Hurricanes Prospect Makes Team Canada For 2025 World Junior Championship

The 19-year-old forward was one of 25 players who made the final cut.

Carolina Hurricanes 2023 first-round pick Bradly Nadeau has made Team Canada's roster for the 2025 World Junior Championship.

Nadeau, 19, is currently playing in the AHL — where he has five and 12 points in 20 games with the Chicago Wolves — after he signed his ELC in April, but he's also coming off a monster season with the University of Maine in the NCAA.

The scoring winger had 19 goals and 46 points with the Black Bears as a freshman and his stock just continues to rise thanks to his high-level shooting ability.

Nadeau brings potent scoring and shooting ability to Team Canada and he should be a big asset to the team in Ottawa this year.

In addition to Nadeau, Carolina prospects Felix Unger Sorum and Oskar Vuollet will also be attending the WJC with Team Sweden.

While he is one of a few players with NHL experience on Team Canada, due to his non-traditional path (two years in BCHL and then one year in NCAA), Nadeau is actually the only player not currently playing in the Canadian junior leagues.

"I think it's a great opportunity for him," said Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour back in November. "You get to play with other players but at a high level within your age group. He's a young kid right now and it's tough playing in the AHL. It's men and they're all pros trying to get here. It's a tough, tough league, so it might be good for him too just with the confidence thing to experience that. I don't know exactly if he's going to do it, it's kind of out of my wheelhouse, but I would hope that if he gets the opportunity, he does it."

The World Juniors will be held from Dec. 26 through Jan. 5