Penticton, BC: The Penticton Vees are pleased to announce 2000-born defenceman Jonny Tychonick has been named to the Canadian Junior Hockey League Top Prospects roster for Team West. The game takes place in Mississaua, Ontario January 23, 2018.
Each of the players chosen to participate in the game were selected through the effort of NHL Central Scouting and are currently among the top 40 CJHL prospect heading into the 2018 NHL Entry Draft in Dallas, Texas.
Tychonick, from Calgary, has appeared in 25 games with the Vees this season scoring five goals to go along with 18 assists. His 23 points matches his point total from his rookie season, when he played in 48 games.
He is fresh off winning a gold medal at the World Junior ‘A’ Challenge with Team Canada West, as they defeated the United States 5-1 Saturday, December 16. Tychonick was an alternate captain for Canada West.
Tychonick also played for Canada West at least year’s World Junior ‘A’ Challenge, finishing in fifth place. That season he also represented Canada at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in Dawson Creek and Fort St. John, British Columbia.
The CJHL Prospects Game is one of the premier Junior A hockey events in the country and provides tremendous exposure for CJHL players to play in front of scouts from all over the hockey world.
Since the events inception in 2005, Team West has won seven times while Team East has won five. Ten of the 20 players selected for Team West are from the BCHL.
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