DENVER – Sean Behrens, Shai Buium and Jack Devine of the University of Denver hockey team have been invited to Team USA's training camp for the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship, USA Hockey announced on Monday.
 
The three Pioneers will be among 32 players aiming to make the U.S. National Junior Team for the under-20 tournament in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Moncton, New Brunswick, from Dec. 26 to Jan. 5. Denver's three players are the most among NCHC squads at the camp, as the conference will be represented by eight student-athletes in total.
 
Behrens, Buium and Devine all participated in the U.S. National Junior Evaluation Camp in July ahead of the rebooted 2022 World Juniors in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta, in August. Behrens made Team USA's roster along with DU teammate Carter Mazur, but the defenseman only appeared in one game due to an injury.
 
Behrens is a product of the U.S. National Team Development Program and also represented the United States internationally at the 2021 IIHF U18 World Championship and 2019 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge. The Barrington, Illinois, native has eight points (1g/7a) in 16 NCAA games this season, and the blueliner is coming off a three-point performance on Saturday in Denver's win against Arizona State (1g/2a).
 
Buium has participated in the last two summer National Junior Evaluation Camps with USA Hockey, but the defenseman is aiming to make his international debut for the Americans. The San Diego, California, native has eight points (1g/7a) in 16 contests this season for the Pioneers.
 
Devine skated alongside Behrens at the U.S. National Team Development Program from 2019-2022 and played at the 2021 IIHF U18 World Championship and 2019 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge. The forward from Glencoe, Illinois, has registered nine points (3g/6a) in 16 games for Denver this year.
 
Team USA's training camp will be held from Dec. 12-17 in Plymouth, Michigan, before the squad plays two exhibition games against Canada. Each of the 10 countries at the tournament need to get down to a 23-man roster before the event kicks off on Boxing Day. All of the United States' games will be broadcasted on NHL Network.
 
The U.S. has claimed 13 total medals at the World Junior Championship and five golds, winning the tournament in 2004, 2010, 2013, 2017 and 2021.
 
UP NEXT: Denver resumes conference play this weekend as the team travels to face the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs on Friday and Saturday before returning home to take on Lindenwood on Dec. 16-17 to begin a six-game homestand.

 
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