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The 2024 World Junior Hockey Championship is set to run from December 26th through January 5th and the Habs will be well represented with four of their top prospects taking part. As usual, we’ll keep track of their stats here.
Owen Beck (Canada)
| Date | Opponent | G | A | PIMS | +/- | SOG | TOI |
| Dec. 26 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 12:09 |
| Dec. 27 | Latvia | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 14:20 |
| Dec. 29 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:28 |
| Dec. 31 | Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:34 |
| Jan. 2 | Czechia | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:45 |
| Totals | 1 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 8 | 73:16 | |
Jacob Fowler (United States)
| Date | Opponent | GA | SF | GAA | SV% |
| Dec. 26 | Norway | Did not play, dressed as backup | |||
| Dec. 28 | Switzerland | 3 | 24 | 3.00 | .875 |
| Dec. 29 | Czechia | 3 | 23 | 2.77 | .870 |
| Dec. 31 | Slovakia | Did not play, dressed as backup | |||
| Jan. 2 | Latvia | 2 | 25 | 2.00 | .920 |
| Jan. 4 | Finland | Did not play, dressed as backup | |||
| Jan. 5 | Sweden | Did not play, dressed as backup | |||
| Totals (3-0-0 record) | 8 | 72 | 2.67 | .889 | |
Lane Hutson (United States)
| Date | Opponent | G | A | PIMS | +/- | SOG | TOI |
| Dec. 26 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 22:56 |
| Dec. 28 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 2 | 18:22 |
| Dec. 29 | Czechia | 0 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 26:16 |
| Dec. 31 | Slovakia | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 2 | 23:41 |
| Jan. 2 | Latvia | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 2 | 24:00 |
| Jan. 4 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 0 | E | 3 | 25:12 |
| Jan. 5 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 12 | +2 | 0 | 27:20 |
| Totals | 0 | 6 | 14 | +8 | 14 | 167:47 | |
Filip Mesar (Slovakia)
| Date | Opponent | G | A | PIMS | +/- | SOG | TOI |
| Dec. 26 | Czechia | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 18:01 |
| Dec. 27 | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:39 |
| Dec. 29 | Norway | 0 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 1 | 13:51 |
| Dec. 31 | USA | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 7 | 15:01 |
| Jan. 2 | Finland | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 22:51 |
| Totals | 2 | 7 | 4 | +2 | 12 | 86:23 | |
Over the years, many of the Habs and their prospects have played in this tournament. Here is a look at how each of those players performed. Points from the original attempt to play the 2022 tournament are not included here.
Goalies
| Player | Year(s) | Country | Record | GAA | SV% | SO |
| Carey Price | 2007 | Canada | 6-0-0 | 1.14 | .961 | 2 |
| Cayden Primeau | 2019 | USA | 4-1-0 | 1.61 | .937 | 0 |
| Jake Allen | 2010 | Canada | 4-0-0 | 2.06 | .902 | 2 |
Samuel Montembeault was named to Canada’s entry for the 2016 tournament but didn’t play.
Defence
| Player | Year(s) | Country | GP | G | A | PTS | PIMS |
| Lane Hutson | 2023 | USA | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Kaiden Guhle | 2021 | Canada | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Adam Engstrom | 2023 | Sweden | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Luke Mittelstadt | 2023 | USA | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| David Reinbacher | 2023 | Austria | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Justin Barron | 2021 | Canada | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Jordan Harris | 2020 | USA | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Petteri Nurmi | 2022 | Finland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gustav Lindstrom | 2018 | Sweden | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Mattias Norlinder | 2020 | Sweden | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Forwards
| Player | Year(s) | Country | GP | G | A | PTS | PIMS |
| Joel Armia | 2011-2013 | Finland | 19 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 30 |
| Joshua Roy | 2022/23 | Canada | 14 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 2 |
| Jan Mysak | 2020-2022 | Czechia | 17 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 2 |
| Lias Andersson | 2017/18 | Sweden | 14 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 12 |
| Christian Dvorak | 2016 | USA | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Mitchell Stephens | 2015/16 | Canada | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| Cole Caufield | 2020/21 | USA | 12 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| Brendan Gallagher | 2012 | Canada | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| Alex Newhook | 2021 | Canada | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Jesse Ylonen | 2019 | Finland | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Filip Mesar | 2023 | Slovakia | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Oliver Kapanen | 2022/23 | Finland | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Vincenz Rohrer | 2023 | Austria | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Nick Suzuki | 2019 | Canada | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Emil Heineman | 2021 | Sweden | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Josh Anderson | 2014 | Canada | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Owen Beck | 2023 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Riley Kidney | 2022 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 2021 | Slovakia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
