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Thirty-nine players with United States Hockey League (USHL) ties have been selected to represent the U.S. at the 2025 World Junior Summer Showcase from July 25 – August 2 at Ridder Arena on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minn.

The World Junior Summer Showcase serves as an evaluation for players seeking to make their respective national teams for the 2026 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship, set for December 26, 2025, through January 5, 2026, in Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota. It will also include teams from Canada, Finland, and Sweden.

Twenty of the players invited played in the USHL during the 2024-25 season, including four of the five goalies. Nine USHL alumni return from the gold medal-winning 2025 U.S. National Junior Team. Former USHL player and coach Bob Motzko will lead the Americans behind the bench, assisted by another league alum in Garrett Raboin. See the complete list of USHL players invited below and view the full roster here.




First Name
Last Name
Position
USHL Team(s)


Nick
Kempf
G
NTDP


Kam 
Hendrickson
G
OMA, WAT


Caleb
Heil
G
SF, MAD


Jack
Parsons
G
NTDP, CHI


Patrick
Quinlan
G
NTDP


EJ
Emery
D
NTDP


Elliott
Groenewold
D
CR


Tanner
Henricks
D
LIN


Logan
Hensler
D
NTDP


Caeden
Herrington
D
LIN


Cole
Hutson
D
NTDP


Adam
Kleber
D
LIN


Sam
Laurila
D
NTDP, FGO


Luke
Osburn
D
YNG


Jacob
Rombach
D
LIN


Will
Skahan
D
NTDP


John
Whipple
D
NTDP


Kamil
Bednarik
F
NTDP


Trevor
Connelly
F
TC


Cole
Eiserman
F
NTDP


Krsitian
Epperson
F
NTDP


James
Hagens
F
NTDP


Will
Horcoff
F
NTDP


Ben
Kevan
F
DM


Jacob
Kvasnicka
F
NTDP


Ryker
Lee
F
MAD


Cole
McKinney
F
NTDP


Brendan 
McMorrow
F
NTDP, WAT


LJ
Mooney
F
NTDP


Will
Moore
F
NTDP


Jack
Murtagh
F
NTDP


Aidan
Park
F
GB


Max
Plante
F
NTDP


Cullen
Potter
F
NTDP


Teddy
Stiga
F
NTDP


Mac
Swanson
F
FGO


Shane
Vansaghi
F
NTDP


Will
Zellers
F
GB


Brodie
Ziemer
F
NTDP

 

About the USHL

The United States Hockey League (USHL) and its 16 teams are committed to being the world’s leading 16–to 20-year-old junior hockey league. During the 2024-25 season, USHL alumni held over 50% of NCAA Division I roster spots, and over 25% of NHL players had USHL experience. With 10 first-round selections and 49 total picks in the 2024 NHL Draft, the USHL has developed the most draft choices of any junior hockey league since 2012.

Elevated through the recently announced Declaration of Excellence with the NHL and USA Hockey, the league’s player-first approach, including a 2:1 practice-to-game ratio and a schedule with 92% of games played on weekends, provides its players with the optimal environment for athletic and personal growth, creating pathways for the next generation of stars like Kyle Connor (Youngstown Phantoms), Macklin Celebrini (Chicago Steel), Matthew Knies (Tri-City Storm), Adam Fantilli (Chicago Steel) and Jeremy Swayman (Sioux Falls Stampede). More.