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The 2026 World Junior Hockey Championship is set to run from December 26th through January 5th.  The Habs are well-represented at the event with five prospects taking part.  We’ll keep track of their stats here.

Michael Hage (Canada)

Date Opponent G A PIMS +/- SOG TOI
Dec. 26 Czechia 1 2 0 +3 3 15:23
Dec. 27 Latvia 1 0 0 -1 6 16:54
Dec. 29 Denmark 0 2 0 +2 2 16:17
Dec. 31 Finland 0 2 0 +1 4 13:05
Jan. 2 Slovakia 0 1 0 E 3 18:08
Jan. 4 Czechia 0 2 0 +1 6 17:42
Jan. 5 Finland 0 4 0 +1 2 14:00
Totals 2 13 0 +7 26 111:39

Hage led the tournament in points and assists.  He was named to the Media All-Star team.

Carlos Handel (Germany)

Date Opponent G A PIMS +/- SOG TOI
Dec. 26 USA 0 1 0 -1 1 21:08
Dec. 27 Slovakia 0 0 2 -1 6 27:41
Dec. 29 Sweden 0 0 0 E 5 22:58
Dec. 30 Switzerland 0 0 0 -1 2 22:27
Jan. 2 Denmark 0 3 0 +4 4 25:57
Totals 0 4 2 +1 18 110:11

Aatos Koivu (Finland)

Date Opponent G A PIMS +/- SOG TOI
Dec. 26 Denmark 1 0 2 +1 4 12:35
Dec. 28 Latvia 0 1 0 +3 2 13:31
Dec. 29 Czechia 0 0 0 E 1 11:56
Dec. 31 Canada 0 0 0 -2 0 1:10
Jan. 2 USA Did not play – healthy scratch
Jan. 4 Sweden Did not play – healthy scratch
Jan. 5 Canada 0 0 0 -1 1 10:45
Totals 1 1 2 +3 8 49:57

L.J. Mooney (USA)

Date Opponent G A PIMS +/- SOG TOI
Dec. 26 Germany 0 0 0 +1 2 13:55
Dec. 27 Switzerland 0 0 0 -1 3 16:38
Dec. 29 Slovakia 0 2 2 -1 1 19:03
Dec. 31 Sweden 0 1 0 E 2 19:26
Jan. 2 Finland 0 0 0 -1 1 17:05
Totals 0 3 2 -2 9 86:07

Mikus Vecvanags (Latvia)

Date Opponent GA SF GAA SV%
Dec. 27 Canada Did not play – dressed as backup
Dec. 28 Finland 8 41 8.00 .805
Dec. 30 Denmark Did not play – dressed as backup
Dec. 31 Czechia 0 0 0.00 –
Jan. 2 Switzerland Did not play – dressed as backup
Totals (0-1-0 record) 8 41 7.98 .805

Vecvanags played just 11 seconds against Czechia.

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
Kaapo Kahkonen 2016 Finland 4-0-0 2.52 .909 0
Jacob Fowler 2024 USA 3-0-0 2.67 .889 0

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 2023-24 USA 14 1 9 10 16
Kaiden Guhle 2021 Canada 7 2 1 3 4
Adam Engstrom 2023 Sweden 7 1 2 3 2
Rasmus Bergqvist 2025 Sweden 7 1 2 3 6
Luke Mittelstadt 2023 USA 7 0 3 3 0
David Reinbacher 2023 Austria 5 0 2 2 0
Noah Dobson 2019 Canada 5 1 0 1 2
Carlos Handel 2025 Germany 5 0 0 0 2

Forwards

Player Year(s) Country GP G A PTS PIMS
Joshua Roy 2022-23 Canada 14 8 11 19 2
Filip Mesar 2023-24 Slovakia 12 4 11 15 2
Patrik Laine 2016 Finland 7 7 6 13 6
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
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
Owen Beck 2023-24 Canada 8 1 1 2 2
Josh Anderson 2014 Canada 7 1 0 1 0
Phillip Danault 2013 Canada 6 0 1 1 2
Riley Kidney 2022 Canada 3 0 0 0 0
Juraj Slafkovsky 2021 Slovakia 5 0 0 0 2

Kirby Dach was named to Canada’s entry for the 2021 tournament but didn’t play due to injury.