Seafair Minor Hockey product Jordan Sandhu is among 27 players who have been shortlisted to play for Team B.C. at the 2015 Canada Winter Games in Prince George next February.
The announcement came following the U16 provincial camp which took place in Nanaimo and featured on and off-ice activities — introducing the high performance athletes to the most up to date information and concepts as they relate to both national and international levels of hockey.
The players will be evaluated by the Team B.C. coaching staff over the course of the hockey season, and the final roster will be announced in November.
The Canada Winter Games take place every four years. In 2011, Team BC captured the gold medal with a 7-4 victory over Team Quebec in Halifax, Nova Scotia. B.C. was coached by Richmond’s own Russ Weber.
Sandhu just wrapped up rookie camp with the Kelowna Rockets. The 15-year-old forward was selected 88th overall in last spring’s Western Hockey League Bantam Draft after an outstanding campaign with Seafair’s Bantam A1 team. He has committed to play this coming season with the Greater Vancouver Canadians of the B.C. Major Midget Hockey League which play out of the Richmond Olympic Oval.
He is hoping to follow the footsteps of his older brother Tyler who also came through Seafair and now plays for the Everett Silvertips. Tyler was part of B.C.’s Hockey’s High Performance Program and played for Team Pacific at the 2013 World Under 17 Hockey Challenge.
