Aside from United States, handful of NCAA stars dot rosters of 2026 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship teams

Keaton Verhoeff and Cole Reschny celebrate a goal earlier this season for North Dakota (photo: UND Athletics),

In addition to the 21 NCAA players on the United States roster, more college hockey standouts are on rosters of five of the other nine teams participating in the 2026 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship over the next two weeks in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn.

CANADA
F Gavin McKenna, Penn State
F Cole Reschny, North Dakota
F Porter Martone, Michigan State
F Michael Hage, Michigan
D Keaton Verhoeff, North Dakota
G Jack Ivankovic, Michigan

SWEDEN
F Wilson Bjorck, Colorado College
Eric Nilson, Michigan State
D Sascha Boumedienne, Boston University

CZECHIA
F Vaclav Nestrasil, UMass

FINLAND
F Heikki Ruohonen, Harvard

SLOVAKIA
F Tobias Pitka, Northern Michigan
D Luka Radivojevic, Boston College