The Calgary Flames will have three of their top prospects in the mix when Hockey Canada opens the World Junior Summer Showcase later this month.
On Friday, Hockey Canada revealed its 32-player Canadian roster for the annual event, which brings together preliminary World Junior groups from Canada, the United States, Sweden and Finland for a summer test run. The Flames’ representatives are 2025 first-round pick Cole Reschny, 2026 first-round pick Carson Carels and 2026 second-round pick Chase Harrington.
Canada actually invited 33 players in all - four goaltenders, 10 defencemen and 19 forwards - but Seattle prospect Jack O’Brien was invited to camp and won’t be able to attend. For comparison, Canada carried 25 players into last season’s World Juniors, with three goalies, eight defenders and 14 forwards.
Reschny, 19, is already a familiar name on the Canadian side. He has worn the maple leaf four times over the past three seasons, with appearances at the Under-17 Hockey Challenge, the Hlinka Gretzky Cup, the Under-18 World Championships and the World Juniors. He’s heading back to the University of North Dakota for his sophomore season after being named his conference’s top rookie last year.
Carels, 18, has also been a regular in Canada’s program, and in fact has matched Reschny with four national-team appearances over the past two seasons. His resume includes the Under-17 Hockey Challenge, the Under-18 Worlds, the Hlinka Gretzky Cup and the World Juniors. Last season, in his draft year, he played at the Hlinkas and the World Juniors, and he’s set to begin his freshman year at North Dakota.
Harrington, also 18, is the newer name of the three. His last Canada appearance came at the Under-17 Hockey Challenge in 2023-24.
Compared with Reschny and Carels, he’s more of a long shot to land on the World Juniors roster, even though both of those players are viewed as strong bets to return after Canada won bronze last winter. Still, Harrington is worth tracking.
If he gets off to a strong start with the Western League’s Spokane Chiefs, he could push himself into the conversation. At minimum, the invite puts him firmly on the radar.
Those three join five other Flames prospects who have already been named to summer junior rosters: Theo Stockselius, a 2025 second-round pick, with Sweden, and Cullen Potter, Mace’o Phillips, NCAA leading scorer Ethan Wyttenbach and Jack Hextall with the United States.
The 2026 World Junior Summer Showcase is set for July 25-Aug. 1 in Windsor, Ontario. The 2027 World Juniors will be held Dec. 26, 2026-Jan. 5, 2027 in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta.
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