News Release - 2009 - U17 Top 46
Hockey Alberta Names Top 46 for U17 Male
Provincial Camp
Hockey Alberta is pleased to announce the top 46 skaters selected to attend the U17 Male Provincial Camp in Calgary, Alberta from July 7-12, 2009.
The 46 players will be broken down into two teams and participate in six practices and four games over the course of the week. 11 Players will be selected from the U17 Male Provincial Camp to represent Alberta on Team Pacific at the U17 World Hockey Challenge in Timmons, Ontario from December 29-January 4, 2010.
“We have high expectations for this group. Each one of the 46 athletes selected to try out for Team Pacific are among the elite in the province. We expect to put together a very competitive team for the U17 World Hockey Challenge,” said Michael Dyck, head coach, Team Pacific.
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The 46 players chosen to compete at the U17 Male Provincial Camp were scouted throughout the season and evaluated through Team Alberta Programs. The World U17 Hockey Challenge is the pinnacle event for an athlete in the Team Alberta Program and is the first stage of Hockey Canada’s Program of Excellence which in turn leads to the National Team Canada U18 and U20 Programs. Team Pacific combines the top 11 players from Alberta (identified, selected and developed through the team Alberta Program) and the top 11 players from British Columbia, who compete against four other Canadian Teams (West, Ontario, Quebec, Atlantic) and five other national teams from the USA, Russia, Sweden, Czech Republic and Finland.
The Team Alberta Program prepares athletes for this prestigious international event by preparing and exposing them to short term competition throughout the Team Alberta process. This development progression has led to a tradition of excellence as well as Team Pacific being a force to contend with year after year.
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