Canada West looking to break gold medal drought at Challenge
Posted Dec 14, 2014 6:23 am.
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The 9th edition of the World Junior ‘A’ Challenge starts Sunday in Kindersley, Saskatchewan with a pair of games.
The United States are the defending champions and will play Switzerland Monday; Canada West, which is made up of players from Manitoba to British Columbia, will play Denmark at 6:30 p.m.
The Western Canadians fell 6-3 to the Americans in a pre-tournament game on Friday.
Nine players from the AJHL as well as Sherwood Park Crusaders Head Coach Tim Fragle are in Kindersley for the event.
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Canada West matches up with Russia on Tuesday.
Since the tournament began in 2006 Canada West has collected three gold, three silver and one bronze medal.
