Thursday, November 19, 2009

Team Ontario for the Under 17's

I did a story on the two Maineiacs represented for Team Quebec

Press Release


Toronto, ON – The Ontario Hockey League today announced that 20 OHL players have been named to the 22-man roster for Ontario’s Under-17 Team that will compete in the 2010 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge being held in Timmins, ON, December 29, 2009 through January 4, 2010. The official announcement was made by Hockey Development Centre Ontario and Team Ontario Director of Operations Robert Kitamura earlier today.

Last season at the 2009 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, 22 OHL players including top 2010 NHL Entry Draft prospect Tyler Seguin of the Plymouth Whalers won gold for Team Ontario defeating Team Pacific 5-1.

“After evaluating these high performance athletes during the last 2 months, I am pleased and proud to announce this year’s men’s Under-17 Team that will represent Ontario at the upcoming 2009/2010 World Hockey Challenge being held in Timmins Ontario said Team Ontario Director of Operations Rob Kitamura. Selecting a team from the available talent pool in Ontario is always a difficult task; however, I believe that the coaching staff and I have selected the 22 best players that will represent Ontario with pride and class both on and off the ice at this high performance event. We are confident that this group of athletes are committed and prepared to compete for the Gold medal at the upcoming World Hockey Challenge, stated Kitamura.”

This international event features five regional teams competing from across Canada and five international teams from Finland, Sweden, Czech Republic, Russia and USA.

Team Ontario will play in a conference against Team Quebec, Team West, Finland and Sweden.

Team Ontario will begin their quest for Gold on December 28th with an exhibition game against Russia and will play their first game of the round-robin series against Team Finland on December 29th. The bronze and gold medal games will be played on January 4th.

The Hockey Development Centre for Ontario (HDCO) facilitates the Men’s Under-17 hockey program on behalf of the 3 Ontario Branches of Hockey Canada.

1 Chris Festarini /L6'1 170 06/03/1993Port Colborne Pirates/GOJHL
30 Tyson Teichmann /L6'0 150 05/19/1993Belleville Bulls/OHL
Defence
2 Cody Ceci R/6'2 195 12/21/1993Ottawa 67's/OHL
3 Curtis Crombeen L/5'10 165 02/12/1993Owen Sound Attack/OHL
4 Ryan Murphy R/5'10 160 03/31/1993Kitchener Rangers/OHL
5 Justin Sefton R/6'3 200 04/14/1993Sudbury Wolves/OHL
6 Dougie Hamilton R/6'3 185 06/17/1993Niagara IceDogs/OHL
7 Scott Harrington L/6'0 190 03/10/1993London Knights/OHL
8 Stuart Percy L/6'1 175 05/18/1993Mississauga St. Michael's Majors/OHL
Forward
9 Carter Sandlak L/6'1 190 05/18/1993Guelph Storm/OHL
10 Ben Thomson L/6'3 185 01/16/1993Kitchener Rangers/OHL
11 Matthew Puempel L/6'0 185 01/24/1993Peterborough Petes/OHL
12 Daniel Catenacci L/5'10 180 03/09/1993Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds/OHL
14 Boone Jenner L/6'1 190 06/15/1993Oshawa Generals/OHL
15 Alan Quine L/5'11 175 02/25/1993Kingston Frontenacs/OHL
16 Garrett Meurs R/5'11 170 01/12/1993Plymouth Whalers/OHL
17 Zack Mitchell R/5'11 160 01/07/1993Guelph Storm/OHL
18 Barclay Goodrow L/6'2 205 02/26/1993Brampton Battalion/OHL
19 David Broll L/6'2 215 01/04/1993Erie Otters/OHL
20 Ryan Strome R/5'11 165 07/11/1993Barrie Colts/OHL
21 Brett Ritchie R/6'3 190 07/01/1993Sarnia Sting/OHL
22 Lucas Lessio L/6'1 180 01/23/1993St. Michael?s Buzzers/CCHL


(Nathan also is a writer for Maineiacs Post to Post and the Maine Hockey Journal. He can be reached at fourniern@students.nescom.edu)

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