He was the leading scorer for the Dunedin Thunder this year and hopes to take that form with him to Istanbul next year.
The Ice Blacks will compete in the division two (group B) world championships in Turkey from April 17 to 23.
The 25-year-old and Thunder team-mates Noah Gregory and Ben Harford were named in an extended Ice Blacks squad earlier this year.
Ten players from the Stampede are also in the squad, so there is a strong southern contingent.
The final squad is expected to be named early next year.
They are all getting a chance to showcase their skills this weekend.
New Zealand Ice Hockey is staging a training camp in Dunedin which includes the men’s under-23 side as well as the Ice Blacks.
The training camp will feature a rather unique game this afternoon.
It is a special four-period fixture made up of two games in one. Period one and two will see the under-23 squad divided along north-south lines and period three and four will see the Ice Blacks split along the same lines.
The north-south element is sure to help bring out the best in the players.
Devlin is certainly looking forward to it.
"This will be pretty much a trial [for that final squad]," he said.
"It is like an intrasquad game and everyone wants to win those ones and will be playing as hard as they can.
"Everyone is out to impress."
The game gets under way at 4.30pm.
Next week the Ice Fernz and the New Zealand under-18 women’s team will have a similar camp and will also play in a north versus south match next Saturday.
