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Islanders: 2020 6th round pick on his way to World Juniors Championship

BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA - MAY 26: Team Finland celebrates with the trophy after the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Slovakia final game between Canada and Finland at Ondrej Nepela Arena on May 26, 2019 in Bratislava, Slovakia. (Photo by RvS.Media/Monika Majer/Getty Images)

Team Finland has named their 2021 World Junior Championship squad and a New York Islanders prospect drafted in 2020 was named to their roster.

Drafted in the sixth round of the 2020 NHL draft by the New York Islanders, 18-year-old Matias Rajaniemi is a young defenseman with a lot of promise.