2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

Main article: 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

Top Division

Group A

Canada

• Head coach: Pat Quinn

Pos.	No.	Player	Team	NHL Rights
GK	31	Chet Pickard	Tri-City Americans	Nashville Predators
GK	30	Dustin Tokarski	Spokane Chiefs	Tampa Bay Lightning
D	32	Keith Aulie	Brandon Wheat Kings	Calgary Flames
D	8	Ryan Ellis	Windsor Spitfires
D	17	Cody Goloubef	University of Wisconsin	Columbus Blue Jackets
D	4	Thomas Hickey (C)	Seattle Thunderbirds	Los Angeles Kings
D	3	Tyler Myers	Kelowna Rockets	Buffalo Sabres
D	10	Alex Pietrangelo	Niagara IceDogs	St. Louis Blues
D	5	P. K. Subban	Belleville Bulls	Montreal Canadiens
D	2	Colten Teubert	Regina Pats	Los Angeles Kings
F	24	Jamie Benn	Kelowna Rockets	Dallas Stars
F	11	Zach Boychuk	Lethbridge Hurricanes	Carolina Hurricanes
F	28	Patrice Cormier	Rimouski Océanic	New Jersey Devils
F	15	Stefan Della Rovere	Barrie Colts	Washington Capitals
F	25	Christopher DiDomenico	Saint John Sea Dogs	Toronto Maple Leafs
F	14	Jordan Eberle	Regina Pats	Edmonton Oilers
F	22	Tyler Ennis	Medicine Hat Tigers	Buffalo Sabres
F	7	Angelo Esposito	Le Club de Hockey Junior de Montréal	Atlanta Thrashers
F	18	Cody Hodgson	Brampton Battalion	Vancouver Canucks
F	29	Evander Kane	Vancouver Giants
F	12	Brett Sonne	Calgary Hitmen	St. Louis Blues
F	19	John Tavares	Oshawa Generals

Czech Republic

• Head coach: Marek Sýkora

Pos.	No.	Player	Team	NHL Rights
GK	1	Dominik Furch	HC Slavia Praha
GK	2	Tomáš Vosvrda	HC Vítkovice
D	5	Milan Dóczy	Owen Sound Attack
D	3	Radko Gudas	HC Berounští Medvědi
D	19	Michal Jordán	Plymouth Whalers	Carolina Hurricanes
D	15	Tomáš Knotek	Halifax Mooseheads
D	23	Tomáš Kundrátek	Medicine Hat Tigers	New York Rangers
D	6	Martin Parýzek	Ottawa 67s
D	4	Jan Piskáček	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
D	7	David Stich	Saint John Sea Dogs
F	21	Rudolf Červený	Regina Pats
F	24	Jan Eberle	HC Berounští Medvědi
F	9	Jan Káňa	HC Vítkovice
F	18	Tomáš Kubalík	HC Plzeň	Columbus Blue Jackets
F	16	Štěpan Novotný	Kelowna Rockets
F	11	Zdeněk Okal	Medicine Hat Tigers
F	10	Ondřej Roman	HC Vítkovice	Dallas Stars
F	17	Vladimír Růžička	HC Slavia Praha	Phoenix Coyotes
F	27	Petr Strapáč	HC Vítkovice
F	20	Roman Szturc	HC Vítkovice
F	22	Radim Valchár	Portland Winter Hawks
F	28	Tomáš Vincour	Edmonton Oil Kings

Germany

• Head coach: Ernst Höfner

Pos.	No.	Player	Team	NHL Rights
GK	30	Philipp Grubauer	Belleville Bulls
GK	1	Timo Pielmeier	Shawinigan Cataractes	San Jose Sharks
D	7	Sinan Akdag	Krefeld Pinguine
D	29	Dominik Bielke	Eisbären Berlin
D	20	Benedikt Brückner	Heilbronner Falken
D	27	Florian Müller	EV Landshut
D	13	Marko Nowak	DEG Metro Stars
D	10	Denis Reul	Lewiston Maineiacs	Boston Bruins
D	4	Tim Schüle	DEG Metro Stars
D	12	Armin Wurm	EV Füssen
F	23	Gerrit Fauser	Gatineau Olympiques
F	5	Simon Fischhaber	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
F	9	Jerome Flaake	Kölner Haie	Toronto Maple Leafs
F	26	Maximilian Forster	EV Landshut
F	6	André Huebscher	Krefeld Pinguine
F	28	Conor Morrison	Salmon Arm Silverbacks
F	14	Alexander Oblinger	Eisbären Berlin
F	19	Patrick Pohl	Eisbären Berlin
F	22	Toni Ritter	Le Club de Hockey Junior de Montréal
F	25	Steven Rupprich	Iserlohn Roosters
F	24	Daniel Weiß	Eisbären Berlin
F	11	David Wolf	ETC Crimmitschau

