Drysdale Named To Team Canada's WJC Roster

Dec 11, 2020

Jamie Drysdale looks to stay golden at the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship.

Team Canada announced its roster for the tournament this morning, which included the Anaheim Ducks first-round selection (sixth overall) in the 2020 NHL Draft.

Drysdale, a native of Toronto, Ontario, helped Team Canada to a gold medal at the 2020 World Junior Championship, recording 1-2=3 points in seven tournament games. At 17 years, eight months, Drysdale became the youngest defensemen since 2001 to appear in a World Junior Championship for Canada (Jay Bouwmeester, 17 years, 3 months), and the sixth-youngest Canadian defensemen all-time. 

He also represented Canada at the 2019 Hlinka Gretzky Cup (silver), 2019 U-18 World Championship and 2019 U-17 World Hockey Challenge.

Drysdale earned Ontario Hockey League (OHL) First Team All-Star honors in 2019-20 after scoring 9-38=47 points with a +9 rating and 24 penalty minutes (PIM) in 49 games with the Erie Otters. The 5-11, 175-pound defensemen ranked 10th among OHL defensemen in points-per game (.96) while leading Erie blueliners in goals, assists, scoring, power-play assists (19) and power-play goals (3). 

He's recorded 16-71=87 points in 112 career OHL games with Erie. He was named to the 2018-19 OHL First All-Rookie Team after leading Otters blueliners in goals, assists, scoring and power-play points (17) as a rookie.

The 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship runs from December 25 - January 5 on NHL Network and TSN.