Press Release
Hockey Canada, in partnership with the Canadian Junior Hockey League,
announced Tuesday the 60 players that will attend the Canada West
selection camp in preparation for the 2012 World Junior A Challenge.
The selection camp, scheduled for Oct. 28-31, will be held at the
Markin MacPhail Centre in Calgary. The 60 players will be divided into
three teams – Red, White and Blue – and will play three intrasquad
games, in addition to daily practices.
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Players named to the Canada West selection camp roster were selected
from the CJHL’s five western Junior A leagues: the British Columbia
Hockey League (BCHL), Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL), Saskatchewan
Junior Hockey League (SJHL), Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) and
Superior International Junior Hockey League (SIJHL).
The selection camp roster was selected by Canada West head coach Dean
Brockman (St. Benedict, Sask./Humboldt, SJHL), along with assistant
coaches Jason McKee (Irma, Alta./Spruce Grove, AJHL) and Ryan Smith
(Headingley, Man./Selkirk, MJHL).
“With the talent on the ice in Canada’s five western Junior A leagues
this season, it was no easy feat to get down to 60 players,” said
Brockman. “We’re excited to get on the ice in Calgary to choose the 22
players who will wear the red and white and represent the west in
Yarmouth.”
“These players represent some of the best prospects in the entire game,
not just Junior A,” said CJHL president Kirk Lamb. “Canada West has
enjoyed tremendous success at the World Junior A Challenge and we are
very confident these selections will allow Canada West to be very
competitive in Yarmouth.”
The Canada West selection camp roster includes: six goaltenders, 18 defencemen and 36 forwards; 25 players from the BCHL, 19 players from the AJHL, seven
players from the SJHL, five players from the MJHL and four players from
the SIJHL; seven players returning from the 2011 World Junior A
Challenge (Hadley, Hoekstra, Kerfoot, Morley, Richardson, Stecher,
Stenerson); three players selected in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft (Kerfoot –
New Jersey, 5th round, 150th overall; de Haas – Detroit, 6th round,
170th overall; Tomkins – Chicago, 7th round, 199th overall).
The 2012 World Junior A Challenge will be held Nov. 5-11 at the
Mariners Centre in Yarmouth, N.S. Canada West will play in Group A,
joined by the Czech Republic and Russia, while Canada East, Switzerland
and the United States will comprise Group B.
Preliminary round play will run until Wednesday, Nov. 7, with both
semifinals taking place Friday, Nov. 9. The gold medal game, which will
be shown nationally on TSN/RDS, the official broadcasters of Hockey
Canada, is set for Sunday, Nov. 11 (check your local listings). All
preliminary round games, quarter-finals, semifinals and the bronze medal
game can be seen live via webcast through FASTHockey at
hockeycanada.fasthockey.com.
Fans can now purchase the World Junior A Weekend ticket package, which
features six games over the final three days of the 2012 World Junior A
Challenge. The package includes both semifinals on Nov. 9, the
fifth-place game and bronze medal game on Nov. 10 and the second CJHL
Prospects Game and gold medal game on Nov. 11, all at the Mariners
Centre. Packages are available for $159, plus service fees.
Canada West has appeared in five of the six gold medal games at the
World Junior A Challenges, winning gold in 2006 in Yorkton, Sask., 2007
in Trail, B.C., and last year in Langley, B.C. It settled for silver in
2008 in Camrose, Alta., and 2009 in Summerside, P.E.I., and finished
fourth in 2010 in Penticton, B.C.
For more information on the 2012 IIHF World Junior A Challenge, please
visit www.hockeycanada.ca/wjac, or follow along via social media at
www.facebook.com/wjrac or www.twitter.com/hc_wjac.
(Nathan can be reached at nathanfournier@mainehockeyjournal.com)
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
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