TSN.ca Staff
12/1/2009 5:03:40 PM

TSN’s sister station in Quebec RDS reports that Montreal Canadiens first-round pick Louis Leblanc will be on the 36-player selection roster for the World Junior Hockey Championship.

Leblanc was taken with the 18th overall pick in the NHL draft in June.

In nine games with Harvard this season, the Montreal native has three goals and 12 points in eight games. Leblanc opted to skip major junior hockey and played last season in the U.S. Hockey League with Omaha, where he had 28 goals and 39 assists.

The six-foot, 178-pound forward, who grew up in the Montreal suburb of Kirkland, helped Canada’s under-18 team win gold at last summer’s Ivan Hlinka Memorial tournament in the Czech Republic.

Canada’s selection camp for the World Juniors begins on Dec. 12.