Amateur Sports
BCHL Top Prospects Roster Set
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Everyone still questions the move the BCHL made but from all indications that was the wishes of the league Board of Governors and regardless the game goes on.
We see the influx of teams in the JPHL that has attracted players to play in several divisions all of which compete with the BC Elite Hockey League, Academy Hockey not to mention minor hockey Associations throughout the province.
Locally the PJHL continues to grow and most recently had the official announcement of their newest team playing on the Sunshine Coast which everyone is excited about.
They will be looking at billeting players while adding some local talent from the area with a training camp set for the spring.
Now we are hearing that the BCHL are again holding a Top Prospects Game Jan. 19 at Penticton’s South Okanagan Events Centre.
It took a while and, following a vote between BCHL GM’s and Head Coaches plus some input from NHL Central Scouting, the roster was finalized.
The following is from the BCHL with “thanks” to Jesse Adamson, Director, Communications & Events
BC Hockey League, 604-354-0035
Players listed by Central Scouting on their Players to Watch list from October received automatic entries, while players who are already drafted and 2003-born athletes who are no longer draft eligible, were not considered for the team. The two rosters were split between Coastal Conference and Interior Conference players.
Coastal Conference roster
| Pos. | Name | Team | NCAA School |
| G | Owen Bresson | Victoria Grizzlies | – |
| G | Tyler Hodges* | Nanaimo Clippers | – |
| D | Luke Ashton | Langley Rivermen | – |
| D | Richard Baran | Victoria Grizzlies | Arizona State |
| D | Rylan Bonkowski | Surrey Eagles | Minnesota State |
| D | Andrew Brown | Nanaimo Clippers | – |
| D | Gabriel Guilbault* | Langley Rivermen | – |
| D | Matt Lahey* | Nanaimo Clippers | Clarkson |
| D | Jax Wismer | Alberni Valley Bulldogs | UConn |
| F | Wyatt Blace | Alberni Valley Bulldogs | – |
| F | Caden Cranston | Surrey Eagles | Merrimack |
| F | Ryden Evers | Surrey Eagles | Omaha |
| F | Noah Eyre | Powell River Kings | Quinnipiac |
| F | Samuel Leonard | Alberni Valley Bulldogs | St. Lawrence |
| F | Brady Milburn | Chilliwack Chiefs | Lake Superior |
| F | Patrick Murphy* | Victoria Grizzlies | Brown |
| F | Mike Murtagh | Nanaimo Clippers | UConn |
| F | Chase Pirtle | Victoria Grizzlies | Cornell |
| F | Tobias Pitka* | Victoria Grizzlies | Boston College |
| F | Joel Plante | Nanaimo Clippers | Omaha |
| F | Aaron Schwartz | Surrey Eagles | Quinnipiac |
Interior Conference roster
| Pos. | Name | Team | NCAA School |
| G | Ryan Grout | Salmon Arm Silverbacks | – |
| G | Will Ingemann | Penticton Vees | St. Thomas |
| D | Adam Barone | Trail Smoke Eaters | Lake Superior |
| D | Adam Boatter | Salmon Arm Silverbacks | Colorado |
| D | Francesco Dell’Elce* | Penticton Vees | UMass |
| D | Landen Hilditch | West Kelowna Warriors | RPI |
| D | Cole Longacre* | Salmon Arm Silverbacks | Merrimack |
| D | Kiernan Poulin | Merritt Centennials | UMass |
| F | Callum Arnott | Penticton Vees | Minnesota-Duluth |
| F | Riley Ashe* | Salmon Arm Silverbacks | Omaha |
| F | Shea Busch | Vernon Vipers | – |
| F | Adam Csabi | Vernon Vipers | – |
| F | Max Heise* | Penticton Vees | Michigan State |
| F | Callum Hughes* | West Kelowna Warriors | Boston University |
| F | Connor MacPherson* | Penticton Vees | New Hampshire |
| F | Simon Meier | Penticton Vees | Northern Michigan |
| F | JJ Monteiro* | Salmon Arm Silverbacks | Providence |
| F | Erik Pastro | Vernon Vipers | – |
| F | Jack Pridham* | West Kelowna Warriors | Boston University |
| F | Chase Stefanek* | Trail Smoke Eaters | Harvard |
| F | Reid Varkonyi* | Salmon Arm Silverbacks | Denver |
*Players received automatic entries due to being listed on NHL Central Scouting’s Players to Watch list
Tickets for the Top Prospects Game are on sale now and can be purchased here.