Yakemchuk is among 42 players invited to this summer's showcase, a Canadian World Junior sneak preview.
Ottawa Senators prospect Carter Yakemchuk, the seventh overall selection in last month's NHL Draft, is one of 42 players invited to Canada’s National Junior Team Summer Showcase. It runs from July 28 to August 3rd in Windsor and Plymouth.
There may be a tweak here or there, but Team Canada's 23-man roster for the 2025 World Junior Hockey Championships will primarily emerge from the showcase group. The final roster is usually announced sometime in the second week of December.
If Yakemchuk makes it, he'll have national and regional support. The 2025 World Junior tournament will be held in Ottawa, and games will be played at the Canadian Tire Centre and TD Place, starting on Boxing Day.
All but four Canadian players invited by Hockey Canada are NHL draft picks, and 17 of them, including Yakemchuk, are first-rounders. That list includes Colby Barlow (WPG), Cole Beaudoin (UHC), Oliver Bonk (PHI), Berkly Catton (SEA), Easton Cowan (TOR), Sam Dickinson (SJS), Tij Iginla (UHC), Cayden Lindstrom (CBJ), Jett Luchanko (PHI), Tanner Molendyk (NSH), Bradly Nadeau (CAR), Zayne Parekh (CGY), Calum Ritchie (COL), Beckett Sennecke (ANA), Matthew Wood (NSH), and Brayden Yager (PIT).
Ottawa 67s head coach Dave Cameron will again coach the Canadian squad. He was also part of the Hockey Canada selection committee for this month's showcase.
Yakemchuk was selected by the Senators on June 28th at the Sphere in Vegas, and in a first-round filled with good defence options, he was the second defenceman taken in the draft.
Yakemchuk is 18 years old, 6-foot-3 and 194 pounds. He scored 30 goals and 71 points for the Calgary Hitmen last season. After development camp at Sensplex earlier this month, he said his plans for the summer are to work on quicker feet.
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