CALGARY -- The sting still resonates for New York Islanders prospect Michael Dal Colle.
It remains as painful as the day he, forwards Rourke Chartier and Jason Dickinson, and defenseman Haydn Fleury were the final cuts for Canada prior to last year's World Junior Championship.
Canada won the tournament for the first time since 2009, and Dal Colle watched and wondered.
"I was rooting for them," Dal Colle said this week at WinSport's Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park. "I was happy for a lot of my friends that I grew up playing with.