Maine Hockey Journal

Buffalo to host the World Junior Championships

The Portland Pirates’ parent club, the Buffalo Sabres, have been awarded the 2011 World Junior Championships.  The tournament will be held from December 26th, 2010 to January 5th, 2011 at the HSBC Arena and at  Dwyer Arena (Niagara University) in Lewiston, New York.

24 players in the Sabres organization have participated in the World Junior Championships including 7 players currently on the Portland Pirates roster. They are:

Maxim Afinogenov (Russia) -’99
Tyler Bouck (Canada) – ’99 & ’00
Vyacheslav Buravchikov (Russia) – ’05 & ’06
Chris Butler (USA) – ’06
Tim Connolly (USA) – ’99
Denis Denisov (Russia) – ’01
Jhonas Enroth (Sweden) – ’07 & ’08
Nathan Gerbe (USA) – ’06 & ’07
Philip Gogulla (Germany) – ’07
Jochen Hecht (Germany) – ‘94-’97
Toni Lydman (Finland) – ‘96 & ’97
Clarke MacArthur (Canada) – ’05
Adam Mair (Canada) – ’99
Teppo Numminen (Finland) – ’88
Nathan Paetsch (Canada) – ’02 & ’03
Daniel Paille (Canada) – ’03 & ’04
Derek Roy (Canada) – ’03
Felix Schutz (Germany) – ’05 & ’07
Andrej Sekera (Slovakia) – ’05 & ’06
Jaroslav Spacek (Czech Republic) – ’94
Drew Stafford (USA) – ’04 & ’05
Henrik Tallinder (Sweden) – ’98
Thomas Vanek (Austria) – ’04
Marek Zagrapan (Czech Republic) – ’05 & ’06.

The Lewiston Maineiacs and the Maine Black Bears have no players on their current roster that have participated in the World Junior Championships.  I have more on Buffalo getting the World Junior Championship here.

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