A closer look at the 66 players who will wear the Maple Leaf for the first time in Ottawa
Sixty-six players are set to wear black, red or white and face off against
Canada’s National Women’s Team (and each other) at the 2021 Capital City
Challenge in Ottawa.
With no national under-17 development camp this summer, this is their
introduction to the Program of Excellence and Canadian hockey fans, so
let’s take a look at a few facts and figures:
1
– player drafted first overall in their CHL draft (Ethan Gauthier –
Sherbrooke, QMJHL, 2021)
2 –
sons of former NHLers; the fathers of Oliver Bonk (Radek) and Ethan
Gauthier (Denis) combined for 574 points (211-363—574) in 1,523 games with
seven different teams
5
– members of the Oakville Rangers during the 2020-21 season (Nick Lardis,
Luke Misa, Owen Outwater, Calum Ritchie, Matthew Soto), most of any minor
hockey team
5’11½” 172
– average height and weight of the players; Ethan Miedema (6’3¼” 201)…