Always Golden: 9 Minnesotans Help U.S. Take Home Gold at the World Junior Championships

Congrats to the 9 Minnesotans that captured the Gold Medal at the World Junior Championships in Ottawa. The U.S. defeated Finland in overtime, 4-3, taking the hardware back to the states for the second consecutive year.

Brodie Ziemer led the Minnesota group in scoring with 7 points in 7 games While Danny Nelson had the most goals by a Minnesotan with 4. Hampton Slukynsky was 2-0 during the tournament, stopping 42 of 45 shots.

Oliver Moore and Danny Nelson are part of a rare group of players that have won two World Junior Gold Medals as they were both members of last year’s Championship team.

30 Hampton Slukynsky	Warroad	Western Michigan
3 Logan Hensler	Woodbury	Wisconsin
4 Colin Ralph	Maple Grove	St. Cloud State
6 Adam Kleber	Chaska	Minnesota Duluth
11 Oliver Moore	Mounds View	University of Minnesota
17 Danny Nelson	Maple Grove	Notre Dame
22 Max Plante	Hermantown	Minnesota Duluth
23 Austin Burnevik	Blaine	St. Cloud State
74 Brodie Ziemer	Hutchinson	University of Minnesota