Norway and Denmark name rosters for World Junior Club Cup

06 Aug 2012 | Henrik Lundqvist

The second edition of the World Junior Club Cup will be played in Omsk August 18-26. The tournament consists of eight club teams and the U20 national teams of Denmark and Norway.

The World Junior Club Cup was first played last year with the MHL team of CSKA Moscow as champions. This year the tournament will be played with 10 teams in Omsk August 18-26.

There will be two groups of five teams where the best two teams of each group qualify for the semi finals.

Group A
Omskie Yastreby (Omsk,Russia)
Waterloo Black Hawks(USHL)
Energie (Karlovy Vary,Czech Rep.)
Dinamo-Shinnik (Bobruisk,Belarus)
Norway U20

Group B
Linköpings HC (Sweden)
Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
HIFK (Helsinki,Finland)
HC Riga (Riga,Latvia)
Denmark U20

Norway and Denmark have named their rosters:

Norway
Goalies:
Espen Johansen, Frisk Asker
Joachim Svendsen, Manglerud Star
Steffen Søberg, Vålerenga

Defensemen:
Martin Bjørnsland, Stjernen
Emil Frøshaug, Manglerud Star
Iver Håland, Stjernen
Erlend Lersund, Timrå (SWE)
Tallak Lyngseth, Vålerenga
John Nicolay Næsgaard, Vålerenga
Christer Simonsen, Manglerud Star
Sebastian Kjos Sæves, Lørenskog

Forwards:
Adrian Aslaksen, IHK Sparta
Magnus Fischer, Manglerud Star
Andreas Heier, Stjernen
Magnus Hoff, Vålerenga
Jørgen Karterud, Vålerenga
Jonas Knutsen, Prince Albert Raiders (CAN)
Endre Medby, Lillehammer
Thomas Valkvæ Olsen, Frisk Asker
Anders Pedersen, IHK Sparta
Espen Salo, Vålerenga
Eirik Østrem Salsten, Storhamar
Jonas Zefrati Thorstensen, Lidingö (SWE)
Sebastian Weberg, Shattuck St Mary (USA)

Denmark
Goalies:
Christian Larsen, Malmö (SWE)
Matthias Hansen, Frederikshavn
Morten Jakobsen, SønderjyskE

Defensemen:
Patrick Madsen, Herning
Anders Thode, Frederikshavn
Rasmus Knudsen, Herning
Marco Illemann, Copenhagen
Sebastian Bergholdt, Rødovre
Bjørn Uldall, Herning
Rasmus Lyø, Odense
Marc Sørensen, SønderjyskE
Magnus Povlsen, Copenhagen

Forwards:
Sebastian Ehlers, Aalborg
Martin Højbjerg, Djurgården (SWE)
Mikkel Højbjerg, Djurgården (SWE)
Mathias Bau Hansen, Rødovre
Nicolai Meyer, Frederikshavn
Jonas Sass, Herlev
Thomas Søndergaard, Frederikshavn
Patrick Rasmussen, Rødovre
Joachim Linnet, Herning
Morten Skov, SønderjyskE
Mads Eller, Frölunda (SWE)
Kristoffer Lauridsen, Malmö (SWE)