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For a change the BC roster will not be decimated by the World Junior Tournament


Only Oliver Wahlstrom is on the preliminary roster from BC. Games at Notre Dame and two at Arizona State would be impacted should he make the 23 man Squad which presently is at 29. Other Hockey East schools Providence, Northeastern and BU have 2 each while BU also has 2 on the Canadian roster. UConn and UMass both have one each on foreign rosters as well. BU does not play any games during the tournament time but has a game against Dartmouth the day before the preseason camp opens so they probably are affected for that game big time. Should the US bow out early Wahlstrom could possibly make the Arizona State games as the tournament is due north in Vancouver, Canada. In the past couple years losses during the World Junior time period kept BC out of the NCAA tournament as they just barely missed out on PWR. No Notre Dame or Arizona State players are on the US roster. Not sure if any are on foreign rosters though.