Three Moose Jaw Warriors will be joining their head coach at Hockey Canada's World Junior Showcase in Kamloops, B.C. later this month.

Justin Almeida, Josh Brook and Jett Woo were among the 40 players that received an invite from Hockey Canada on Wednesday and will be suiting up over the course of eight days against Finland, Sweden and the United States.

Warriors and Team Canada head coach Tim Hunter said that all three players bring to the table what they’re hoping to see from this year's National Junior Team.

"It's going to help for me to sell the message of the way that we want to play, it's similar to the way we play here in Moose Jaw, they're familiar with my style of coaching and all three are really good hockey players," said Hunter.

"Josh Brook is smart, intelligent, plays the game at the right pace and then Justin, another smart, intelligent hockey player that pushes the pace, real cerebral, he's able to make plays and that's what we like to play with Hockey Canada is making plays and playing the Canadian way. Jett is an emerging guy that is a 2000, it's a great opportunity for him to take his game to another level."

The camp features four goalies, 12 defencemen and 24 forwards, who are all looking to take the first steps towards cracking Canada's roster for the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship at the end of the year. Three returning players from last year's gold medal winning team will be at the camp — forwards Maxime Comtois, Alex Formenton and Robert Thomas.

Woo and Brook have both represented Canada at multiple levels and will be aiming to do it again this winter. Hunter said their previous experience with Hockey Canada should help them heading into this camp.

"It's huge and it's all part of the process, they start off at U17, U18, the Ivan Hlinka and now to be part of this now will be excellent for them because they're familiar with the Canadian way and will be able to pass that on to guys that haven't been there before like Justin," said Hunter. 

Almeida has had quite the rise over the past two seasons. He went from being under-utilized in Prince George to posting 98 points last season with the Warriors to being drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins last month.

Now he's receiving a chance to represent his country on one of the biggest stages available.

"Justin is one of those players that is a bit of a late bloomer and he's really came on over the last part of last season," said Hunter. "He's shown that he can play at the high level, push the pace and play against very good players.

"It's a great reward for him, but he's very deserving because he's that type of player."

The World Junior Showcase runs July 28-August 4 at the Sandman Centre in Kamloops, B.C. The four participating countries will play 11 games in total over the eight days.