The 2021 World Junior Championship capped off with a thrilling Team USA vs Team Canada gold medal game Tuesday night, with team USA taking the 2-0 victory. For Avalanche fans, the tournament featured four promising young prospects, all of which made it to the gold medal game for their respective countries. For Team Canada, co-captain Bowen Byram, Alex Newhook, and Justin Barron all dawned the maple leaf exceptionally, and standing on the other side of those three highly touted prospects for Team USA, was defenseman Drew Helleson.
The 47th pick in the second round of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, Helleson is described as “a capable defensive defenseman with an impressive compete-level and really good hockey sense.