The 2024 World Junior Hockey Summer Showcase will take place from July 26 through August 3 at USA Hockey Arena Plymouth, Michigan, and two Boston Bruins prospects will be featured on Team USA. Bruins’ 2023 draft picks Chris Pelosi and Beckett Hendrickson, who were teammates with the Sioux Falls Stampede in the USHL for a portion of the 2023-24 season, have been invited to the event, which serves as an evaluation for athletes seeking to make their respective national teams for the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship, which will be held December 26, 2024, through January 5, 2025, in Ottawa, Ontario.
USA Hockey has invited 46 hockey players, including 25 forwards, to participate in the showcase, which will include daily practices and nine international games. Other forwards include 2023 first-round draft picks Ryan Leonard (8th overall), Oliver Moore (19th overall), and Gabe Perreault (23rd overall). Pelosi was the 92nd overall pick in the third round and has played center for the Stampede for two seasons. In 99 games, the 6-foot-1, 1985-pound forward has totaled 34 goals and 40 assists. The Sewell, New Jersey native has committed to Quinnipiac University for the 2024-25 season and turned 19 years old in March.
Hendrickson was Pelosi’s linemate at times for 43 games this season and totaled 18 goals and 25 assists before getting traded to the Dubuque Fighting Saints, where he scored nine goals with 21 assists in 16 games. The 6-foot-1, 180-pound forward also collected seven points in 11 playoff games. The Minnetonka native was the 124th overall draft pick in 2023. Hendrickson is committed to his home state, Minnesota Golden Gophers, for the 2024-25 season and will turn 19 years old on June 24.
