BC Hockey has announced the 60 players selected for the Male U16 Provincial Camp, which will be held July 29 – August 3, 2019 at Shawnigan Lake School in Shawnigan Lake, BC.

The camp will include on and off-ice activities, introducing the Program of Excellence (POE) athletes to the most up to date information and concepts as they relate to both national and international levels of hockey. Athletes will take advantage of the facilities on the Shawnigan Lake School campus, including an arena built in 2014 that has been used by the Vancouver Canucks for their rookie camp

The players were invited to attend the camp based on their performance at the U16 BC Cup that was held in Salmon Arm, BC from April 17-21, 2019.  Team BC is the defending champion of the Western Hockey League (WHL) Cup, which features male U16 teams from the four (4) western provinces (Alberta, BC, Manitoba, Saskatchewan) and is held in non-Canada Winter Games years.

The BC Hockey Male POE was introduced in 1980 with the mandate to systematically identify and train the province’s elite-level players for high-performance hockey events. The overall objective of the program is to increase the chances of athletes from BC to compete provincially, regionally, nationally and internationally with the ultimate goal being selected to Hockey Canada’s National Junior or National Senior Team.

Male U16 Provincial Camp Rosters