The St. Louis Blues are well-represented over the next week-plus with prospects vying for spots for their respective countries for the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship.
USA, Sweden and Finland are all part of the 2023 World Junior Summer Showcase being held at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth, Michigan, which started July 27 and runs through Aug. 4.
Snuggerud, a forward who the Blues selected with the 23rd pick in the 2022 NHL Draft who will be sophomore at the University of Minnesota, and defenseman Paul Fischer, taken in the fifth round of the 2023 draft, are representing USA, and Stenberg, a center, and Lindstein, a defenseman, each is representing Sweden this week after being selected by the Blues in the first round in Nashville on June 28.
Games got underway on Saturday with the three countries -- the USA split into White and Blue teams -- and Stenberg was among the goal scorers for Sweden in their 7-0 romp against USA Blue, and Finland doubled up USA White 4-2.
Stenberg, a natural center who was the 25th pick of the first round, played left wing on a line with David Edstrom and Felix Under Sorum, and Lindstein, the 29th pick, was paired with Anton Johansson.
Fischer represented USA Blue and skated on a pair with Hunter Brzustewicz.
Stenberg's goal at 12:27 of the second period on a goalmouth deflection gave Sweden a 3-0 lead.
Snuggerud did not factor in the scoring Saturday for USA White; he played right wing on a line with Rutger McGroarty and Cutter Gauthier.
Snuggerud, vying for his second World Junior, was second for USA last year with 13 points (five goals, eight assists) in seven games.
Games continue Monday at 3 and 6 p.m. (CT) with USA Blue taking on Finland in the opener and USA White taking on Sweden in the nightcap; on Wednesday, games are at noon and 3 p.m. (CT) with Sweden taking on Finland and the two USA squads opposing each other, and to conclude on Friday also at noon and 3 p.m., it's a rematch of Saturday's games with USA Blue taking on Sweden and USA White facing Finland.