USA Hockey has announced its roster for the 2023 World Junior Summer Showcase which is scheduled for July 27 – Aug. 4 in Plymouth, Mich.

The Showcase serves to identify players who will make up Team USA which will compete at the IIHF World Junior Championships scheduled for Dec. 26, 2023, through Jan. 5, 2024, in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Other teams participating at the World Junior Hockey Summer Showcase include Finland and Sweden.  
 
In addition to 13 invitees from the USA Hockey National Team Development Program who saw action in the USHL in 2022-23, nine players who suited up for club teams in the United States Hockey League during the course of this season were named to participate at this summer's camp – Garrett Brown (Waterloo), Quinn Finley (Chicago), Jacob Fowler (Youngstown), Cole Knuble (Fargo), Jake Livanavage (Chicago), Tanner Ludtke (Lincoln), Eric Pohlkamp (Cedar Rapids), Sam Rinzel (Waterloo) and William Whitelaw (Youngstown). An additional 19 players who played in the USHL previously will also attend the camp giving the league a total of 41 players.
 
David Carle, the head coach at the University of Denver and a former assistant coach with the USHL's Green Bay Gamblers, is serving as head coach of Team USA. Other members of the staff include assistant coaches Brett Larson, who spent two seasons as the head coach and general manager of the Sioux City Musketeers (2011-13) and Steve Miller, who spent the 1984-85 season playing for the Madison Capitols before beginning a lengthy assistant coaching career in the college ranks and goalie coach David Lassonde from the NTDP.
 

Players with USHL Ties Attending the 2023 USA Hockey World Junior Summer Showcase
Name	Pos	Current Team	Previous USHL Team
Trey Augustine	G	U.S. National Under-18 Team (USHL)
Tyler Muszelik	G	University of New Hampshire (HEA)	USA NTDP
Jacob Fowler	G	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
Hampton Slukynsky	G	U.S. National Under-18 Team (USHL)
Vinny Borgesi	D	Northeastern University (HEA)	Tri-City
Garrett Brown	D	Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
Hunter Brzustewicz	D	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)	USA NTDP
Zeev Buium	D	U.S. National Under-18 Team (USHL)
Seamus Casey	D	University of Michigan (Big 10)	USA NTDP
Ryan Chesley	D	University of Minnesota (Big 10)	USA NTDP
Jackson Dorrington	D	Northeastern University (HEA)	Des Moines
Tyler Duke	D	Ohio State University (Big 10)	USA NTDP
Paul Fischer	D	U.S. National Under-18 Team (USHL)
Drew Fortescue	D	U.S. National Under-18 Team (USHL)
Lane Hutson	D	Boston University (HEA)	USA NTDP
Charlie Leddy	D	Boston College (HEA)	USA NTDP
Jake Livanavage	D	Chicago Steel (USHL)
Eric Pohlkamp	D	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)
Sam Rinzel	D	Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
Zach Schulz	D	U.S. National Under-18 Team (USHL)
Gavin Brindley	F	University of Michigan (Big 10)	Tri-City/USA NTDP
Cole Eiserman	F	U.S. National Under-18 Team (USHL)
Quinn Finley	F	Chicago Steel (USHL)
Cutter Gauthier	F	Boston College (HEA)	NTDP
James Hagens	F	U.S. National Under-18 Team (USHL)
Isaac Howard	F	University of Minnesota Duluth (NCHC)	USA NTDP
Devin Kaplan	F	Boston University (HEA)	USA NTDP
Cole Knuble	F	Fargo Force (USHL)
Ryan Leonard	F	U.S. National Under-18 Team (USHL)
Cruz Lucius	F	University of Wisconsin (Big 10)	USA NTDP
Tanner Ludtke	F	Lincoln Stars (USHL)
Cam Lund	F	Northeastern University (HEA)	Green Bay
Rutger McGroarty	F	University of Michigan (Big 10)	USA NTDP
Oliver Moore	F	U.S. National Under-18 Team (USHL)
Frank Nazar III	F	University of Michigan (Big 10)	USA NTDP
Danny Nelson	F	U.S. National Under-18 Team (USHL)
Gabe Perreault	F	U.S. National Under-18 Team (USHL)
Will Smith	F	U.S. National Under-18 Team (USHL)
Jimmy Snuggerud	F	University of Minnesota (Big 10)	USA NTDP
Charlie Stramel	F	University of Wisconsin (Big 10)	USA NTDP
Will Whitelaw	F	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)

 
For more information on the World Junior Hockey Summer Showcase click here.