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Three Canucks prospects took part in the event where top young players are evaluated ahead of the World Junior Championship this winter
Published Aug 04, 2024 • Last updated 56 minutes ago • 4 minute read
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File photo: Seattle Thunderbirds defenceman Sawyer Mynio (left) was one of three Canucks prospects at the World Junior Summer Showcase event Photo by Ian Kucerak /Postmedia
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It’s a long road to seeing your name on the final World Junior Hockey Championship roster come Christmas.
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For most hopefuls, that road began this past week at the World Junior Summer Showcase tournament in Plymouth, Michigan.
Here’s what we learned as three Canucks prospects — Sawyer Mynio and Anthony Romani for Canada, and Sweden’s Melvin Fernstrom — took part in the evaluative national team event:
Vancouver Canucks 2024 third-round pick Melvin Fernström is playing for Team Sweden at the World Junior Summer Showcase in Michigan Photo by Bruce Bennett /Getty Images
Melvin Fernstrom
Melvin Fernstrom understands the assignment.
Get stronger and get faster — so that his natural scoring talent can shine through.
Since draft day in late June, the Canucks’ 2024 third-round pick has been delving into the details of his game, first at development camp at UBC — where he got his feet wet with the organization and soaked up information from the bevy of Swedes at his disposal — then with his Tre Kronor brethren at national team camp these past couple of weeks in Michigan.
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So what’s the steely-eyed 18-year-old most focused on right now?
“I guess my overall game. Try to be a bit more physical, get a bit more speed and just play my game and hopefully I will make it,” he told TSN on Thursday. “(Being physical) will help me create space for myself and give me more chance to use my skill and I can make good reads and plays.”
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The 6-foot-2, 187-pound winger was drafted for his ability to make things happen offensively. Fernstrom led Sweden in scoring at the U18’s last season with eight points (3G, 5A) in seven games and scored 31 goals and added 32 assists in 45 J20 Nationell games last season.
Fernstrom, one of the younger players on the Sweden roster at the WJSS — he’s one of seven to have a 2006 birthdate, with 28 others born in 2005 — skated on the third and fourth lines during the tournament and registered two assists in three games.
Fernstrom’s first assist came on a primary power play helper against a split-squad Team USA in a 7-2 loss last Sunday. His second came midway through a 7-5 win over the Americans on Friday, with the Canucks prospect picking up a loose puck in his end, sidestepping a defender in the neutral zone and slipping a sweet feed to a teammate for a breakaway goal.
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#Preds 2023 second-rounder Felix Nilsson with a nice finish in Sweden’s 7-5 win over USA at the World Junior Summer Showcase the other day
He now has 1 goal and 3 points in 3 gamespic.twitter.com/zLB3nPHFxz
— Michael Gallagher (@MGsports_) August 4, 2024
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Sweden rolled all four lines during the tournament and Fernstrom was handed power play time, so the opportunity was there to showcase his game.
Fernstrom says he’s focused on getting stronger in the gym so that he can be more effective in the tough areas of the ice.
And that’s just what you want to hear from a prospect looking to make the permanent jump to professional hockey with Orebro in Sweden next season.
Anthony Romani poses for a portrait after being drafted by the Vancouver Canucks with the 162nd overall pick in the 2024 Upper Deck NHL Draft at Sphere on June 29, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Candice Ward /Getty Images
Anthony Romani
One game. One point.
One huge learning experience for Anthony Romani.
The lowest drafted forward to be invited to Team Canada camp made the most of a fourth-line deployment in an 8-6 win over Finland on Friday, finding Ducks draft pick Beckett Sennecke with a precise cross-ice pass early in the third period for a power play assist.
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Romani, 19, did not play against Sweden on Wednesday and also sat on Saturday in a 5-4 shootout loss to Team USA.
It was the first invite to a Team Canada camp for the Canucks’ 2024 sixth-rounder, who dazzled last season in the OHL with a league-high 58 goals in 68 games while tallying 53 assists to get back on the NHL radar.
Romani played big minutes and a big role first-line role for the North Bay Battalion last season, and will be expected to do the same next season.
The 6-foot, 183-pound right-shot winger is a gifted offensive player who uses his skill and skating ability to create chances for himself and his linemates.
Sawyer Mynio
Also skating for Canada was defenceman Sawyer Mynio, a two-way, left-shot D-man who was “a little shocked” to get the invite, he told TSN’s Mark Masters on Thursday.
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“I was a little shocked but I think I earned it. Last year, I had a really good year, so yeah, I’m excited,” he said.
“I was a little shocked”@SeattleTbirds d-man Sawyer Mynio didn’t expect an invite to Team 🇨🇦’s summer camp#Canucks prospect looks more than deserving now
Scored & had primary assist on Tuesday while earning a positive review from coach Dave Cameron https://t.co/48iQtabmYQ
— Mark Masters (@markhmasters) July 31, 2024
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Mynio, 19, was exceptional for the WHL’s Seattle Thunderbirds last season, playing on the penalty kill and power play — and scoring 16 goals in 67 games with a sneaky-good point shot.
The 6-foot-1, 181-pounder even scored in the Team Canada intrasquad scrimmage on Wednesday and added a primary assist as well.
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“I liked his game, overall,” said head coach Dave Cameron. “We talked about, we want to be a team that gets pucks to the net and I think his goal was just that.
“I liked his game … for the fact it was pretty well-rounded.”
Mynio, 19, played with Calgary Flames’ 2024 first-rounder Zayne Parekh on the third pairing at the WJSS. He didn’t register any points in two games, but left an impression.
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