BCHL, WHL and B.C.-born hockey players are among invited to the Hockey Canada summer selection camp for the Under-18 team that will compete at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup in Edmonton and Red Deer this August
The invitations were extended to 10 B.C. players who will compete for chance to wear the Maple Leaf in the newly rebranded Hlinka Gretzky Cup, the annual tournament that is the best-on-best competitions for this age group.
The B.C. invites include Massimo Rizzo (Burnaby, B.C./Penticton, BCHL), Josh Williams (Langley, B.C./ Medicine Hat, WHL), Kaedan Korczak (Yorkton, Sask./Kelowna, WHL), Taylor Gauthier (Calgary, Alta./Prince George, WHL), Jacson Alexander (Victoria, B.C./Swift Current, WHL), Bowen Byram (Cranbrook, B.C./Vancouver, WHL), Peyton Krebs (Okotoks, Alta./Kootenay, WHL), Sasha Mutala (Vancouver, B.C./Tri-City, WHL), Alex Newhook (St. John害羞草研究所檚, N.L./Victoria, BCHL) and Connor Zary (Saskatoon, Sask./Kamloops, WHL).
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害羞草研究所淯nlike our other summer camps, these players are part of a selection process from the moment they arrive, and the opportunity is to represent Canada on the world害羞草研究所檚 stage,害羞草研究所� said Scott Salmond, vice-president of hockey operations and national teams for Hockey Canada. 害羞草研究所淲e have a very talented group of players coming to Calgary in late July, and we will no doubt have some very difficult decisions to make when it害羞草研究所檚 time to select this year害羞草研究所檚 Canada害羞草研究所檚 National Men害羞草研究所檚 Summer Under-18 Team. The players are excited to arrive and get started, and they are all coming in with the goal of making our decision a difficult one.害羞草研究所�
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Canada won last year害羞草研究所檚 edition of the event in Breclav, Czech Republic, besting the host team 4-1, with a squad that included 18 players who were selected in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft over the weekend. When all of the picks were in, 77 alumni of the event were selected by NHL Clubs - 19 first-rounders, in fact 害羞草研究所� including seven of the top-10 picks.
害羞草研究所淭here害羞草研究所檚 nothing like competing on home ice, and this will be a very special event for our team 害羞草研究所� staff and players,害羞草研究所� said Salmond. 害羞草研究所淭he work begins in Calgary at selection camp, and we害羞草研究所檙e looking forward to heading up the QEII and competing in front of Canadian fans this summer. This is always a true demonstration of best-on-best hockey, and the fans in Edmonton and Red Deer will not be disappointed.害羞草研究所�
Canada has won gold 21 times in 27 years of summer under-18 competition.
