World juniors 2022

2022 - 12 - 26

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Ottawa Senators Prospects at the 2023 World Juniors (SenShot)

The annual World Junior Championship (WJC), or the World Juniors, is starting on December 26th where 10 teams gather together and compete for a gold medal. At ...

Due to his play, he was called up to the SHL team where he has two points (one goal and one assist) in 12 games. This season, Pettersson has been playing tremendously as he has 25 points (15 goals and 10 assists) in 19 games for the J20 team of the Rรถgle BK. However, the struggles of his team (which is hovering around the .500 win percentage mark), have affected his stats as he is a minus 13 (tied for last on his team) despite putting up 11 points in 29 games. He finished the tournament with three points (one goal and two assists), all coming in different games. The second player to appear in the WJC from the Senators 2022 draft class is sharp-shooting winger, Oskar Pettersson. This is the first time Boucher has been selected to represent his home country since 2019, when he participated in the U17 World Hockey Challenge (WHC) where his team finished second. Playing in all seven games, he averaged over 18 minutes a game and he finished the tournament with two assists. He was instrumental in the bottom six role, as he killed penalties on top of playing โ€œ Furthermore, he was clutch in his first and only shootout attempt this season: [make a name for themselves](https://senshot.com/2022/08/19/senators-starring-world-juniors/). The annual World Junior Championship (WJC), or the World Juniors, is starting on December 26th where 10 teams gather together and compete for a gold medal. His shooting capabilities and physical play have been on full display this season, however, the latter has gotten him into some suspension trouble.

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