Macman
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Every year at world junior time a Canadian invariably moans about the players who aren't on the team because they're in the NHL. Non-Canadians inevitably reply that it's the same for everybody
In attempt to answer the question once and for all, I've put together a list of no-shows for each world junior since 1982. I started with '82 because that's the year Canada began sending an all-star team. I've only listed players who missed the championship because they were with NHL teams, not because of injuries or because they weren't picked by their countries. My main source was the first edition of the Total Hockey guide. Using the draft lists and individual player stats, I've compiled what I hope is a fairly accurate list. Having said that, I'm sure there are a few mistakes, so no flames please. This wasn't the easiest thing to do, so if you spot errors, point them out and I'll correct them. I'm actually less certain of the last few years than I am about the older stuff, so help out if you can.
I only looked at the major hockey countries, so sorry, Germany and Switzerland, but you're out of luck. If a country isn't listed each year, it means everybody was available to them.
1982 (Canada gold)
Canada: Dale Hawerchuk, Ron Francis, Grant Fuhr, Jim Benning, Mark Hunter, Doug Smith, Joe Cirella.
United States: Bobby Carpenter.
1983 (Soviet gold)
Canada: Dale Hawerchuk, Ron Francis, Jim Benning, Doug Smith, Gord Kluzak, Brian Bellows, Gary Nylund, Ron Sutter, Rich Sutter, Scott Stevens.
United States: Phil Housley.
1984 (Soviet gold)
Canada: Steve Yzerman, Sylvain Turgeon, Dan Quinn, Andrew McBain, Cam Neely, Brian Bellows, Gord Kluzak, Pat Verbeek, Chris Kontos, Scott Stevens, Rocky Trottier, Michel Petit. Interesting note: Mario Lemieux, although not yet drafted, was eligible to return (he played on the '83 team) but didn't. He played a full junior season, so didn't appear to be injured. Did he decline the invite?
United States: Phil Housley, Brian Leetch, Pat Lafontaine, Tom Barrasso.
1985 (Canada gold)
Canada: Mario Lemieux, Steve Yzerman, Sylvain Turgeon, Dan Quinn, Cam Neely, Kirk Muller, Craig Redmond, Doug Bodger, J.J. Daigneault, Sylvain Cote, Russ Courtnall, Andrew McBain.
United States: Ed Olcyk, Al Iafrate, Kevin Hatcher, Pat Lafontaine, Brian Lawton, Tom Barrasso.
Czechoslovakia: Petr Svoboda.
1986 (Soviet gold)
Canada: Wendel Clark, Craig Simpson, Dana Murzyn.
United States: Craig Wolanin.
1987 (Finland gold)
Canada: Vince Damphousse, Jocelyn Lemieux, Jeff Greenlaw, Craig Simpson, Dave Manson, Joe Murphy, Zarley Zalapskl, Shawn Anderson.
United States: Craig Wolanin.
1988 (Canada gold)
Canada: Pierre Turgeon, Zarley Zalapski, Shawn Anderson, Brendan Shanahan, Glen Welsey, Dave Archibald, Luke Richardson, Everett Sanipass, Jeff Greenlaw.
United States: Brian Leetch.
1989 (Soviet gold)
Canada: Joe Sakic, Pierre Turgeon, Brendan Shanahan, Chris Joseph, Dave Archibald, Luke Richardson, Stephane Quintal, Trevor Linden, Curtis Leschyshyn, Mark Recchi.
1990 (Canada gold)
Canada: Trevor Linden, Curtis Leschyshyn, Martin Gelinas, Rod Brind 'Amour.
United States: Mike Modano, Jeremy Roenick.
1991 (Canada gold)
Canada: Owen Nolan, Dave Chyzowski, Keith Primeau, Mike Ricci.
Czechoslovakia: Bobby Holik, Robert Reichel, Petr Nedved, Jaromir Jagr.
Sweden: Mats Sundin.
1992 (Russia gold)
Canada: Owen Nolan, Geoff Sanderson, Pat Falloon.
United States: Darian Hatcher.
Czechoslovakia: Jaromir Jagr.
1993 (Canada gold)
Canada: Eric Lindros, Scott Niedermayer, Patrick Poulin, Richard Matvichuk.
Russia: Darius Kasparaitis, Alexei Kovalev.
Czechoslovakia: Roman Hamrlik, Robert Petrovicky.
