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U-18 POE TOP-40 CAMP ROSTER ANNOUNCED

by Hockey Manitoba  |  April 15, 2014 8:08 pm

WINNIPEG, MB – Hockey Manitoba is pleased to announce the players invited to attend the U-18 Program of Excellence (POE) TOP-40 Camp held May 8-11, 2014 in Portage la Prairie.  The POE TOP-40 Camp is the second major phase of the Program of Excellence which is the selection process for the U-16 (Male) and U-18 (Female) Team Manitoba rosters.  The TOP-40 Camp rosters have been finalized following the 2014 Manitoba Games and the Female Midget season.

A total of fifty players have been invited to the U-18 camp, comprised of seven (7) goalies, fourteen (14) defensemen, and twenty-nine (29) forwards.  This will mark the third season of the POE Top-40 Camp which was formerly known as the POE Summer Camp, however in an effort to streamline programming towards the philosophies of the Sport Canada Long-Term Athlete Development Model and Hockey Canada’s Long-Term Player Development Model the camp was moved to May as of 2011.  Historically POE summer camps have taken place in June or July, which essentially forced young players to continue to participate in high-intensity summer hockey teams/tournaments as opposed to using those months as an important resting and training period off the ice.  The POE TOP-40 Camp is an integral piece in determining not only the short list of skill & talent for Team Manitoba but also a significant importance is placed on team building, off-ice behaviour, and estimating individual character and leadership qualities.

CLICK HERE FOR U-18 POE TOP-40 CAMP ROSTER

U-18 Team Manitoba will compete at the 2015 Canada Games (Male Hockey) held February 14 – 20, 2015 in Prince George, BC.  Following the POE TOP-40 Camp a short list of approximately 27 players will be invited to a skills & conditioning camp in July and a pre-season prep camp in August.  Following the summer camps another short list will be invited to an exhibition roster that will compete at the 2014 Mandi Schwartz Challenge held September 18-21 in Regina, SK.  The U-18 TOP-40 Camp is hosted simultaneously with the U-16 TOP-40 Camp, both in Portage la Prairie, May 8-13, 2014.

For more information about the Hockey Manitoba Program of Excellence please visit www.hockeymanitoba.ca/players/poe.  Hockey Manitoba is pleased to recognize Canad Inns, Reebok-CCM Hockey, and the Western Hockey League as Official Partners of the Program of Excellence, along with Gatorade as the Official Sport Drink of Hockey Manitoba.


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