Sissons Named to Team WHL for Super Series
Oct. 25, 2012 – Kelowna, BC
Kelowna Rockets captain Colton Sissons has been named to play in the Subway Super Series as part of Team WHL.
The Canadian Hockey League in association with the Western Hockey League, the Vancouver Giants and Victoria Royals Hockey Clubs today announced the rosters for Team WHL that will compete against Team Russia in the 2012 SUBWAY® Super Series.
Sissons played his first Subway Series last season as part of a year that saw him play in the Top Prospects Game in Kelowna and then get drafted by the Nashville Predators. This year Sissons has 16 points in the Rockets’ first 13 games.“I’m really looking forward to playing in another Super Series,” said Sissons from Calgary, where the Rockets are on a four game road trip. “I had a lot of fun last year and this year should be great, especially playing in my home town.”
Sissons will play one of two games that Team WHL plays in the six game series, hitting the ice in Vancouver while the other game will take place in Victoria.
The Nashville Predators draft pick says it’s a great opportunity to impress scouts with Hockey Canada who are looking for players to invite to the 2013 World Junior Hockey Tournament.
“It’s intense, guys are working to get spots on the national team,” he said. “It’s nice to get my foot in the door and try to get their attention. I need to have a strong effort to see if I can get an invite to the Team Canada camp.”
The SUBWAY® Super Series features regional teams of CHL All-Stars competing against the Russian National Junior Team in a six-game event serving as an integral part of the identification process for Team Canada prior to the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship. The OHL hosts the middle leg of the six-game series with the first two games hosted by the QMJHL, and the final two games played in the WHL. Last season the CHL prevailed with their eighth series win in nine years of this event earning a 10-8 victory in points which included three regulation wins, two losses, and one defeat by shootout. Team Canada later captured bronze at the 2012 World Junior Championship in Calgary and Edmonton, AB.
Team WHL will face Team Russia in games five and six of the series played Wednesday, November 14 in Vancouver, BC, and on Thursday, November 15 in Victoria, BC. The first two games of the series are hosted by the QMJHL with the OHL hosting games three and four.
Team WHL was selected by a special committee consisting of Jeff Chynoweth (Kootenay Ice, GM), Bob Tory (Tri-City Americans, GM), Kevin Prendergast (Hockey Canada, Head Scout), Scott Salmond (Hockey Canada, Sr. Director, Hockey Operations/National Teams), Don Nachbaur (Spokane Chiefs, Head Coach and Assistant Coach of Team Canada) and the WHL Office, as part of the selection process for the 2013 World Junior Hockey Championships.
Game tickets for Wednesday, November 14 in Vancouver can be purchased from the Vancouver Giants by calling 604-4-GIANTS (604-444-2687) or online at http://vancouvergiants.com/ . Game tickets for Thursday, November 15 in Victoria are available at the Select Your Tickets Box Office – (250) 220-7777 or http://www.selectyourtickets.com/sss.php
