On this week's episode of The Hockey News American Pipeline Podcast with Mike Stephens and Sydney Wolf:

- World Junior Championship rosters are starting to roll out. The invitees from the American Pipeline are truly intriguing to list, including Luke Hughes, Logan Cooley and more.

- Eric Pohlkamp is the player to watch for this week. The defenseman from Minnesota already passed his 18 points last year in the USHL, currently having 20 points in 19 games for the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders.

- The Merrimack College Warriors are a wagon this year with 12 wins and four losses, going 8-2-0 in the conference.

- The Washington Capitals are the team profiled this week, with four NCAA prospects developing their game.

- And more.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices