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Team Canada picks 2 Vees

Two Penticton Vees are among 11 BCHL players named to the Team Canada West roster for the 2016 World Junior A Challenge.

Defenceman Griffin Mendel and Jonny Tychonick will compete in the tournament Dec. 11th - 17th in Bonnyville Alberta.

Mendel, 17, has played in all 26 Vees’ games before leaving for camp picking up four assists along the way. Mendel won gold last year with Team Canada White at the 2016 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in Dawson Creek, B.C.

Tychonick is the Vees youngest rear-guard, but is the highest scoring defenceman on their roster with 13 points in 24 games. Tychonick has already suited up for Canada this season, as he was on Team Canada White for the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in Ontario, in November.

The Vees have now been represented 30 times at the WJAC since the tournament began in 2006, most of any team in the Canadian Junior Hockey League.



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