Prince George Cougars announced that defenceman Carson Carels has been named to Team Canada’s roster for the upcoming 2025 IIHF U-18 World Championship.
This will be Carels second time dawning the Canadian jersey for an international competition, with the first being for Team Canada Red at the 2022 World U-17 Hockey Challenge.
Carels is coming off of his rookie season with the Cougars, putting up 6 goals and 29 assists in 60 regular season games, ranking him sixth among all WHL rookie defencemen.
In the Cougars seven playoff games against the Portland Winterhawks, He tallied 1 goal and three assists.
The championships will be in Frisco and Allen, Texas, and starts April 23rd, with Canada to face Slovakia, Latvia, Finland, and Norway in the preliminary round, with medal games May 3rd.
The Cypress River, Manitoba, product was the 16th pick in the 2023 WHL Prospects Draft.
CARSON CANADA IS BACK 🇨🇦
Carson Carels is headed to Texas to represent @HockeyCanada at the upcoming IIHF Under-18 World Championship!
Congratulations, CC4!https://t.co/4DRbiwel3Z pic.twitter.com/XjDdHcePJw
— Prince George Cougars (@PGCougars) April 12, 2025
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