Zeev Buium, selected by the Minnesota Wild with the No. 12 pick in the 2024 NHL Draft, is one of 10 returning players eyeing an opportunity to do something no United States National Junior Team has ever done at the IIHF World Junior Championship.
“Winning back-to-back gold medals probably means everything to us,” the University of Denver sophomore defenseman said. “We’ve talked about it and aren’t hiding from it. We’re still super hungry and trying to attack it in a way where we want to take our experiences from last year’s World Juniors, create a new team with several new players, and act like this is our first run.”
USA Hockey held a selection camp this week to help determine its 25-player roster for the 2025 World Junior Championship and Zeev was selected.