1994 (Canada gold)
Canada: Alexandre Daigle, Chris Pronger, Chris Gratton, Paul Kariya, Rob Niedermayer, Jason Arnott, Jocelyn Thibault.
1995 (Canada gold)
NHL lockout. Everybody played.
1996 (Canada gold)
Canada: Ed Jovanovski, Jeff O'Neill, Ryan Smyth, Jason Wiemer, Brett Lindros, Jeff Friesen, Chad Kilger, Shane Doan, Kyle McLaren.
Russia: Oleg Tverdovsky.
Czech Republic: Radek Bonk, Stan Neckar, Josef Marha, Radek Dvorak, Petr Sykora.
United States: Jason Bonsignore.
Finland: Aki Berg.
1997 (Canada gold)
Canada: Wade Redden, Kyle McLaren, Jarome Iginla, Jay McKee.
Czech Republic: Radek Dvorak.
1998 (Finland gold)
Canada: Chris Phillips, Eric Brewer, Manny Malhotra, Derek Morris, Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau.
Russia: Andrei Zyuzin, Sergei Samsonov.
1999 (Russia gold)
Canada: Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau, Vincent Lecavalier.
Slovakia: Marian Hossa.
2000 (Czech gold)
Canada: Vincent Lecavalier, Simon Gagne, Robyn Regehr, Jonathan Girard.
Russia: Dimitri Kalinin.
United States: David Legwand.
2001 (Czech gold)
Canada: Scott Hartnell.
Slovakia: Marian Gaborik.
2002 (Russia gold)
Canada: Scott Hartnell.
Slovakia: Marian Gaborik.
Czech Republic: Rostislava Klesla, Vaclav Nederost.
Russia: Ilya Kovalchuk.
2003 (Russia gold)
Canada: Jason Spezza, Rick Nash, Stephen Weiss, Dan Blackburn, Jay Bouwmeester.
Russia: Ilya Kovalchuk, Stanislav Chistov.
2004 (U.S. gold)
Canada: Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Rick Nash, Patrice Bergeron, Eric Staal, Nathan Horton.
Czech Republic: Milan Michalek.
Russia: Nikolai Zherdev.
United States: Dustin Brown.
2005 (Canada gold)
Canada: Brent Burns.
Totals:
Canada: 133 players (includes players appearing more than once)
United States: 21
Czechs: 17
Russia 10
Slovakia 3
Sweden 1
Finland 1
In attempt to answer the question once and for all, I've put together a list of no-shows for each world junior since 1982. I started with '82 because that's the year Canada began sending an all-star team. I've only listed players who missed the championship because they were with NHL teams, not because of injuries or because they weren't picked by their countries. My main source was the first edition of the Total Hockey guide. Using the draft lists and individual player stats, I've compiled what I hope is a fairly accurate list. Having said that, I'm sure there are a few mistakes, so no flames please. This wasn't the easiest thing to do, so if you spot errors, point them out and I'll correct them. I'm actually less certain of the last few years than I am about the older stuff, so help out if you can.
I only looked at the major hockey countries, so sorry, Germany and Switzerland, but you're out of luck. If a country isn't listed each year, it means everybody was available to them.
1982 (Canada gold)
Canada: Dale Hawerchuk, Ron Francis, Grant Fuhr, Jim Benning, Mark Hunter, Doug Smith, Joe Cirella.
United States: Bobby Carpenter.
1983 (Soviet gold)
Canada: Dale Hawerchuk, Ron Francis, Jim Benning, Doug Smith, Gord Kluzak, Brian Bellows, Gary Nylund, Ron Sutter, Rich Sutter, Scott Stevens.
United States: Phil Housley.
1984 (Soviet gold)
Canada: Steve Yzerman, Sylvain Turgeon, Dan Quinn, Andrew McBain, Cam Neely, Brian Bellows, Gord Kluzak, Pat Verbeek, Chris Kontos, Scott Stevens, Rocky Trottier, Michel Petit. Interesting note: Mario Lemieux, although not yet drafted, was eligible to return (he played on the '83 team) but didn't. He played a full junior season, so didn't appear to be injured. Did he decline the invite?
United States: Phil Housley, Brian Leetch, Pat Lafontaine, Tom Barrasso.
1985 (Canada gold)
Canada: Mario Lemieux, Steve Yzerman, Sylvain Turgeon, Dan Quinn, Cam Neely, Kirk Muller, Craig Redmond, Doug Bodger, J.J. Daigneault, Sylvain Cote, Russ Courtnall, Andrew McBain.
