UND players asked to audition for Jr. Team

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) – University of North Dakota sophomore hockey forward Nick Schmaltz and incoming freshman forward Brock Boeser (BES’-ur) have been asked to audition for a spot on the U.S. National Junior Team that will play in the 2016 World Junior Championship.
 
     Schmaltz and Boeser are among 39 players that USA Hockey has invited to the U.S. National Junior Evaluation Camp in early August in Lake Placid, New York.
 
     Schmaltz is one of 11 returnees from the 2015 U.S. National Junior Team, which finished in fifth place in Montreal and Toronto.
 
     The 2016 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship is Dec. 26, 2015, through Jan. 5, 2016, in Helsinki, Finland.
 
     Schmaltz was a first-round draft pick of the Chicago Blackhawks in 2014.  Boeser is eligible for the 2015 NHL draft next week.