HOCKEY CANADA
Matthew Strome, MacKenzie Entwistle and Maxime Comtois scored goals, but Canada was eliminated at the 2017 IIHF U18 World Championship after a 7-3 loss to Sweden.
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Jaret Anderson-Dolan will wear the ‘C’ at the U18 worlds, with Maxime Comtois and Stelio Mattheos serving as alternates.
Six players have been selected for Team Canada, along with six under-agers who will join the team for pre-tournament camp.
Darren Rumble will lead Canada at U18 worlds in Slovakia, joined by assistant coaches Steve Hamilton and Stéphane Julien.
One of the most important events on the international hockey calendar will make its way to Edmonton in 2018, 2020 and 2022.
Ian Mitchell and Joseph Veleno finished with three points apiece to help Canada to a 4-3 win and a fifth-place finish.
The youngest member of Team Canada at the Hlinka Memorial, Joseph Veleno is on his way to proving age is just a number.
A U17 gold medal game hero for Canada White last fall, Owen Tippett is quickly carving out a niche as a natural goal scorer.
Markus Phillips will be captain at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup, with alternates Antoine Crête-Belzile and Owen Tippett.
With a ninth-straight gold in their sights, 22 players have earned a spot on Team Canada for the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup.
The youngest of three Bellerives to make their way through the Team Canada ranks, Jordy has a few golden goals of his own.
Left off Canada’s U17 roster last season, Brayden Gorda used the snub as motivation to earn his first Team Canada invite.
Canada’s U17 and U18 programs come to Calgary this summer, while the U20 program goes to Toronto before heading south.
Paul McFarland will be joined by assistants Darren Rumble and Mark French at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup in August.
