Silvertips forward Vanhanen joins Team Finland for upcoming World Junior Summer Showcase - Western Hockey League

Flyers prospects to be at 2025 World Junior Summer Showcase

It might be the middle of summer, but that doesn’t mean there will be no hockey being played. Oh, you thought we would need to wait until September to try and get a taste of the NHL preseason, or be so desperate enough to tune into the KHL? You are dead wrong. The World Junior Summer Showcase is here, and it is filling the need to watch hockey. This warm-up tournament serves as a way for the four biggest nations to get a sense of their rosters b…

Silvertips forward Vanhanen joins Team Finland for upcoming World Junior Summer Showcase - Western Hockey League

Incoming Everett Silvertips forward Matias Vanhanen has been named to Team Finland for the upcoming World Junior Summer Showcase. The event, which runs from July 27- August 2, is a key part of the evaluation process for players gunning to represent their country at the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship, which begins on December 26, 2025, in Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minn. Vanhanen, 17, is fresh off of signing a WHL Scholarship and Developmen…