Victoria hosts Wenatchee on Friday
The Victoria Royals’ prize rookie defenceman Keaton Verhoeff is emerging in both blue and grey and red and white jerseys.
After the touted American team of LeBron James and Steph Curry survived in a harried semifinal rally against Serbia in the Paris Olympics this summer, USA Basketball defiantly tweeted: “We don’t play for bronze.” It’s much the same attitude for Canada when it comes to hockey, and Verhoeff knows what is expected in Sarnia
The U-17 worlds will be Verhoeff ’s second time to don the Maple Leaf this year. He was assistant captain for Canada in the 2024 Youth Winter Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, in January with three points in four games. But Canada missed the podium and that’s something Verhoeff wants to rectify in Sarnia.
Seventeen first-overall NHL draft picks have played in the U-17 worlds since 2001, including Ilya Kovalchuk, Rick Nash, Marc-André Fleury, Alexander Ovechkin, Patrick Kane, John Tavares, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Nathan MacKinnon, Connor McDavid, Auston Matthews, Jack Hughes and Macklin Celebrini. From there they went on to represent their nations in the U-18 and U-20 levels.
Verhoeff and Pantelas, who plays for the Brandon Wheat Kings, are among the 15 WHLers selected for the World U-17 Challenge on the two Canadian teams.
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