United States: Ed Olcyk, Al Iafrate, Kevin Hatcher, Pat Lafontaine, Brian Lawton, Tom Barrasso.
Czechoslovakia: Petr Svoboda.
1986 (Soviet gold)
Canada: Wendel Clark, Craig Simpson, Dana Murzyn.
United States: Craig Wolanin.
1987 (Finland gold)
Canada: Vince Damphousse, Jocelyn Lemieux, Jeff Greenlaw, Craig Simpson, Dave Manson, Joe Murphy, Zarley Zalapskl, Shawn Anderson.
United States: Craig Wolanin.
1988 (Canada gold)
Canada: Pierre Turgeon, Zarley Zalapski, Shawn Anderson, Brendan Shanahan, Glen Welsey, Dave Archibald, Luke Richardson, Everett Sanipass, Jeff Greenlaw.
United States: Brian Leetch.
1989 (Soviet gold)
Canada: Joe Sakic, Pierre Turgeon, Brendan Shanahan, Chris Joseph, Dave Archibald, Luke Richardson, Stephane Quintal, Trevor Linden, Curtis Leschyshyn, Mark Recchi.
1990 (Canada gold)
Canada: Trevor Linden, Curtis Leschyshyn, Martin Gelinas, Rod Brind 'Amour.
United States: Mike Modano, Jeremy Roenick.
1991 (Canada gold)
Canada: Owen Nolan, Dave Chyzowski, Keith Primeau, Mike Ricci.
Czechoslovakia: Bobby Holik, Robert Reichel, Petr Nedved, Jaromir Jagr.
Sweden: Mats Sundin.
1992 (Russia gold)
Canada: Owen Nolan, Geoff Sanderson, Pat Falloon.
United States: Darian Hatcher.
Czechoslovakia: Jaromir Jagr.
1993 (Canada gold)
Canada: Eric Lindros, Scott Niedermayer, Patrick Poulin, Richard Matvichuk.
Russia: Darius Kasparaitis, Alexei Kovalev.
Czechoslovakia: Roman Hamrlik, Robert Petrovicky.
1994 (Canada gold)
Canada: Alexandre Daigle, Chris Pronger, Chris Gratton, Paul Kariya, Rob Niedermayer, Jason Arnott, Jocelyn Thibault.
1995 (Canada gold)
NHL lockout. Everybody played.
1996 (Canada gold)
Canada: Ed Jovanovski, Jeff O'Neill, Ryan Smyth, Jason Wiemer, Brett Lindros, Jeff Friesen, Chad Kilger, Shane Doan, Kyle McLaren.
Russia: Oleg Tverdovsky.
Czech Republic: Radek Bonk, Stan Neckar, Josef Marha, Radek Dvorak, Petr Sykora.
United States: Jason Bonsignore.
Finland: Aki Berg.
1997 (Canada gold)
Canada: Wade Redden, Kyle McLaren, Jarome Iginla, Jay McKee.
Czech Republic: Radek Dvorak.
1998 (Finland gold)
Canada: Chris Phillips, Eric Brewer, Manny Malhotra, Derek Morris, Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau.
Russia: Andrei Zyuzin, Sergei Samsonov.
1999 (Russia gold)
Canada: Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau, Vincent Lecavalier.
Slovakia: Marian Hossa.
2000 (Czech gold)
Canada: Vincent Lecavalier, Simon Gagne, Robyn Regehr, Jonathan Girard.
Russia: Dimitri Kalinin.
United States: David Legwand.
2001 (Czech gold)
Canada: Scott Hartnell.
Slovakia: Marian Gaborik.
2002 (Russia gold)
Canada: Scott Hartnell.
Slovakia: Marian Gaborik.
Czech Republic: Rostislava Klesla, Vaclav Nederost.
Russia: Ilya Kovalchuk.
2003 (Russia gold)
Canada: Jason Spezza, Rick Nash, Stephen Weiss, Dan Blackburn, Jay Bouwmeester.
Russia: Ilya Kovalchuk, Stanislav Chistov.
2004 (U.S. gold)
Canada: Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Rick Nash, Patrice Bergeron, Eric Staal, Nathan Horton.
Czech Republic: Milan Michalek.
Russia: Nikolai Zherdev.
United States: Dustin Brown.
2005 (Canada gold)
Canada: Brent Burns.
Totals:
Canada: 133 players (includes players appearing more than once)
United States: 21
Czechs: 17
Russia 10
Slovakia 3
Sweden 1
Finland 1
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