A trio of Richmond players have earned invitations for this week's B.C. Hockey Female U18 B.C. Cup in Salmon Arm.
Goaltender Kylee Styles, defenceman Jodi Gentile and forward Leah Lum are among 80 players at the tournament which starts today and wraps up on Sunday.
This will be the first year the event will have a four team jamboree-style competition. Following the B.C. Cup, there will a U18 Provincial Camp in Lake Cowichan.
These are the first two stages in the formation of Team B.C. that will be participating in the National Women's U18 Championships.
Gentile and Lum will be looking to secure roster spots for the second straight year.
Gentile just saw her club season conclude at the Esso Midget Nationals in Burnaby as a member of the provincial champion Valley Phantom of the B.C.
Female Midget AAA Hockey League. Styles played for the Richmond-based Pacific Ravens this past season.
Season long evaluation data was tabulated and the top 80 players (eight Goalies, 24 Defence and 48 Forwards) were invited to the B.C. Cup.
B.C. Hockey also announced that Graham Thomas and Pasco Valana have been selected as the two assistant coaches for Team BC.