Kazakhstan

• Head coach: Oleg Bolyakin

Pos.	No.	Player	Team
GK	1	Maxim Gryaznov	Sary Arka Karaganda
GK	20	Andrei Yankov	Kaztsink-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
D	14	Evgeny Bolyakin	Amur Khabarovsk
D	12	Viktor Ivashin	Kaztsink-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
D	5	Andrei Korovkin	Kaztsink-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
D	22	Leonid Metalnikov	Kaztsink-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
D	19	Igor Netessov	Yantar Seversk
D	7	Nikolay Safonov	Gornyak Rudny
D	8	Vitaliy Svistunov	Kaztsink-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
D	4	Dmitry Tikhonov	Sary Arka Karaganda
F	3	Igor Denissenko	Kaztsink-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
F	17	Vyacheslav Fedossenko	Kaztsink-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
F	10	Nikita Ivanov	Krylia Sovetov Moscow
F	13	Alexander Kaznacheyev	Kaztsink-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
F	11	Mikhail Lazorenko	Kaztsink-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
F	18	Eduard Mazula	Kaztsink-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
F	9	Alexandr Nurek	Kaztsink-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
F	27	Oleg Onichshenko	Kaztsink-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
F	26	Konstantin Savenkov	Kaztsink-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
F	21	Yakov Vorobyov	Kaztsink-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk

United States

• Head coach: Ron Rolston

Position	Jersey number	Name	Height (cm)	Weight (kg)	Birthdate	Birthplace	2008-09 team	NHL rights, if any
G	30	Thomas McCollum	188	93	7 December 1989	Sanborn, New York	Guelph Storm	Detroit Red Wings
G	1	Josh Unice	183	79	24 June 1989	Holland, Ohio	Kitchener Rangers	Chicago Blackhawks
D	24	Jonathon Blum	185	84	30 January 1989	Rancho Santa Margarita, California	Vancouver Giants	Nashville Predators
D	28	Ian Cole	185	99	21 February 1989	Ann Arbor, Michigan	University of Notre Dame	St. Louis Blues
D	4	Cade Fairchild	178	84	15 January 1989	Duluth, Minnesota	University of Minnesota	St. Louis Blues
D	20	Blake Kessel	188	92	13 April 1989	Madison, Wisconsin	University of New Hampshire	New York Islanders
D	17	Ryan McDonagh	185	94	13 June 1989	Arden Hills, Minnesota	University of Wisconsin-Madison	New York Rangers
D	5	Teddy Ruth	183	93	14 February 1989	Naperville, Illinois	University of Notre Dame	Columbus Blue Jackets
D	8	Kevin Shattenkirk	180	87	29 January 1989	New Rochelle, New York	Boston University	Colorado Avalanche
F	27	Drayson Bowman	185	88	8 March 1989	Littleton, Colorado	Spokane Chiefs	Carolina Hurricanes
F	12	Jimmy Hayes	191	93	21 November 1989	Dorchester, Massachusetts	Boston College	Toronto Maple Leafs
F	11	Mike Hoeffel	191	88	9 April 1989	North Oaks, Minnesota	University of Minnesota	New Jersey Devils
F	10	Tyler Johnson	175	79	29 July 1990	Spokane, Washington	Spokane Chiefs	None
F	18	Danny Kristo	180	82	18 June 1990	Eden Prairie, Minnesota	Omaha Lancers	Montreal Canadiens
F	15	Jim O'Brien	188	86	29 January 1989	Maplewood, Minnesota	Seattle Thunderbirds	Ottawa Senators
F	7	Aaron Palushaj	183	84	7 September 1989	Northville, Michigan	University of Michigan	St. Louis Blues
F	9	Matt Rust	178	88	23 March 1989	Bloomfield Hills, Michigan	University of Michigan	Florida Panthers
F	19	Jordan Schroeder	175	83	29 September 1990	Prior Lake, Minnesota	University of Minnesota	None
F	25	Eric Tangradi	191	97	10 February 1989	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Belleville Bulls	Anaheim Ducks
F	21	James van Riemsdyk	191	95	4 May 1989	Middletown, New Jersey	University of New Hampshire	Philadelphia Flyers
F	14	Mitch Wahl	183	86	22 January 1990	Seal Beach, California	Spokane Chiefs	Calgary Flames
F	33	Colin Wilson	185	97	20 October 1989	Greenwich, Connecticut	Boston University	Nashville Predators

