Team Canda: Matt Dumba "will not" be disciplined further for kneeing Karlsson

Team Canada got some good news today. Their defenseman Matt Dumba "will not" be suspended for kneeing Sweden's Erik Karlsson. Dumba is the only member of team Canada that is currently an NHL player.  

TSN.CA -- Hockey Canada was informed by the International Ice Hockey Federation on Monday that defenceman Mathew Dumba will not be disciplined further for kneeing forward Erik Karlsson during Team Canada's 3-0 loss to Sweden in a pre-tournament game for the World Junior Hockey Championship.

Dumba was given a five-minute major penalty and a game misconduct for the incident.

Any suspension would have been a blow to Canada's defence, which already has Griffin Reinhart serving a three-game suspension once the World Junior tournament begins on Boxing Day.

Slovak Hack Martin Marincin's dirty hit on Team USA's Jason Zucker

I dare someone to defend the play of Slovak defenseman Martin Marincin... There is no excuse for this kind of play in the WJC or in level of hockey. Personally, I thought that the Slovak WJC team played very dirty hockey from the drop of the first puck till the end of the game the Slovak defenseman Martin Marincin should be suspended for the rest of the tourney for this bush league hit. The Slovak hockey team is lucky that fighting isn't allowed in the WJC.

Saturday Morning Pontifications… Links…

There really isn't much going on in the "College Hockey World" right now... The World Juniors Championship is going to be firing up after Christmas. The first game for the USA WJC in on the NHL Network at 7:00 PM against Finland on December 26th. There is only one WCHA series this weekend as the Mavericks travel to the Springs to play the C.C. Tigers.

Links

Team Canada goaltenders on the hot seat [Globe and Mail]

Flash Back; U.S. wins junior gold in overtime thriller [Globe and Mail]

Julie Robenhymer from Hockey Buzz has been tweeting from the USA WJC selection camp and you can catch her tweets here at @JulieRobenhymer...

BSU Beavers tested by their tough schedule during the first half of the season, BSU has played the second hardest Strength of Schedule. [Up North Sports Report]

Former UAA Goalie Nate Lawson is going to make his NHL debut tonight because their starter is former BU goalie Rick DiPietro out with an injury again. Nate is still sporting the number 52 that he wore in college...[islanders.nhl.com]

Earlier this week another former WCHA goalie Ricard Bachman made his NHL debute with the Dallas Stars as well. [Eye of the Tigers] Bachman was sent back down after his debut. [Eye of the Tigers]

Zdeno Chara Gets Too Close to Ryan Miller; Miller Starts Skirmish. [NHL Fan House] Awesome I was looking for the video for this one...

WJC: Team USA preview Defending the gold on home soil [niagarathisweek.com]

Jack Campbell should be key player in World Juniors [starsblog.dallasnews.com]

The UMD Bulldogs are opening at new arena on December 30th against the UND Fighting Sioux and they are having a dress rehearsal. [Rink and Run] UND opened the BSU's Beavers new home by sweeping the Beavers by a pair of 6-2 scores back in October.

Colorado trip no vacation for Mavs... [WORLD-HERALD]

Team USA Preliminary Roster announced.

Fighting Sioux forward Danny Kristo has made the Preliminary Team USA WJC roster. Team USA will have their U.S. World Junior evaluation camp in Grand Forks, ND December 17- 19. The Fighting Sioux will play team USA on December 19th at REA at 7:07 pm.

GOALTENDERS (2)
Jack Campbell, Port Huron, Mich. U.S. National Under-18 Team
Mike Lee Roseau, Minn. St. Cloud State University (WCHA)

DEFENSEMEN (11)
John Carlson, Colonia, N.J. Hershey Bears (AHL)
Matt Donovan, Edmond, Okla. University of Denver (WCHA)
Justin Faulk, South St. Paul, Minn. U.S. National Under-18 Team
Cam Fowler, Farmington Hills, Mich. Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
Jake Gardiner, Minnetonka, Minn. Univ of Wisconsin (WCHA)
Brian Lashoff, Albany, N.Y. Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
Jon Merrill, Brighton, Mich. U.S. National Under-18 Team
John Moore, Winnetka, Ill. Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
Max Nicastro, Thousand Oaks, Calif. Boston University (HEA)
John Ramage, St. Louis, Mo. University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
David Warsofsky, Marshfield, Mass. Boston University (HEA)

