eca_review_2019_08_08

ECA REVIEW HANNA/CORONATION/STETTLER, AB AuguST 8'19 5
Tees goalie attends national development camp
Terri Huxley
ECA Review
Hockey Canada has invited 26
Western Hockey League (WHL)
players, as part of a group of
112, to attend Canada’s National
Under-17 development camp as
the road to the 2019 World
Under-17 Hockey Challenge
begins.
Goaltender Drew Sim of Tees,
Alta. was
selected to
attend the camp
which took place
from July 19 to
July 26 at the
Markin
MacPhail Centre
at WinSport’s
Canada Olympic
Park.
“It was a
blast,” began
Sim. “I had a
good team.
Bunch of west
guys in my
group so it
wasn’t just sitting
around. I
has so guys I
could talk to
before it got
started.”
During the
week-long camp,
the players – 12 goaltenders, 36
defencemen and 64 forwards –
will be split into six teams for
on and off-ice training, fitness
testing, intrasquad games and
classroom studies.
Day one consisted of meetings
and coach and staff introductions
followed by practices and
meals as well as the lengthy list
of activities described.
A highlight was playing
against a host of new players
with different styles.
“Getting to meet a new set of
hockey players that I haven’t
played against for the past
couple of years was great like
meeting the guys from Quebec
and Ontario was kind of cool,”
said Sim.
The breakdown of WHL
players includes three goaltenders,
eight defencemen, and 15
forwards; nine of which were
from Alberta.
The process of narrowing
down these players began last
June and the Canada Winter
Games held in Red Deer in
January, 2019.
The list of WHL players
invited includes 17 who have
already made their WHL
debuts, led by Edmonton Oil
Kings forward Dylan Guenther,
the first-overall selection in the
2018 WHL Bantam Draft.
This camp is the first chance
these athletes have at possibly
making Team Canada.
“The national under-17 development
camp is the first step
these athletes take in their
Team Canada career,” said
Shawn Bullock, director of
men’s national teams in a
release issued by Hockey
Canada.
“Ultimately, these players
will learn what it takes to wear
the Maple Leaf in international
competition. We are here to support
their development by
SPORTS
Drew Sim and Connor Roulette during practice.
Image courtesy of Hockey Canada
Olivier Boutin and Anthony Bedard skate towards goalie Drew Sim.
Image courtesy of Hockey Canada
providing the on-ice and off-ice
experiences they need to
achieve the dream of representing
their country.”
Brad McEwen of Whitewood,
Sask., head scout for the
Program of Excellence, and
POE management group representative
Martin Mondou of
Grand-Mére, Quebec built the
roster with assistance from six
regional scouts.
Shaun Sutter,
Assistant
General
Manager and
Director of
Player
Personnel for
the Red Deer
Rebels, and
Jason Smart, a
scout with the
Vancouver
Giants, served
as the two
regional scouts
from Western
Canada.
Following
camp, players
are being monitored
through
the early weeks
of the 2019-2020
season before 66
are named to one
of three
Canadian teams including
Team Canada Black, Team
Canada Red and Team Canada
White.
These teams will be competing
at the 2019 World
Under-17 Hockey Challenge,
scheduled for Nov. 2-9 in
Medicine Hat, Alta., and Swift
Current, Sask.
Sim was infatuated with the
sport from a young age.
“I went out and tried it and
fell in love with it. I couldn’t
really skate or even move that
much but I just fell in love with
the game.”
He hopes to join the WHL as
early as next year with the goal
to eventually go pro and play for
his country more than once.
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Sim during practice at the u-17 Hockey Canada Development Camp
held in Calgary from July 19 to July 26 at the Markin MacPhail Centre
at WinSport’s Canada Olympic Park.
Image courtesy of Hockey Canada
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