SARNIA, Ont. – Hockey
Canada, in partnership
with the Canadian Hockey
League, announced
Thursday the three
Canadian rosters for the
2014 World Under-17
Hockey Challenge,
scheduled for Nov. 2-8
in Sarnia-Lambton, Ont.
The tournament will be the first to feature three
Canadian national teams
– Black, Red and White.
From 1986 to 2014,
Canada was represented
by five regional teams:
Atlantic, Ontario,
Pacific, Quebec and
West.
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“It is an exciting day
for Hockey Canada and
the Program of
Excellence,” said Scott
Salmond, vice-president
of hockey operations and
national teams with
Hockey Canada. “This is
a tremendous group of 66
players we have named
today, and we’re
confident they will
represent their country
with pride and passion
as we kick off a new era
for the World Under-17
Hockey Challenge.”
The 66 players were
selected by Ryan
Jankowski, Hockey
Canada's director of
player personnel,
together with Joël
Bouchard, a member of
Hockey Canada’s Program
of Excellence management
group, and regional
scouts Donald Audette
(Quebec), Brad McEwen
(West), Kevin Mitchell
(Atlantic) and Kyle
Raftis (Ontario).
Players were evaluated
with their club teams
early in the 2014-15
season, at Canada’s
national under-17
development camp in
Calgary, Alta., in
August, and during the
2013-14 season,
including at three
regional under-16
events: the Western
Canada U16 Challenge
Cup, OHL Gold Cup and
QMJHL Excellence
Challenge.
The 24-game World
Under-17 Hockey
Challenge will be
centered out of the RBC
Centre, home of the
OHL’s Sarnia Sting, but
will also feature games
at The Shores Recreation
Centre in Lambton
Shores, Ont. Those two
communities, along with
Petrolia, Ont., and
Watford, Ont., will host
pre-tournament games on
Oct. 31.