Tak Anholt named to Team BC
Lethbridge, AB – BC Hockey announced Tuesday, Team BC’s roster for the 2013 Western Canada U16 Challenge Cup taking place October 31, 2013 to November 4, 2013 at the Father David Bauer Arena in Calgary, Alberta.
Forward Tak Anholt, who was the Lethbridge Hurricanes 2nd round (30th overall) pick in the 2013 Bantam Draft is among the 20 BC players named to the roster.
“In choosing Team BC, our coaching staff has spent plenty of hours debating. There are some very good players left off the roster, but we believe the roster we are naming will make British Columbians proud,” said Team BC Director of Operations, Fred Zweep. “We have a particularly unique group of extremely talented players and we’re confident in the team we’ve put together.”
For the first time in the history of the Western Canada U16 Challenge Cup, Team BC captured gold in 2012 with a win over Team Alberta in the Championship Game. Team BC finished the tournament with a perfect 4-0 record and two (2) players were named to the U16 Challenge Cup All Star Team.
The Western Canada U16 Challenge Cup will feature the highest rated player in the Under 16 age category representing the four (4) Western provinces of Alberta, BC Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The four (4) team round robin format is the first step in the Hockey Canada Program of Excellence and assists the four (4) Western Provincial Hockey Associations in evaluating these top prospects in this age group for the future high performance programs. The Western Canada U16 Challenge Cup is made possible through financial support provided by the WHL. The majority of players participating in the event were selected in the WHL Bantam Draft in May 2013 and many of these top your prospects will play major roles on WHL clubs in the seasons ahead.
Anholt joins Hurricanes prospects Jaeger White and Stuart Skinner who were named to Team Alberta for the Challenge Cup.
