Here is a slightly edited U of M news release on Schroeder's selection to the early roster:
Schroeder already all-time assists leader for U.S. in WJCs
Good for Jordan Schroeder. He is going to play in his third World Junior Championships. It's a chance to measure his skills against the best players in the world in his age group.
For the third straight year, University of Minnesota forward Jordan Schroeder has been selected to join the United States squad in a preliminary camp for the International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championships. Schroeder, a sophomore from Prior Lake, is one of 29 players invited to the preliminary camp on Dec. 17-19 in Grand Forks, N.D. The team will play North Dakota on Dec. 19 before departing for Saskatoon and Regina, Saskatchewan for the under-20 world championships. Final cuts will be made prior to an exhibition game against the Czech Republic on Dec. 22 in Regina. (Schroeder should be a lock for the team.) The WJCs takes place Dec. 26-Jan. 5. If Schroeder makes the team, he would become the first Minnesota player to participate in three World Junior Championships. It would also mark the 32nd time in the 34-year history of the tournament that the Gophers have been represented. Minnesota has had multiple players in each of the past five tournaments. Last year he was joined by winger Mike Hoeffel and defenseman Cade Fairchild, both too old this year. Schroeder is one of three players invited back from last season's team that placed fifth in Ottawa, Ontario. Schroeder is already the U.S. squad's all-time assists leader with 15 in his two-year career, surpassing the previous record of 14 by NHL star Doug Weight. Schroeder led the U.S. team in scoring and ranked third overall in the tournament last year with three goals and eight assists for 11 points. (He played his best early and seemed to fatigue in the later games.) He led the 2008 tournament with seven assists when the U.S. placed fourth in the Czech Republic. Schroeder was last season's WCHA Rookie of the Year with 45 points. He was named this year's preseason WCHA Player of the Year and has four goals and six assists for 10 points through the Gophers' first 14 games. (He had a rough start, as did the Gophers who were shut out in three of their first four games.) The U.S. junior team will play four games in pool play with the top three teams in each pool advancing to the medal round. The U.S. opens against Slovakia on Dec. 26 at 7 p.m. and then faces Switzerland on Dec. 27 at 3 p.m., Latvia on Dec. 29 at 3 p.m. and Canada on Dec. 31 at 7 p.m. All of the U.S. pool play games will be played in Saskatoon. The U.S. team was moslty selected through a tryout camp held in August in Lake Placid, N.Y. Current Gophers Aaron Ness, Zach Budish and Nick Leddy also went to the tryout camp. Schroeder was the leading scorer there with 14 points in six games. (Leddy's chances of making the U.S. team were hurt by the broken jaw which has kept him out of games for a month. He probably had a good chance, otherwise.) THE DON ON SCHROEDER After not scoring or getting a point in his firs four games, Schroeer has points in seven of his last 10. He has four goals and six assistsfor 10 points -- one behind team leader Tony Lucia . "He has been more involved," The Don said. "When you are more involved in the game physically, in your puck pursuit and your play without the puck, you are going to get [the puck] more often. That is somethiing we have talked to him about. That's why from an offensive standpoint, he is starting to come on."
Gilmore has not practiced since exiting the Dec. 1 win over the Cardinals with a hamstring strain.