Group B

Finland

• Head coach: Jukka Rautakorpi

Pos.	No.	Player	Team	NHL Rights
GK		Juha Metsola	Lethbridge Hurricanes
GK		Harri Säteri	Tappara	San Jose Sharks
D		Ari Gröndahl	Blues
D		Joonas Järvinen	TPS
D		Jesse Jyrkkiö	Ässät
D		Tommi Kivistö	Red Deer Rebels
D		Ilari Melart	HIFK
D		Jyri Niemi	Saskatoon Blades	New York Islanders
D		Kristian Näkyvä	Blues
D		Veli-Matti Vittasmäki	TPS
F		Mikael Granlund	Kärpät
F		Teemu Hartikainen	KalPa	Edmonton Oilers
F		Jani-Petteri Helenius	Jokerit
F		Nestori Lähde	Tappara
F		Sami Lähteenmäki	LeKi
F		Jani Lajunen	Blues	Nashville Predators
F		Niclas Lucenius	Tappara	Atlanta Thrashers
F		Joonas Nättinen	Blues
F		Eetu Pöysti	HIFK
F		Toni Rajala	Ilves
F		Joonas Rask	Ilves
F		Antti Roppo	LeKi
F		Tomi Sallinen	Blues

Latvia

• Head coach: Andrejs Maticins

Pos.	No.	Player	Team
GK	1	Nauris Enkuzens	SK LSPA/Riga
GK	30	Raimonds Ermics	HK Prizma Riga
D	29	Ralfs Freibergs	HK Prizma Riga
D	6	Martinš Gipters	SK LSPA/Riga
D	26	Kriss Grundmanis	HK Riga 2000
D	3	Alberts Ilisko	Nynäshamns IF
D	4	Gvido Kauss	HK Riga 2000
D	20	Kristaps Kuplais	SK LSPA/Riga
D	5	Aldis Pizans	Latvia ASK/Ogre
D	8	Janis Smits	Nynäshamns IF
F	25	Lauris Bajaruns	Latgale Daugavpils
F	24	Roberts Bukarts	Krylya Sovetov Moscow
F	21	Ronald Cinks	HK Riga 2000
F	15	Koba Jass	ASK/Ogre
F	14	Roberts Jekimovs	Brynäs IF
F	27	Edgars Lipsbergs	Topeka Roadrunners
F	24	Artjoms Ogorodnikovs	ASK/Ogre
F	16	Janis Ozolins	HK Riga 2000
F	22	Vitalijs Pavlovs	DHK Latgale
F	13	Gunars Skvorcovs	HK Liepājas Metalurgs
F	19	Janis Straupe	HK Riga 2000
F	28	Edgars Ulescenko	ASK/Ogre

Russia

• Head coach: Sergei Nemchinov

Pos.	No.	Player	Team	NHL Rights
GK	20	Danila Alistratov	Traktor Chelyabinsk
GK	1	Vadim Zhelobnyuk	Dynamo Moscow
D	27	Maxim Chudinov	Severstal Cherepovets
D	2	Igor Golovkov	Dynamo Moscow
D	5	Maxim Goncharov	CSKA Moscow	Phoenix Coyotes
D	14	Dinar Khafizullin	Neftyanik Almetievsk
D	3	Dmitry Kulikov	Drummondville Voltigeurs
D	6	Mikhail Pashnin	Mechel Chelyabinsk
D	8	Vasily Tokranov	Neftyanik Aletievsk
D	24	Vyacheslav Voynov	Manchester Monarchs	Los Angeles Kings
F	16	Sergei Andronov	Lada Tolyatti
F	10	Pavel Chernov	Atlant Moscow
F	26	Evgeny Dadonov	Traktor Chelyabinsk	Florida Panthers
F	28	Nikita Filatov	Syracuse Crunch	Columbus Blue Jackets
F	15	Evgeni Grachev	Brampton Battalion	New York Rangers
F	9	Dmitry Klopov	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
F	21	Nikita Klyukin	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
F	13	Alexander Komaristy	Yuzhni Ural Orsk
F	23	Sergey Korostin	Peterborough Petes	Dallas Stars
F	18	Dmitry Kugryshev	Quebec Remparts	Washington Capitals
F	31	Kirill Petrov	Ak Bars Kazan	New York Islanders
F	29	Alexei Potapov	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod

Slovakia

• Head coach: Stefan Mikes

Pos.	No.	Player	Team	NHL Rights
GK	2	Jaroslav Janus	Erie Otters
GK	30	Zdenko Kotvan	Orange 20 Puchov
D	19	Ján Brejčák	Orange 20 Puchov
D	7	Marek Ďaloga	Orange 20 Puchov
D	25	Radek Deyl	Orange 20 Puchov
D	6	Michal Šiška	Kamloops Blazers
D	3	Martin Štajnoch	Orange 20 Puchov
D	8	Juraj Valach	HKm Zvolen
D	16	Matúš Vizváry	Orange 20 Puchov
F	12	Adam Bezák	Orange 20 Puchov
F	17	Marek Hrivík	Orange 20 Puchov
F	9	Peter Kopecký	Orange 20 Puchov
F	22	Milan Kytnár	Saskatoon Blades	Edmonton Oilers
F	29	Marek Mertel	Orange 20 Puchov
F	18	Jozef Molnár	Orange 20 Puchov
F	28	Richard Pánik	HC Oceláři Třinec
F	15	Ondrej Rusnák	Orange 20 Puchov
F	14	Tomáš Tatar	HKm Zvolen
F	21	Radoslav Tybor	Orange 20 Puchov
F	10	Martin Uhnák	Orange 20 Puchov
F	23	Marek Viedenský	Prince George Cougars
F	27	Tomáš Vyletelka	Orange 20 Puchov

Sweden

• Head coach: Pär Mårts

Pos.	No.	Player	Team	NHL Rights
GK	25	Jacob Markström	Brynäs IF	Florida Panthers
GK	30	Mark Owuya	Djurgårdens IF
D	8	Viktor Ekbom	Linköpings HC
D	3	Sebastian Erixon	Timrå IK
D	16	Tim Erixon	Skellefteå AIK
D	28	Carl Gustafsson	Djurgårdens IF
D	4	Victor Hedman	Modo Hockey
D	5	Erik Karlsson	Frölunda HC	Ottawa Senators
D	7	David Rundblad	Skellefteå AIK
D	6	Nichlas Torp	HV71	Montreal Canadiens
F	18	Joakim Andersson	Frölunda HC	Detroit Red Wings
F	22	Mikael Backlund	VIK Västerås HK	Calgary Flames
F	29	Simon Hjalmarsson	Borås HC	St. Louis Blues
F	11	Marcus Johansson	Färjestad BK
F	26	Jacob Josefson	Djurgårdens IF
F	23	Nicklas Lasu	Frölunda HC	Atlanta Thrashers
F	9	Oscar Möller	Los Angeles Kings	Los Angeles Kings
F	17	Anton Persson	Brynäs IF
F	20	André Petersson	HV71	Ottawa Senators
F	21	Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson	Timrå IK
F	10	Mattias Tedenby	HV71	New Jersey Devils
F	24	David Ullström	HV71	New York Islanders

NHL prospects by team

There were 72 NHL-drafted prospects playing in the tournament. In addition, six of the top-ten ranked players in the 2009 draft participated. The Latvian and Kazakh teams did not have any NHL prospects on their rosters.

Team	Prospects
St. Louis Blues	6
Columbus Blue Jackets	4
Los Angeles Kings	4
Montreal Canadiens	4
Nashville Predators	4
New York Islanders	4
Atlanta Thrashers	3
Calgary Flames	3
Carolina Hurricanes	3
Dallas Stars	3
Edmonton Oilers	3
Florida Panthers	3
New Jersey Devils	3
Ottawa Senators	3
Toronto Maple Leafs	3
Buffalo Sabres	2
Detroit Red Wings	2
New York Rangers	2
Phoenix Coyotes	2
San Jose Sharks	2
Washington Capitals	2
Anaheim Ducks	1
Boston Bruins	1
Chicago Blackhawks	1
Colorado Avalanche	1
Philadelphia Flyers	1
Tampa Bay Lightning	1
Vancouver Canucks	1
Minnesota Wild	0
Pittsburgh Penguins	0

See also

• 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
• 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Division I
• 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships - Division II