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Get the full Team Canada roster for the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship in Vancouver and Victoria, B.C.. Read up on Canada’s National Men’s Junior Team – heights, weights, birthdates, hometowns, club teams and draft status – plus roster information for competing teams.

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No.	Player	Pos	Shoots	Height	Weight	DOB	Hometown	Current Team
9	Niklas Nordgren	Forward	R	5'9	165	05-04-2000	Helsinki, FIN	HIFK Helsinki (Liiga)
10	Aleksi Heponiemi	Forward	L	5'11	154	01-09-1999	FIN	Karpat Oulu
12	Samuli Vainionpaa	Forward	L	6'3	207	10-05-1999	FIN	Ilves Tampere
15	Aleksi Klemetti	Forward	L	5'8	150	02-17-1999	Kuhmo, FIN	KalPa Kuopio (Liiga)
18	Teemu Engberg	Forward	L	5'11	183	06-09-1999	FIN	IFK Helsinki
19	Rasmus Kupari	Forward	R	6'1	185	03-15-2000	,	Los Angeles Kings
20	Valtteri Puustinen	Forward	R	5'9	183	06-04-1999	Kuopio, FIN	Pittsburgh (NHL)
20	Eeli Tolvanen	Forward	L	5'11	181	04-22-1999	FIN	Seattle (NHL)
22	Santeri Virtanen	Forward	L	6'2	203	05-11-1999	FIN	SaiPa Lappeenranta
23	Linus Nyman	Forward	L	5'10	159	07-11-1999	FIN	Lukko Rauma
24	Kaapo Kakko	Forward	L	6'1	215	02-13-2001	Turku, FIN	Seattle (NHL)
25	Aarne Talvitie	Forward	L	5'11	201	02-11-1999	FIN	Penn State University
27	Jesse Ylonen	Forward	R	6'0	168	10-03-1999	FIN	Pelicans Lahti
28	Sami Moilanen	Forward	L	5'9	190	01-22-1999	FIN	Tappara Tampere
29	Anton Lundell	Forward	L	6'1	196	10-03-2001	Espoo, FIN	Florida (NHL)
32	Sampo Ranta	Forward	L	6'2	207	05-31-2000	,	University of Minnesota
2	Oskar Laaksonen	Defence	R	6'1	165	07-02-1999	Tampere, FIN	Ilves Tampere (Liiga)
3	Toni Utunen	Defence	L	5'11	179	04-27-2000	,	Tappara Tampere
4	Aleksi Anttalainen	Defence	L	5'9	188	03-28-1999	FIN
5	Olli Kaskinen	Defence	L	6'0	190	01-27-1999	Raisio, FIN	TPS Turku (Liiga)
6	Joona Riekkinen	Defence	L	5'11	187	03-05-1999	Kuopio, FIN	KalPa Kuopio (Liiga)
7	Urho Vaakanainen	Defence	L	6'2	205	01-01-1999	FIN	New York Rangers (NHL)
15	Henri Jokiharju	Defence	R	6'0	200	06-17-1999	FIN	Buffalo (NHL)
21	Otto Latvala	Defence	R	6'6	214	07-14-1999	FIN	HPK Hameenlinna
33	Lassi Thomson	Defence	R	6'0	190	09-24-2000	,	Ilves Tampere
34	Ville Heinola	Defence	L	6'0	181	03-02-2001	Honkajoki, FIN	Lukko Rauma (Liiga)
35	Mikko Kokkonen	Defence	L	5'11	194	01-18-2001	Mikkeli, FIN	Jukurit Mikkeli (Liiga)
36	Antonni Honka	Defence	R	5'10	176	10-05-2000	Jyväskylä, FIN	JYP Jyväskylä (Liiga)

Player	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	PPG
Jesse Ylonen	2	1	3	4	0	0
Anton Lundell	2	3	0	3	0	2
Santeri Virtanen	2	2	1	3	0	0
Aleksi Heponiemi	2	1	2	3	0	0
Kaapo Kakko	2	0	3	3	2	0
Rasmus Kupari	2	1	1	2	0	0
Otto Latvala	2	1	1	2	0	0
Linus Nyman	2	1	1	2	0	0
Oskar Laaksonen	2	0	2	2	4	0
Eeli Tolvanen	1	1	0	1	0	1
Sami Moilanen	2	1	0	1	2	0
Teemu Engberg	1	0	1	1	0	0
Henri Jokiharju	1	0	1	1	0	0
Olli Kaskinen	1	0	1	1	0	0
Antonni Honka	2	0	1	1	2	0
Valtteri Puustinen	2	0	1	1	0	0
Samuli Vainionpaa	2	0	1	1	4	0
Niklas Nordgren	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aleksi Anttalainen	1	0	0	0	2	0
Ville Heinola	1	0	0	0	2	0
Aleksi Klemetti	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mikko Kokkonen	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sampo Ranta	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joona Riekkinen	1	0	0	0	0	0
Aarne Talvitie	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lassi Thomson	1	0	0	0	2	0
Urho Vaakanainen	1	0	0	0	4	0
Toni Utunen	2	0	0	0	0	0

No.	Player	Pos	Catches	Height	Weight	DOB	Hometown	Current Team
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Goaltender	L	6'5	223	03-09-1999	Espoo, FIN	Buffalo (NHL)
30	Lassi Lehtinen	Goaltender	L	6'0	176	02-25-1999	Lahti, FIN	Rauman Lukko (Liiga)
31	Filip Lindberg	Goaltender	L	6'0	187	01-31-1999	FIN	Uni. of Massachusetts Amherst

Player	GP	Mins	SH	SAV	GA	SO	GAA	SAV%
Filip Lindberg	1	31	8	8	0	0	0.00	1.000
Lassi Lehtinen	1	28	1	1	0	0	0.00	1.000
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	1	60	34	32	2	0	2.00	0.941
Totals	0	120	43	41	2	1	1.00	0.953

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