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NO ATLANTIC CANADIANS ON TEAM CANADA EAST

WE WROTE -

There are no Atlantic Canadians on Team Canada East that will participate at the World Junior A Hockey Challenge in November. In fact there are no players from Quebec either. It is an all-Ontario team with a coaching staff from Ontario. How long are the five Hockey Canada branches east of the Ontario-Quebec border going to put up with this stuff? Team after team that is supposed to represent all parts of this country doesn’t. You can bet Hockey Canada would never get away with this in Western Canada. Why are they allowed to here? 

YOU WROTE -

Most unfortunate that the MHL has been overlooked this year. If an MHL coach had the reins and selected a squad based entirely of MHL based players, they'd be marching in the streets. Noone could convince me that there is not one worthy selection from either Quebec or our league. - Paddy Quinn

There should be something stipulated that there has to be so many players from each province on each team. At least our hockey players from Atlantic Canada would have a chance. Our boys play with heart and give 110% effort and sometimes this is what the all star teams from out west and Ontario are lacking on the international scene. Especially when they need an overtime winning goal for a gold medal! It is so frustrating to our young players knowing that they do not have a fair chance when it comes to Hockey Canada. Maybe if they put more coaching staff from the Atlantic provinces on these teams we would have more people that are knowledgeable when choosing players for the team instead of coaches who know the players from out west or Ontario. Just something to think about. Yours truly, Martha Brown.

Next year don't pick any players west of Quebec to make the team , and only invite 4 players from the Ontario leagues to try out. See how that goes over. - Lillian

Well what do you think about that and are you surprised? I am not. - Denise