Hockey Canada

Daily Dose of the Dub: Hockey Canada’s U17 rosters announced, Alexeyev to play for Russia at CIBC Series

Written by Brandon Rivers on

Three Hockey Canada rosters for World U17 Challenge announced:

Canada Black: Jack Finley (Spokane), Kyle Crnkovic (Saskatoon), Daemon Hunt (Moose Jaw), Aidan de la Gorgendiere (Sasktoon), Garin Bjokrlund (Medicine Hat – playing in the AMHL).

Canada Red: Ridly Greig (Brandon), Payton Mount (Seattle), Justin Sourdif (Vancouver), Seth Jarvis (Portland), Kaiden Guhle (Prince Albert), Dylan Garand (Kamloops).

Canada White: Connor McClennon (Kootenay), Jake Neighbours (Edmonton), Luke Prokop (Calgary), Ronan Seeley (Everett), Sebastian Cossa (Edmonton).

Russian roster for CIBC Canada Russia Series announced:

Red Deer defenseman Alexander Alexeyev was not surprisingly listed as among those already in North America who will play for Russia in the series.

Three stars of the night:

  1. Dustin Wolf – The 17-year-old netminder got his first shutout this year and fifth in 33 appearances as he stopped all 23 shots from the Saskatoon Blades in a 3-0 Everett Silvertips win.
  2. Carson Miller – Two goals and an assist for three points for the Prince Albert Raiders center in a 4-2 win in Moose Jaw. The Raiders are now 14-1 and already have an 11-point lead in the East Division.
  3. Jaeger White – The overage forward for the Kootenay ICE had two of Kootenay’s three goals and then set up Peyton Krebs’ overtime winner in a 4-3 win over the Brandon Wheat Kings.

Honorable mentions:

–James Hamblin had a goal and two assists for three points and the Medicine Hat Tigers used three power play goals to take down the Red Deer Rebels 4-1… Isaac Johnson had two assists and the shootout winner as the Tri-City Americans took both games in Prince George; this one 4-3.

Troubling moments: