This is posted on the Vipers website:Jones twins suiting up for canada west
by viper staff Added 2009-10-28
Kellen and Connor Jones left to the east coast earlier this week and they are ready to play for Team Canada West at the 2009 World Junior A Challenge. Canada West will be the first team to lace up for an exhibition game against Belarus on Thursday in Charlottetown, P.E.I. and will start at 3pm Pacific Standard Time. Canada West will then play there second and last exhibition game the next night in Montague, P.E.I. to face team USA before starting the Preliminary Round of the Tournament in Summerside where the remaining games will be held. Canada West will open the tournament against Russia and fans can follow Canada West and the Jones twins, who will be wearing there Viper numbers 10 and 15, live on the internet through Hockey Canada’s website at www.hockeycanada.ca. The Jones twins are 2 of 10 players that will represent the BCHL and join forces to try and capture gold for team Canada West. Last year was the first year in tournament history that Canada West didn’t win gold as they lost to team USA (7-1) in the finals and took home the silver metal. In the three year history team USA had only won bronze before they took the gold metal last year. In three years Canada West leads all other teams in the record books with 10 wins, 2 losses and 1 overtime loss in there 13 games played and have a total of 65 goals for and 33 goals against.
Kellen and Connor Jones left to the east coast earlier this week and they are ready to play for Team Canada West at the 2009 World Junior A Challenge. Canada West will be the first team to lace up for an exhibition game against Belarus on Thursday in Charlottetown, P.E.I. and will start at 3pm Pacific Standard Time. Canada West will then play there second and last exhibition game the next night in Montague, P.E.I. to face team USA before starting the Preliminary Round of the Tournament in Summerside where the remaining games will be held. Canada West will open the tournament against Russia and fans can follow Canada West and the Jones twins, who will be wearing there Viper numbers 10 and 15, live on the internet through Hockey Canada’s website at www.hockeycanada.ca. The Jones twins are 2 of 10 players that will represent the BCHL and join forces to try and capture gold for team Canada West. Last year was the first year in tournament history that Canada West didn’t win gold as they lost to team USA (7-1) in the finals and took home the silver metal. In the three year history team USA had only won bronze before they took the gold metal last year. In three years Canada West leads all other teams in the record books with 10 wins, 2 losses and 1 overtime loss in there 13 games played and have a total of 65 goals for and 33 goals against.
Other Canada West World Junior A Challenge records include;
*Most Points in One Year – 11, set by Kyle Turris in 2006 and tied by Mike Connolly in 2007 (also played for Canada West)
*Most Goals in One Game – 4, set by Kyle Turris, November 6, 2006 vs. Russia
*Most Goals in One Period – 3, set by Casey Peirro-Zabotel, November 8, 2007 vs Belarus in the 3rd period.
*Most Goals by a Team – 10 by Canada West vs Belarus, November 8, 2006 (tied with Russia) *Most Power Play Goals in One Game – 6 by Canada West vs Belarus, November 8, 2006, 4 of those were scored in the 3rd period…also a record for most power play goals in one period.
Since the start of the tournament in 2006, 11 Canada West players have been drafted by the NHL and 4 of those were selected in the first round (Kyle Turris(BCHL) Phoenix, Joe Colborne(AJHL) Boston, Riley Nash(BCHL) Edmonton and Dylan Olsen(AJHL) Chicago)
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