CHL: Canada/Russia Challenge Rosters
Toronto - The Canadian Hockey League today announced the rosters of players who will compete in the 2004 CHL Canada-Russia Challenge.
Team OHL includes forwards Jeff Carter (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds), Michael Richards (Kitchener Rangers) and Anthony Stewart (Kingston Frontenacs), who helped Canada win a silver medal at the World Junior Championships in January. Team OHL also includes four members of Canada's championship Under-18 Team and 10 players who were invited to the Summer Evaluation Camp for the National Junior Team.
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Team QMJHL is highlighted by forwards Sidney Crosby (Rimouski Oceanic) and Stephen Dixon (Cape Breton Screaming Eagles), who played in the World Junior Championships last year and Ryan Mior (PEI Rocket) and Luc Bourdon (Val d'Or Foreurs) from the Under-18 squad. 10 of the players announced today participated in the Summer Evaluation Camp.
Team WHL features seven returning players from Canada's National Junior Team, including defencemen Shawn Belle (Tri-City Americans), Braydon Coburn (Portland Winter Hawks), Dion Phaneuf (Red Deer Rebels) and Brent Seabrook (Lethbridge Hurricanes). Team Canada forwards Jeremy Colliton (Prince Albert Raiders), Nigel Dawes (Kootenay Ice) and Ryan Getzlaf (Calgary Hitmen) were also named to the WHL roster. The WHL had 25 players in the Summer Evaluation Camp and will utilize a split squad of players for the Canada-Russia Challenge. The additional players will be announced in November.
"We are looking forward to watching many of the brightest stars in the Ontario Hockey League compete in this prestigious series," said OHL Commissioner David Branch. "The rosters that were announced today in each of the three member leagues of the CHL is an accurate reflection of the caliber of our players that will represent Canada at the World Junior Championships."
The CHL Canada/Russia Challenge will be an integral part of the identification process for Canada's National Junior Team final selection camp. Each league's management team worked with Blair Mackasey, Hockey Canada's head scout, to select the roster of players who will represent each regional league.
"I want to thank each of the management teams that I worked with to identify and select the rosters that will represent the CHL in the Canada-Russia series," said Mackasey. "There were some difficult decisions, but I am satisfied that we have met our goals and objectives through this selection process. Now I am looking forward to what will prove to be a very exciting series."
The Quebec Remparts will host the first game of the series at Le Colisee on November 22. The second game will be played at the Bell Centre in Montreal on November 23. The Barrie Colts will host the first OHL-based game on November 25 followed by the Mississauga IceDogs on November 29. The series will conclude in the WHL with the Red Deer Rebels hosting on December 1 and the Lethbridge Hurricanes hosting the finale on December 2.
All six games will be broadcast nationally on Rogers Sportsnet and the two QMJHL-hosted games will be broadcast live in Quebec on RDS.
The Canadian Hockey League introduced the Canada-Russia Challenge in six CHL cities last November. The series drew capacity crowds in London, Sarnia, Brandon and Rimouski, along with strong attendance in Halifax and Calgary. Thousands more tuned in to watch the series on Rogers Sportsnet and RDS. The CHL won five of the six games in the series. 19 CHL players that played in the CHL Canada-Russia Challenge last year were selected to represent Canada in the World Junior Championships.
The 2004 CHL Canada-Russia Challenge is supported by CHL associate sponsors CGC, Bell, NAPA and Slam!
