It’s been quite a stretch in the young hockey careers for Roman Basran, Aidan Barfoot, Keegan Craik and Ben Wozney.
The 15-year-olds from Richmond were among 44 players from across the province selected by B.C. Hockey for the upcoming Male U16 Provincial Camp, at Shawnigan Lake.
Camp invites were based on performances at the U16 B.C. Cup in Salmon Arm back in April.
This fall, 20 players from the provincial camp will be selected to represent B.C. at the 2016 Western Branch Challenge Cup, to take on Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
Notable players who have suited up for U16 B.C. team include NHL regulars Dan Hamhuis, Martin Jones and Sam Reinhart.
The news on the camp invite came just days after the boys were selected in the 2016 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft.
Basran, a goaltender, was taken in the third round (64th overall) by Kelowna Rockets.
Forwards Kraik (98th overall) and Barfoot (113th overall) were fifth round selections by Prince George and Vancouver respectively.
Wozney, a defenceman, went in the ninth round (181st overall) to Edmonton.
All five of these players played most recently in Seafair Minor Hockey’s rep program before enrolling in the Delta Hockey Academy for their Grade 9 year where they played on DHA’s top Bantam Prep Team and were reunited with coach Yogi Svejkovsky.
Basran won 11 of his 18 starts with Delta this past season, posting a 2.74 goals against average and a .912 save percentage.
Craik was fifth in team scoring with 22 points in 25 regular season games, including 16 goals. Barfoot had 14 points, including seven goals, while Wozney recorded 10 points from the blueline.
