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Yahoo
a day ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
39 Players Named To Team Canada Under-17 And Hlinka Gretzky Camps
The summer of 2025 is proving to be a big one for dozens of young, promising WHL prospects, as Hockey Canada named their selection camp rosters for the World Under-17 Championships and Hlinka Gretzky Cup tournament. Twenty-six players will be heading to Oakville, Ont. for the Under-17 camp while 13 individuals will also head out east for the Hlinka Gretzky Cup selections.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
39 Players Named To Team Canada Under-17 And Hlinka Gretzky Camps
The summer of 2025 is proving to be a big one for dozens of young, promising WHL prospects, as Hockey Canada named their selection camp rosters for the World Under-17 Championships and Hlinka Gretzky Cup tournament. Twenty-six players will be heading to Oakville, Ont. for the Under-17 camp while 13 individuals will also head out east for the Hlinka Gretzky Cup selections.
Ottawa Citizen
6 days ago
- Sport
- Ottawa Citizen
Several Spitfires will get an early start to the season
Several Windsor Spitfires will get an early start to the season. Article content That's a positive with Hockey Canada tapping four members of the Spitfires to attend program of excellence summer camps and two more players tagged by USA Hockey to compete for national programs. Article content Windsor forwards Ethan Belchetz and J.C. Lemieux along with defenceman Carter Hicks are among 40 players competing for an under-18 roster spot for the Hlinka Gretzky Cup, which is set for Aug. 11-16 in Czechia and Slovakia. Article content Players will attend a selection camp in Oakville from July 29 to Aug. 1. Article content Article content 'Our under-18 selection camp provides us with an opportunity to evaluate players and select a roster that will believe will give us the best chance to defend our gold medal at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup,' Alan Miler, who is Canada's general manager of the Program of Excellence, said in a release. Article content The first overall pick in the 2024 OHL Draft, the six-foot-five, 227-pound Belchetz had 17 goals and 38 points in 56 games as a rookie last season. The six-foot, 176-pound Lemieux scored nine goals and totalled 19 points in 46 games while Hicks finished with three goals and 14 points in 52 games and was a plus 14. Both were second-round picks by Windsor in 2024. Article content A year ago, the Spitfires' Jack Nesbitt helped Canada defends its title at the event. Article content Meanwhile, a fourth member of the Spitfires will also eye a roster spot at the tournament. Forward Caden Harvey, who was a fifth-round pick by the Spitfires in this year's OHL Draft, was among 38 players invited to the United States camp, which will be held in Plymouth, Mich. from July 28 to Aug. 3. The six-foot-one, 180-pound Harvey played for the Pittsburgh Penguins Elite U16 program last year and signed with Windsor in June. Article content Article content Spitfires' first-round pick Johnny McLaughlin is among 79 players headed to Oakville for Hockey Canada's under-17 development camp, which will run from July 19-23. Article content 'Our under-17 camp is an opportunity to introduce athletes to the Program of Excellence and allow them to compete against top players in Canada while we begin evaluating and preparing for the U17 World Challenge this fall,' Millar said. Article content The World U17 Hockey Challenge is scheduled for Oct. 31 to Nov. 3. Players will continue to be evaluated through the start of the season before rosters are set. Spitfires' equipment manager J.R. Grant has already been selected to work the event. Article content Along with McLaughlin, Tecumseh's Jaakko Wycisk, who was the second overall pick in this year's OHL Draft by the Guelph Storm, will also head to the camp along with Tecumseh's Noah Laus, who was a first-round pick by the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, and Belle River's Edgar, who was a second-round pick by the Barrie Colts.