2004 CHL Canada/Russia Challenge
Schedule of Games
Game 1 - Monday November 22 at Quebec City, Quebec
Game 2 - Tuesday November 23 at Montreal, Quebec
Game 3 - Thursday November 25 at Barrie, Ontario
Game 4 - Monday November 29 at Mississauga, Ontario
Game 5 - Wednesday December 1 at Red Deer, Alberta
Game 6 - Thursday December 2 at Lethbridge, Alberta
TEAM OHL
Goaltenders
Ryan Munce, Sarnia Sting
David Shantz, Mississauga IceDogs
Defencemen
Will Colbert, Ottawa 67's
Nathan McIver, Toronto St. Michael's Majors
Ryan Parent, Guelph Storm
Kyle Quincey, Mississauga IceDogs
Jordan Smith, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
Marc Staal, Sudbury Wolves
Danny Syvret, London Knights
Forwards
Cody Bass, Mississauga IceDogs
Michael Blunden, Erie Otters
David Bolland, London Knights
Jeff Carter, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
B.J. Crombeen, Barrie Colts
Dylan Hunter, London Knights
Bryan Little, Barrie Colts
Corey Perry, London Knights
Benoit Pouliot, Sudbury Wolves
Mike Richards, Kitchener Rangers
Brad Richardson, Owen Sound Attack
Kingston Frontenacs
Wojtek Wolski, Brampton Battalion
TEAM QMJHL
Goaltenders
Jonathan Boutin, PEI Rocket
Ryan Mior, PEI Rocket
David Tremblay, Gatineau Olympiques
Defencemen
Jean-Michel Bolduc, Rimouski Oceanic
Luc Bourdon, Val D'Or Foreurs
Patrick Coulombe, Rimouski Oceanic
Jonathan Paiement, Lewiston Maineiacs
J.P. Paquet, Shawinigan Cataractes
Alexandre Picard, Halifax
Mooseheads
Nathan Saunders, Moncton Wildcats
Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Quebec Remparts (replacement)
Forwards
Marc-Andre Bernier, Halifax Mooseheads
Steve Bernier, Moncton Wildcats
Maxime Boisclair, Chicoutimi Sagueneens
Alex Bourret, Lewiston Maineiacs
Frederik Cabana, Halifax Mooseheads
Sidney Crosby, Rimouski Oceanic (injured)
David Desharnais, Chicoutimi Sagueneens
Stephen Dixon, Cape Breton Screaming Eagles
David Laliberte, PEI Rocket
Guillaume Latendresse, Drummondville Voltigeurs
Lewiston Maineiacs
Marc-Antoine Pouliot, Rimouski Oceanic
Rimouski Oceanic
TEAM WHL
Goaltenders
Rejean Beauchemin, Prince Albert Raiders
Jeff Glass, Kootenay Ice
Kevin Nastiuk, Medicine Hat Tigers
Defencemen
Cam Barker, Medicine Hat Tigers
Shawn Belle, Tri-City Americans
Brett Carson, Calgary Hitmen (replacement)
Braydon Coburn, Portland Winter Hawks
Mark Fistric, Vancouver Giants (injured)
Mike Green, Saskatoon Blades
Dion Phaneuf, Red Deer Rebels
Andy Rogers, Calgary Hitmen (injured)
Kris Russell, Medicine Hat Tigers (replacement)
Jeff Schultz, Calgary Hitmen
Brent Seabrook, Lethbridge Hurricanes
Logan Stephenson, Tri-City Americans
Shea Weber, Kelowna Rockets
Forwards
Dustin Boyd, Moose Jaw Warriors
Troy Brouwer, Moose Jaw Warriors
Gilbert Brule, Vancouver Giants
Kyle Chipchura, Prince Albert Raiders
Jeremy Colliton, Prince Albert Raiders
Nigel Dawes, Kootenay Ice
Eric Fehr, Brandon Wheat Kings
Colin Fraser, Red Deer Rebels
Aaron Gagnon, Seattle Thunderbirds
Ryan Getzlaf, Calgary Hitmen
Chad Klassen, Spokane Chiefs
Andrew Ladd, Calgary Hitmen
Clarke MacArthur, Medicine Hat Tigers
Stefan Meyer, Medicine Hat Tigers
Ryan Stone, Brandon Wheat Kings
Kris Versteeg, Lethbridge Hurricanes