Justin Faulk, Brian Dumoulin Named To Team USA For World Junior Championships

by Cory Lavalette on Dec 22, 2010 10:13 AM EST

Minnesota-Duluth defenseman Justin Faulk, a second-round pick of the Hurricanes at the 2010 Entry Draft, was selected by USA Hockey to be on the 2011 WJC roster. Photo by LTD

Hurricanes prospects Justin Faulk and Brian Dumoulin were two of seven defensemen named to Team USA for the IIHF U20 World Junior Championships.

Here's a link to the roster. Play begins Dec. 26 in Buffalo, N.Y., and Team USA opens its defense of the title at 8 p.m. against Finland. Here is the entire schedule.

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Tough loss to the Czech’s last night.

by Go_Shelf on Dec 22, 2010 10:51 AM EST reply actions

Mike Sundheim just tweeted that the 2 Finns, Rissanen and Kivisto are in the remaining 8 dmen for Team Finland. One of the 8 will be cut to get the final count to 7.

Twitter @HMof2

by Carolyn Christians on Dec 22, 2010 11:32 AM EST reply actions

gee this is

Great news over all for the Canes !! and yes i saw that the Czech’s lost…hmmm I wonder..if team USA can do the same thing and beat the Finns ? steve looks around to see if LTD is lurking…already got one head slap today…don’t wish for another …;-)

The moment you write off the Hurricanes,
they make you look bad !!

by CaniacSteve on Dec 22, 2010 11:44 AM EST reply actions

Brian Dumoulin

A name I expect to see on fan’s jerseys in a couple of years: Dumoulin

Here we are now...entertain us.

by Elsker on Dec 22, 2010 11:48 AM EST reply actions

I think Justin Faulk might turn out to be even better… He is getting comparisons to Brian Rafalski and from what I have seen he deserves it. Ridiculous shot and great PP QB.

by JussiJuice on Dec 22, 2010 2:32 PM EST up reply actions

Gotta have a big guy too. Dumoulin is the best hope.

by curiouscanesfan on Dec 22, 2010 3:34 PM EST up reply actions

Awesome! As Bob McKenzie put it yesterday – the Caniacs are going wild over this. :)

I vote for playing the whole season in Helsinki!

by Cyn4Canes on Dec 22, 2010 12:11 PM EST reply actions

Dumoulin and Faulk can’t get here soon enough.

by curiouscanesfan on Dec 22, 2010 1:02 PM EST reply actions

Both Dumoulin and Faulk have the potential to be fast track defensemen and to be on the Jamie McBain time table. I think they are going to be exciting players for the Hurricanes. Dumoulin is the style of rugged, big-bodied defensemen the Hurricanes desperately need to add to the team mix.

by abramsdoug on Dec 22, 2010 9:46 PM EST up reply actions