Team Canada rosters set for 2023 World U17 Hockey Challenge
Hockey Canada has announced the 44 players who will compete with Team Canada Red and Team Canada White at the 2023 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, Nov. 2-11 in Charlottetown and Summerside, PE.
The players chosen to represent their country were selected by Byron Bonora (Brooks, AB), U17 head scout, and Dave Brown (Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON/Erie, OHL), U17 lead with the Program of Excellence management group, with assistance from regional scouts Rob Simpson (Ontario), Pierre Cholette (Quebec), Darren Sutherland (Atlantic) and Darrell Woodley (Ontario).
Hockey Canada is also proud to recognize the teams’ support staff who will participate in this year’s tournament, with 10 individuals representing Team Canada Red and Team Canada White.
The Canadian squads are in action on opening day, November 2, when Canada White hosts Czechia at Credit Union Place in Summerside at 12 p.m. AT, followed by Canada Red facing Finland at 7 p.m. AT at the Eastlink Centre in Charlottetown.
Red and White will meet in the lone all-Canadian matchup in the preliminary round on November 3, in Summerside. Here are the QMJHL players suiting up in this year’s tournament:
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CANADA RED
Shawn Carrier – Forward | Moncton Wildcats
Nathan Lecompte – Forward | Chicoutimi Saguenéens
Liam Kilfoil – Forward | Halifax Mooseheads
Owen Conrad – Defenseman | Charlottetown Islanders
Xavier Villeneuve – Defenseman | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
William Lacelle – Goaltender | Rimouski Oceanic *(currently plays at U18 AAA level)
CANADA WHITE
Cole Chandler – Forward | Shawinigan Cataractes
Caleb Desnoyers – Forward | Moncton Wildcats
Émile Guité – Forward | Chicoutimi Saguenéens
Mateo Nobert – Forward | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
Alex Huang – Defenseman | Chicoutimi Saguenéens
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TSN and RDS, the official broadcasters of Hockey Canada, will broadcast the medal games; check local listings for details. Preliminary-round games, quarterfinals and semifinals will be available by livestream at HockeyCanada.ca.
Fans eager to watch some of the best international players compete on Prince Edward Island can secure their seats now. Ticket packages start at $120; click here to purchase.
As a legacy of hosting the event, Charlottetown and Summerside will receive net proceeds from ticket sales to support grassroots hockey within the communities.
More than 2,000 NHL draft picks have suited up since the inception of the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge (previously known as the Quebec Esso Cup) in 1986, including 16 first-overall draft picks since 2001 (Ilya Kovalchuk, 2001; Rick Nash, 2002; Marc-André Fleury, 2003; Alexander Ovechkin, 2004; Erik Johnson, 2006; Patrick Kane, 2007; John Tavares, 2009; Taylor Hall, 2010, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, 2011; Nathan MacKinnon, 2013; Aaron Ekblad, 2014; Connor McDavid, 2015; Auston Matthews, 2016; Jack Hughes, 2019; Alexis Lafrenière, 2020; Owen Power, 2021).