Ottawa Citizen
6 days ago
- Sport
- Ottawa Citizen
Several North Bay Battalion players are going 'camping' this summer
Article content Article content Article content A total of four North Bay Battalion members or prospects have been named to Canada's national summer under-18 and under-17 camps, Hockey Canada announced Thursday. Forward Parker Vaughan of the Ontario Hockey League club is one of 40 hopefuls, numbering 24 forwards, 12 defencemen and four goaltenders, invited to compete for a chance to represent Canada at the 2025 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, scheduled Aug. 11-16 at Brno, Czechia, and Trencin, Slovakia. Article content Article content Article content The Canadian selection camp, with 20 OHLers on the ice, is to run July 29 to Aug. 1 at the Sixteen Mile Sports Complex in Oakville, Ont. In addition, Battalion forward Cam Warren, defenceman Carter Kunopaski and goaltending prospect Cole Vreugdenhil are among 30 OHLers who have been chosen to attend a national under-17 development camp at the Oakville site. It starts Saturday and ends next Wednesday. Article content Article content Article content All 79 invitees have been drafted by Canadian Hockey League teams, including 27 from the Western Hockey League and 22 from the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League. They will continue to be evaluated early in the 2025-26 season before the U17 World Challenge, to be held Oct. 31 to Nov. 8 at Truro, N.S. The Battalion's Andrew Latin is one of two guest equipment managers named to the team, which is to have Scott Barney of the Sudbury Wolves as head coach. 'We are excited to kick off a new season by announcing the 119 players that will attend camps in Oakville this month,' Alan Millar, general manager of Hockey Canada's Program of Excellence, said in a release issued in Calgary. Article content 'Our under-18 selection camp provides us with an opportunity to evaluate players and select a roster that we believe will give us the best chance to defend our gold medal at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup. Our under-17 camp is an opportunity to introduce athletes to the Program of Excellence and allow them to compete against other top players in Canada while we begin evaluating and preparing for the U17 World Challenge this fall.' Article content Article content The Battalion acquired Vaughan in a Jan. 5 trade with the Barrie Colts, who made him the fifth overall pick in the 2024 OHL Priority Selection. In 32 games with North Bay, he scored five goals and added five assists for 10 points, giving him league totals of 64 games, nine goals, eight assists and 17 points. Article content Article content Warren and Kunopaski, the Troops' first- and second-round selections respectively at Nos. 6 and 29 overall, have signed education and development agreements with the club. Vreugdenhil, one of three OHL goaltenders invited to the U17 camp, was a fifth-rounder, 87th overall.
Ottawa Citizen
6 days ago
- Sport
- Ottawa Citizen
Greyhounds Laus, Croskery named to Canadian U17 and U18 camps
Recent Soo Greyhounds signings Noah Laus and Callum Croskery have been named to the Canadian under-17 and under-18 camps, respectively, Hockey Canada announced Thursday afternoon. Article content Laus, the Hounds' 2025 first-round OHL Priority Selection pick (7th overall), is among 30 OHL draft picks who have been tapped for the national under-17 development camp. After continued evaluation through the start of the OHL season, a selected roster will compete in the U17 World Challenge this fall. Article content Article content Croskery, a 2024 second-round Soo selection, will participate with 19 other OHLers in the under-18 camp for a chance to play in the 2025 Hlinka Gretzky Cup next month. That roster will be finalized by Aug. 3. Article content Article content Laus, 16, is joining the Hounds this season after ripping through the GTHL as the captain of the Toronto Jr. Canadiens U16 AAA program, scoring 42 points in 33 games. More impressive were his 13 points in seven OHL Cup games to win the championship and tournament all-star honours. Article content 'Noah is an incredibly versatile player who excels at both wing and centre. He plays with speed, physicality, and skill,' Greyhounds GM Kyle Raftis said following his signing on May 29. 'His ability to control the game, set up his linemates with exceptional vision, and unleash a powerful shot makes him a constant offensive threat.' Article content Article content Laus will compete against 47 other forwards who have been drafted to the Canadian Hockey League at the under-17 development camp. Article content As for Croskery, the slick six-foot defender is coming to the Soo this season after playing for the Chicago Steel of the USHL, where he amassed 10 points in 54 games. He also won the OHL Cup prior to being drafted by the Greyhounds, starring for the Oakville Rangers U16 AAA program. Article content He's also been where Laus is hoping to go — Croskery represented Team Canada White at the 2024 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, winning gold and recording two points in five games. Article content '[Croskery is] a smooth-skating defenceman who truly excels in transition, showing the ability to exit the defensive zone with poise by evading pressure, using space, and applying his vision to manage the puck and drive the pace of play,' Raftis said following his signing on June 4. Article content
