Canada and the United States announced their rosters for World Junior Championship training camp. Team USA beat Team Canada 5-4 in a shootout last year for the gold medal.
Everett Silvertips goalie Carter Hart was one of 13 WHL players named to Team Canada’s preliminary roster after backstopping the Canadians to the silver medal a season ago. Training camp for the Canadians begins Dec. 12 in St. Catharines, Ontario.
O 🇨🇦!
13 WHL players have been invited to @HockeyCanada's Sport Chek Selection Camp in St. Catharines Dec. 12-15.
DETAILS 🏒 | https://t.co/ugG8GgdauM pic.twitter.com/uX4xVuvkWc
— The WHL (@TheWHL) December 6, 2017
Congrats to Carter Hart on being named to the @HockeyCanada Selection Camp roster! @HC_WJC | #LetsGoTips pic.twitter.com/3dLIJc6DSo
— Everett Silvertips (@WHLsilvertips) December 6, 2017
Other returning players from last year’s roster include defensemen Jake Bean (Calgary), Kale Clague (Brandon) and Dante Fabbro (Boston University), and forwards Dillon Dube (Kelowna), Michael McLeod (Mississauga, OHL) and Taylor Raddysh (Erie, OHL).
Additonal WHL-invited forwards include Tyler Steenbergen (Swift Current),Sam Steel (Regina), Cody Glass (Portland), Brett Howden (Moose Jaw), Tanner Kaspick (Brandon) and Kole Lind (Kelowna). Meanwhile defenseman Dennis Cholowski (Prince George), Cal Foote (Kelowna) and Josh Mahura (Regina) were invited.
On the American side, Portland’s Kieffer Bellows is one of seven returning members from last year’s gold medal-winning squad. Spokane’s Kailer Yamamoto also earned an invitation after he was left off the roster last year.
2️⃣8️⃣ players have been named to the preliminary roster for the 2018 U.S. National Junior Team: https://t.co/wHtSh7IzhU#USAWJC 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/0qlM3j8Ako
— USA Hockey (@usahockey) December 5, 2017
Congrats to Chiefs F Kailer Yamamoto on joining D Filip Kral representing their respective countries as members of the 2017-18 World Junior Hockey Championship preliminary rosters! pic.twitter.com/PgMw2BslmF
— Spokane Chiefs (@spokanechiefs) December 5, 2017
The Silvertips take on Western Conference and U.S. Division-leading Portland tonight. In anticipation feel free to read this feature I had in today’s Herald about Snohomish County native Luke Ormsby and Wyatte Wylie suiting up for the Tips.
Everyone read up on Everett homegrown @Luke_Ormsby + @WyatteWylie86. #headlines
🔗 https://t.co/QoUURNoZNm pic.twitter.com/SOLyblbJ6h
— Everett Silvertips (@WHLsilvertips) December 6, 2017
The Winterhawks are No. 4 in this week’s CHL poll after occupying the No. 2 slot last week:
#CHL Announces Week 12 Top-10 Rankings:
1-SSM, 2-MJ, 3-SAR, 4-POR, 5-BLB, 6-SC, 7-BDN, 8-DRU, 9-HAM, 10-RIM.
Honours: ROU, KEL, HAL. pic.twitter.com/LQPSy4T87n
— CanadianHockeyLeague (@CHLHockey) December 6, 2017
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