Hadley, Tambellini & Guiltinan Going To Team Canada West Tryouts:

Three Vernon Vipers and one former Viper are invited to Team Canada West at the World Junior A Challenge in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia from Nov. 5 - 11.  Aaron Hadley, Kevin Guiltinan, Adam Tambellini and Tyler Steel.

This is posted on the BCHL website:

BCHL sending 25 to Team Canada West tryouts
 
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - Submitted by BCHL Media

Hockey Canada and the Canadian Junior Hockey Leauge today announced the selection camp roster for Team Canada West in preparation for the 2012 World Junior A Challenge Nov. 5 to 11 in Yarmouth, N.S.

Of the 60 players named, 24 are from the BCHL.

Here is Canada West's roster,

http://hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/199396/la_id/1.htm

Of the invitees from the BCHL, six played on the team last year. Penticton's Troy Stecher, Vernon's Aaron Hadley, Coquitlam's Alex Kerfoot and Brandon Morley, Surrey's Michael Stenerson and Powell River's Evan Richardson helped Team Canada West to gold last year in Langley.

One other, Penticton's James De Haas, tried out for Team Canada East last year while playing for the Toronto Lakeshore Patriots of the Ontario Junior Hockey League.

Players named to the Canada West selection camp roster were selected from the CJHL’s five western Junior A leagues: the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL), Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL), Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL), Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) and Superior International Junior Hockey League (SIJHL).

The selection camp roster was chosen by Canada West head coach Dean Brockman (St. Benedict, Sask./Humboldt, SJHL), along with assistant coaches Jason McKee (Irma, Alta./Spruce Grove, AJHL) and Ryan Smith (Headingley, Man./Selkirk, MJHL).

“With the talent on the ice in Canada’s five western Junior A leagues this season, it was no easy feat to get down to 60 players,” said Brockman. “We’re excited to get on the ice in Calgary to choose the 22 players who will wear the red and white and represent the west in Yarmouth.”

“These players represent some of the best prospects in the entire game, not just Junior A,” said CJHL president Kirk Lamb. “Canada West has enjoyed tremendous success at the World Junior A Challenge and we are very confident these selections will allow Canada West to be very competitive in Yarmouth.”