With the 2022 IIHF World Junior Under-20 Tournament just a week away, the team rosters are starting to make the rounds. For embattled Team Canada, their final roster of 25 players was announced on Monday. Headlined by the probably number pick of the 2023 NHL Draft, Connor Bedard, the roster is stacked with high picks from the last couple of drafts. One name Tampa Bay Lightning fans will recognize is Jack Thompson. The defenseman will be one of eight players guarding the blue line for the Canadian team in the tournament.
Thompson, the 20-year-old third-round pick from 2020, is coming off a stellar season in the OHL where he put up 21 goals and 36 assists in 65 games between the Sudbury Wolves and Soo Greyhounds.