FORWARDS (16)
Ryan Bourque Boxford, Mass. Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
Chris Brown, Houston, Texas University of Michigan (CCHA)
Jerry D’Amigo, Binghamton, N.Y. RPI ECACH)
A.J. Jenks, Wolverine Lake, Mich. Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
Tyler Johnson, Spokane, Wash. Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
Chris Kreider, BoxfordMass. Boston College (HEA)
Danny Kristo, Eden Prairie, Minn. UND (WCHA)
Philip McRae, Chesterfield, Mo. London Knights (OHL)
Jeremy Morin, Auburn, N.Y. Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
Kyle Palmieri, Montvale, N.J. University of Notre Dame (CCHA)
Vinny Saponari, Powder Springs, Ga. Boston University (HEA)
Jordan Schroeder, Prior Lake, Minn. Univer of Minnesota (WCHA)
Derek Stepan, Hastings, Minn. University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
Luke Walker, Portland, Ore. Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
David Wohlberg, South Lyon, Mich. University of Michigan (CCHA)
Jason Zucker, Las Vegas, Nev. U.S. National Under-18 Team (USNTDP)
[link to USA Roster]

Canada WJC roster.

Team Canada December Camp Roster (Click here)
These are the players with college hockey links (4X)on the roster that will try out to make the Canadian WJC team.
Cody Goloubef 6'1 194 11/30/89 Oakville, ON Wisconsin (WCHA) CBJ
Brendan Smith 6'1 181 02/08/89 Mimico, ON Wisconsin (WCHA) DET
Patrick Wiercioh 6'4 185 09/12/90 Maple Ridge, BC Denver (WCHA) OTT
Riley Nash 6'0 176 05/09/89 Kamloops, BC Cornell (ECAC) EDM

USA WJC roster released.

Brad Elliott Schlossman has the team USA WJC roster listed on his blog and you can see that Sioux recruit 18 Danny Kristo, made the team. Looking at the roster you will see a lot of Major Junior players from the OHL and WHL and there seems to be less college hockey players on the roster this season. (Offical Roster Page)

Goalies (2)
30 Thomas McCollum, Guelph (OHL)
1 Josh Unice, Kitchener (OHL)

Defensemen (7)
24 Jonathon Blum, Vancouver (WHL)
28 Ian Cole, Notre Dame
4 Cade Fairchild, Minnesota
20 Blake Kessel, New Hampshire
17 Ryan McDonagh, Wisconsin
5 Teddy Ruth, Notre Dame
8 Kevin Shattenkirk, Boston University

Forwards (13)
27 Drayson Bowman, Spokane (WHL)
12 Jimmy Hayes, Boston College
11 Mike Hoeffel, Minnesota
10 Tyler Johnson, Spokane (WHL)
18 Danny Kristo, UND recruit
15 Jim O'Brien, Seattle (WHL) and former Gopher
9 Matt Rust, Michigan
19 Jordan Schroeder, Minnesota
22 Eric Tangradi, Belleville (OHL)
21 James vanRiemsdyk, New Hampshire
14 Mitch Wahl, Spokane (WHL)
33 Colin Wilson, Boston University

Roster break down
5 WHL
3 OHL
14 NCAA and or NCAA recruit

USA WJC games to be on NHL Network.

Sean Leahy from Going Five Hole has confirmed that all USA WJC team games will be on the NHL Network. This is really good news for WJC fans, usually we don't get to see very many of the WJC games. In the past there has been a void of television coverage in the USA of the WJC. Canada unlike the USA usually gets all of their games on TSN. The 2006 WJC games from Vancouver were on FSN here in North Dakota and Minnesota.

I (Sean Leahy) confirmed with with Dave Fischel, Director of Media and Public Relations with USA Hockey that this December, NHL Network will broadcast every Team USA game from the World Junior Championships in Ottawa.