Curtis McKenzie and Denver Manderson have been selected to play for Team Canada West.
Read the BCHL press release below.
Nine BCHL players selected to Team
BURNABY, BC — October 15th, 2008 — Hockey Canada announced today that a total of nine players from the British Columbia Hockey League have been named to the pre-tournament camp roster for Team Canada West, which will participate at the upcoming 2008 World Junior A Challenge in Camrose, Alberta.
The 25-player pre-tournament roster will be trimmed to 22 before the tournament begins on November 2nd.
Selected to the team from the BCHL were goaltender Kevin Genoe (Prince George Spruce Kings), defenceman Justin Schultz (Westside Warriors) and Matt Grassi (Salmon Arm Silverbacks) and forwards Derek Grant (Langley Chiefs), James Kerr (Alberni Valley Bulldogs), Curtis McKenzie (Penticton Vees), Denver Manderson (Pencticton Vees), Brodie Reid (Burnaby Express) and Travis Statchuk (Salmon Arm Silverbacks).
?The players that we have selected for Team Canada West are the ones that we feel will give us the best opportunity to win a third consecutive gold medal,? said Team Canada West head coach Boris Rybalka. ?There are so many good players in the West, which made the selection process very difficult.?
?We are excited to have narrowed the list down to the group of players who we feel will best represent our team in the 2008 World Junior A Challenge,? he added.
The selection process for Canada West involved extensive scouting by Rybalka, general manager Leonard Strandberg and assistant coaches Rylan Ferster (Salmon Arm Silverbacks) and Dwight McMillan.
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