SAN JOSE — San Jose Sharks prospects Michael Misa and Josh Ravensbergen were two of the 27 players named Monday to Canada’s National Junior Team training camp roster, and are now in the running to play for their country at the upcoming IIHF World Junior Championships.
The 18-year-old, Misa, taken second overall by the Sharks at the NHL Draft in June, was one of 15 forwards invited to the camp, which will run from Dec. 12-22 in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
Ravensbergen, taken 30th overall by the Sharks in June’s draft, is one of three goalies on the camp roster. Ravensbergen, 19, was named the Western Hockey League’s Goalie of the Month for November after he won eight of 10 starts and posted a .940 save percentage with the Prince George Cougars.
Entering this week, Ravensbergen led the WHL with 16 wins and was fourth with a .921 save percentage.
A third member of the Sharks’ 2025 draft class, center Cole McKinney, was named to the U.S. National Junior Team’s preliminary roster on Dec. 1. McKinney, taken 53rd overall, has 11 points in 20 games as a freshman at Michigan.
Misa is from Oakville, Ontario, and Ravensbergen is from North Vancouver, B.C., which is also Macklin Celebrini’s hometown. Celebrini is hoping to play for Canada at next year’s Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy.
Misa, surprisingly, did not get an invite from Hockey Canada to take part in last year’s World Junior selection camp, but still went on to record 134 points in 65 games with the Saginaw Spirit.
Misa had three points in seven games with the Sharks this season before he sustained a right ankle sprain on Nov. 5 during a morning skate in Seattle. But he progressed from the injury in recent weeks, was placed on long-term injured reserve last week, and is now on a conditioning assignment with the San Jose Barracuda of the AHL.
Misa had an assist in the Barracuda’s 4-3 overtime win over the Tucson Roadrunners on Friday and was held scoreless in San Jose’s 6-2 loss in the rematch on Saturday.
Sharks defenseman Sam Dickinson was not on Hockey Canada’s World Juniors training camp roster, but for the next two weeks, the governing body is leaving spots open on the team for players who are now in the NHL.
The Sharks needed to give permission for their players to take part in the camp, and as of late last week, were undecided on whether to loan the 19-year-old Dickinson, who has played in 23 of the Sharks’ 30 games this season.
The group of 15 forwards is headlined by Gavin McKenna, the 2024-25 CHL Player of the Year, who is expected to be taken first or second overall at next year’s NHL Draft. McKenna, now a freshman at Penn State, had 129 points in 56 games with the Medicine Hat Tigers last season.
The Canadian World Junior team is coached by Dale Hunter, Dickinson’s coach with the London Knights from 2022 to 2025. Mark Hunter, the Knights’ general manager, is part of Canada’s management group.
Before the start of the World Juniors tournament on Dec. 26, the Canadian junior team will play Sweden in exhibition games on Dec. 17 and 20.
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