Junior "A" Tourney

DP · Oct 25, 2010

United States

Six players chosen in the 2010 Entry Draft will make up the 22-player roster for the U.S. Junior Select Team that hopes to defend its title at the World Junior 'A' Challenge in Penticton, B.C., next month.

All of the players selected to the team currently are competing in the United States Hockey League, the nation's only Tier 1 junior hockey league. P.K. O'Handley, coach and general manager of the USHL's Waterloo Black Hawks, will serve as coach.

The list includes Sioux City right wing Max Gaede, a third-round pick of the Sharks; Fargo center James Mullin, a fourth-round pick of the Lightning; Sioux City center Caleb Herbert, who was taken in the fifth round by the Capitals; Cedar Rapids right wing Michael Parks, a fifth-round pick of the Flyers; Fargo goaltender Zane Gothberg, a sixth-round pick of the Bruins; and Indiana defenseman Nick Mattson, a sixth-round pick of the Blackhawks.

Additionally, Omaha Lancers third-year forward Seth Ambroz, a likely candidate to be selected in the first round of the 2011 Entry Draft, will be on the team. Ambroz is one of three players, along with Cason Hohmann and Brian Cooper, to play for the 2010 U.S. Under-18 Select Team that competed at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament in Slovakia and the Czech Republic in August.

The World Junior 'A' Challenge, which includes teams from Russia, Sweden, Switzerland and two from Canada, will be held Nov. 8-14 at the South Okanagan Events Centre. The U.S. team, which includes a roster of 13 forwards, seven defensemen and two goalies, will face Canada West in an exhibition game Nov. 6 before beginning tournament play against Canada East on Nov. 8.

The U.S. team, which will be participating in the tournament for a fourth straight year, has won the championship the past two years. O'Handley last coached the U.S. in 2007, when it finished third.
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Canada West

Three players selected at the 2010 Entry Draft will headline the 22-player roster for Canada West at the 2010 World Junior 'A' Challenge in Penticton, B.C., next month.

Canada West, one of two Canadian teams competing in the six-team tournament slated for Nov. 8-14 at the South Okanagan Events Centre, has appeared in the gold-medal game at all four previous World Junior 'A' Challenges. The club has settled for silver medals the last two years after winning gold in the first two events.

The Canada West roster includes 2010 draftees defenseman Benjamin Gallacher (Panthers, fourth round), right wing Mark MacMillan (Canadiens, fourth round) and center Brendan O'Donnell (Lightning, sixth round). Gallacher and O'Donnell are also two of seven returnees from last year's tournament, along with Clarke Breitkreuz, Madison Dias, Grayson Downing, Joey Laleggia and Ryan Marshall.

The roster is comprised of players from the British Columbia Hockey League, Alberta Junior Hockey League, Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, Manitoba Junior Hockey League and Superior International Junior Hockey League.

"Our staff has worked tirelessly to watch players from the five western leagues over the first few months of the season and we are confident we have a good mix of players to help us regain the gold medal," said Canada West coach Larry Wintoneak. "We're looking forward to getting on the ice in Penticton next week as we prepare as a team to get back to the gold medal game."

Canada West will play in Group B at the tournament, along with Russia and Switzerland. Canada East competes in Group A with Sweden and the United States. Round-robin play will run through Nov. 10 and both semifinals will take place Nov. 13. The gold-medal game, shown nationally on TSN and RDS, is scheduled for Nov. 14.
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