The 2026 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship will take place between Dec. 26, 2025 and Jan. 5, 2026, in Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota. If we’ve learned anything about the World Junior Championship, it would be wise for countries to have a Blackhawks prospect on their roster.
Each of the last five gold medal winning teams had at least one Blackhawks prospect (already drafted by Chicago) on its roster — and a couple more who eventually became Blackhawks.
Here’s the list of current Blackhawks/prospects who won gold at the World Junior Championship. Players in parenthesis became Blackhawks later.
2021 — USA — Landon Slaggert (Spencer Knight) 2022 — Canada — Ethan Del Mastro (Connor Bedard) 2023 — Canada — Del Mastro*, Kevin Korchinski, Nolan Allan, Colton Dach (Bedard) 2024 — USA — Frank Nazar, Oliver Moore, Sam Rinzel, Gavin Hayes 2025 — USA — Moore*From that list, Del Mastro (’23) and Moore (’25) were alternate captains for their countries in those respective tournaments.
The following Blackhawks prospects have received invitations to the training camps for their respective countries for the 2026 World Junior Championship:
Anton Frondell, Sweden Václav Nestrašil, Czechia AJ Spellacy, USAOn Monday, Canada opted to not select Marek Vanacker, Sacha Boisvert or John Mustard, each of whom were reportedly on their radar for the tournament. They have zero Blackhawks prospects coming to their camp.
Canada has not had a Blackhawks prospect on their roster since 2023.
They have not won a medal in the tournament since 2023.
Sorry, Canada!
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