This year’s CJHL Prospects Game will feature five SJHL players including Flin Flon Bomber Brett Boehm.
The games will be played tonight and tomorrow night in Digby and Yarmouth, N.S. – leaving Boehm out of the weekend action at the Whitney Forum.
Boehm is joined by four other SJHL players as the Yorkton Terriers have two representatives – Jordon Ross and Kailum Gervais.
Melville’s Tyson Predinchuk rounds out the forwards selected as Humboldt Broncos Greg Koberstein was the final SJHL player selected for the Prospects Game – who will also be unavailable for the action at the Whitney Forum as the Bombers host the Broncos in a double header tonight and tomorrow.
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The CJHL Prospects Games feature players from the CJHL’s five western leagues competing against players from the CJHL’s five eastern leagues.
Player selection for the annual CJHL Prospects Games is a joint initiative of the CJHL and NHL Central Scouting.
Luke Pierce of the Merritt Centennials (BCHL) will lead Team West as Head Coach.
“I’m very excited to work with this group of young men this weekend,” said Pierce.
“These players have a tremendous opportunity to showcase themselves and represent their region with pride.
“I look forward sharing this experience with them, and helping them maximize their efforts in the event.”
Team West includes five players from the British Columbia Hockey League and Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, four selections from the Manitoba Junior Hockey League, three players from the Alberta Junior Hockey League, and one Superior International Junior Hockey League player.
Forwards
Tanner MacMaster (Camrose/AJHL)
Tyler Busch (Spruce Grove/AJHL)
Adam Rockwood (Coquitlam/BCHL)
Jordan Ross (Yorkton/SJHL)
Nicholas Rasovic (Coquitlam/BCHL)
Kailum Gervais (Yorkton/SJHL)
Brett Boehm (Flin Flon/SJHL)
Carter Johnson (Swan Valley/MJHL)
Tyson Predinchuk (Melville/SJHL)
Daniel Del Paggio (Thunder Bay/SIJHL)
Brad Bowles (Portage/MJHL)
Mason Blacklock (Vernon/BCHL) +
Tristen Keck (Winkler/MJHL) +
Tristan Mullin (Dauphin/MJHL) +
Defence
Luke Ripley (Powell River/BCHL)
Justin Baudry (Steinbach/MJHL)
Mitch Meek (Victoria/BCHL)
Nikolas Koberstein (Olds/AJHL)
Greg Moro (Humboldt/SJHL)
Brett Beauvais (Penticton/BCHL)*
Alexandre Coulombe (Penticton/BCHL)*
Marshall Donald (Sherwood Park/AJHL) +
Goaltenders
Jeff Smith (Powell River/BCHL)
Zac Robidoux (Portage/MJHL)
+ Injured and unable to compete
* Unavailable to attend
Tom McCarthy of the Espanola Rivermen (NOJHL) is excited to lead Team East and provide the players with this unique opportunity.
Team East includes seven players from the Central Canada Hockey League, six from the Ontario Junior Hockey League, four Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League players, two players from the Ligue de Hockey Junior AAA du Quebec, and one selection from the Maritime Hockey League.
Forwards
Francois Lemelin (Hawkesbury/CCHL)
Dylan Sikura (Aurora/OJHL)
Maxime St. Pierre (Cumberland/CCHL)
Reid Murphy (Pembroke/CCHL)
Matt Alvaro (St. Michael’s/OJHL)
Joseph Berton (St. Michael’s /OJHL)
Brett Seney (Kingston/OJHL)
Michael Laidley (Aurora/OJHL)
Tanner Spink (Cornwall/CCHL)
Aaron Spivak (Toronto/OJHL)
Ryan Punkari (Sudbury/NOJHL)
Cray Roberge (Espanola/NOJHL)
Defence
Brett Garvey (Brockville/CCHL)
Kris Myllari (Kanata/CCHL)
Zac Tierney (Ottawa/CCHL)
Bradley Bell (Sudbury/NOJHL)
Cavan Fitzgerald (Summerside/MHL)
Guillaume Viens (Lachine/LHJAAAQ)
Goaltenders
Joel Horodziejczyk (Soo/NOJHL)
David Richer (Vaudreuil-Dorion/LHJAAAQ)
The CJHL Prospects Event includes a two-game total goal series between Team East and Team West in a battle for the President’s Cup, which is awarded annually to the winning team.
The following showcases the outcomes of games over years:
2012 – Game 1: Team West wins 5-0; Game 2: Team East wins 6-3 in Digby and Yarmouth, NS
2011 – Game 1: Team West wins 4-3; Game 2: Team West wins 4-3 (OT) in Langley, BC
2010 – Game 1: Team East wins 2-1 (SO); Game 2: Team East wins 7-1 in Dauphin, MB
2009 – Game 1: Team West wins 8 - 1; Game 2: Team East wins 2 - 0 in Winkler, MB
2008 – Team East defeated Team West 6-3 in Summerside, PEI
2007 – Team East defeated Team West 5-3 in Winkler, MB
–2006 - Team West defeated Team East 6-2 in Vernon, BC
2005 – Team West defeated Team East 5-4 in Yorkton, SK
The CJHL Prospects Games will be held in conjunction with the 2013 World Junior A Challenge, which started Monday and will run until Sunday in Yarmouth, NS.
Brett Boehm of the Bombers was one of five SJHL players selected to compete in the 2013 CJHL’s Prospect Game, this weekend in Nova Scotia.
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