Nine players added to CHL squad for prospects game against US developmental team

TORONTO — The Canadian Hockey League added nine additional players to its roster for the 2026 CHL USA Prospects Challenge.

Goaltender Vilmer Salén Forsberg (Brantford, OHL), defencemen Brock Cripps (Prince Albert, WHL), Levi Harper (Saginaw, OHL), Malik L’Italien (Halifax, QMJHL) and Cooper McAslan (London, OHL), and forwards Ryerson Edgar (Niagara, OHL), Aleks Kulemin (Kingston, OHL), Kayden Stroeder (Edmonton, WHL) and Jaakko Wycisk (Guelph, OHL) were named to the team Thursday.

The additions bring the CHL’s roster to 13 players, joining previously announced forwards Brock England (Seattle, WHL), Dima Zhilkin (Saginaw), Alexis Joseph (Saint John, QMJHL) and Carter Meyer (Quebec, QMJHL).

Three of the selections competed in the QMJHL Prospects Game on Wednesday in Gatineau, Que., where Joseph recorded three points, and Meyer added two assists in Team Lafleur’s 7-2 win over Team Crosby.