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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

EXPRESS' AMMANN ADDED TO TEAM PACIFIC STAFF


Burnaby Express Strength & Conditioning coach Grant Ammann has been added to the training staff for Team Pacific for the World Under 17 Championships coming up in late December and early January.

Here's the story from BC Hockey.

BC Hockey announced today the BC staff for Team Pacific that will compete at the 2010 World Under 17 Hockey Challenge in Timmons, Ontario from December 29, 2009 to January 4, 2010. The announcement is a culmination of an application process led by Officer at Large Robin Douville.

BC Staff:

Assistant Director of Operations
Rick Schievink
(Port Alberni, BC)

Assistant Coach
Matt Hughes
(Salmon Arm, BC)

Athletic Therapist
Grant Ammann
(Aldergrove, BC)



Alberta Staff:

Director of Operations
Janis Entem
(Blairmore, AB)

Head Coach
Michael Dyck
(Lethbridge, AB)

Assistant Coach
Kevin Hasselberg
(Didsbury, AB

Equipment Manager
Darrell Dingwall
(Edmonton, AB)

Team Pacific is made up of players from both British Columbia and Alberta who were born in 1993. This represents the first stage in Hockey Canada's Program of Excellence. The 11 players selected from BC will be identified, evaluated, and trained through BC Hockey’s Under 17 High Performance Program, which acts as the province's talent identification and training program for player representation on Canada's national teams.

The World Under 17 Hockey Challenge is the unofficial World Championship for this age level and the first stage for Hockey Canada to identify players for the National Under 18 Team and the World Junior Team. In addition to the five Canadian teams (Pacific, Western, Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic) there will be five international teams from USA, Finland, Russia, Sweden, and the Czech Republic.

For more information about BC Hockey, please visit the BC Hockey website at www.bchockey.net or email info@bchockey.net .

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