ND SPORTS
BY JORDAN WELLS
T
here's nothing like a small dose of
confidence to boost a young ath-
lete's potential.
After tallying five goals and 11 as-
sists for 16 points in Notre Dame's first
semester — tying for the team lead
— sophomore forward Anders Bjork
was among 29 players named to the
U.S. National Junior Team preliminary
roster Dec. 7.
The word preliminary notes the ini-
tial list of nearly 30 players wasn't a
finalized group. The first phase of the
camp included a session from Dec.
14-18 in Boston, and then a second
phase occurred from Dec. 19-23 in Vi-
erumaki, Finland.
Cuts would be announced by Dec.
24, when the list would be trimmed to
23 total players.
"I didn't think I was like a lock to
make the team at all," Bjork said. "I
Anders Bjork Grows From
Team USA Experience
Bjork spent his Christmas break playing for the U.S. National Junior Team, becoming the 19th Irish player
to participate in the IIHF World Junior Championships since 1997.
PHOTO COURTESY NOTRE DAME MEDIA RELATIONS
