in Trois-Rivières, Quebec.
The 22 players representing Canada East were selected from the CJHL’s five eastern leagues – the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL), Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL), Central Canada Hockey League (CCHL), Ligue de hockey junior AAA du Québec (LHJAAAQ) and Maritime Junior Hockey League (MHL).
The 22 players representing Canada West come from the CJHL’s four western leagues – the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL), Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL), Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) and Superior International Junior Hockey League (SIJHL).
11 of the 44 players selected previously played in the Canadian Sport School Hockey League:
- Samuel Frechette – Bourget College, Valleyfield (LHJAAAQ)
- Ben Deacon – Northern Alberta Xtreme, Devon (AJHL)
- Jaxen Gauchier – Northern Alberta Xtreme, Fort McMurray (AJHL)
- Brody Green – RHA Winnipeg, Steinbach (MJHL)
- *Remy Hlady – RHA Winnipeg, Selkirk (MJHL)
- Sullivan Humeniuk – Pacific Coast Hockey Academy, Drumheller (AJHL)
- Taynton Lavender – Pacific Coast Hockey Academy, Drayton Valley (AJHL)
- Luke McKechnie – Prairie Hockey Academy, Whitecourt (AJHL)
- Grant Reid – Yale Hockey Academy, Calgary (AJHL)
- Brayden Ryan-MacKay – South Alberta Hockey Academy/Yale Hockey Academy, Drumheller (AJHL)
- Wyatt Stinton – RHA Winnipeg, Flin Flon (MJHL)
*Injured and unable to participate
The 2025 Junior A World Challenge gets underway at Colisée Vidéotron on Dec. 7 when Canada East opens the tournament against the United States at 3 p.m. ET, followed by 2024 bronze medallist Canada West taking on Sweden at 7 p.m. ET. The tournament concludes with the medal games on Dec. 13.
