 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mugore rake rechitatu rejunior, Hodgson akasarudzwa kukwikwidza mu2009 World Junior ChampionshipsneTeam Canada muOttawa. Akasarudzwa somutungamiriri anotsiva kumudziviriri Thomas Hickey. Mumutambo wechipiri wakatarisana neKazakhstan, Hodgson akaunganidza mapoinzi matanhatu zvinangwa zviviri uye zvinobatsira zvina, achiuya nechimwe chikamu cheCanada rekodhi yemutambo mumwe chete waMichael Cammalleri naDave Andreychuk. Mumutambo we round-robin wakatevera neUnited States, akarova zvibodzwa zvekukunda mumutambo mukukunda 7 4 kutungamira Chikwata cheCanada kunzvimbo yekutanga mudziva ravo uye kuenda kumasemifainari. Kutarisana neSweden mumutambo wekupedzisira, Hodgson akarova zvibodzwa zviviri imwe pane simba uye isina-netter uye imwe inobatsira kukunda John Tavares semutambi anotungamira mukwikwidzi ane zvibodzwa zvishanu uye gumi nerimwe zvinobatsira pamapoinzi gumi nematanhatu mumitambo mitanhatu. Chikwata cheCanada chakarova Sweden 51 kuti chiwane menduru yegoridhe apo Hodgson akatumidzwa kuTournament All-Star Team. Achidzoka kubva kumakwikwi, Hodgson akakumbirwa kuti adonhedze mutambo wekutarisana nemutambo weToronto Maple Leafs uchipesana neFlorida Panthers musi waNdira 6, 2009. 