Former Nelson Minor Hockey star Adam Plant to play in World Junior A Challenge
By The Nelson Daily Sports
Former Nelson Minor Hockey star Adam Plant has been selected to the Team Canada West roster for this year’s World Junior A Challenge, set for November 4-10 in Yarmouth, NS.
Plant, a defensive shutdown specialist for West Kelowna Warriors of the BC Hockey League, was one of 66 players invited to the elite camp at Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary.
“It’s a great honor to wear our maple leaf in international play,” Plant was quoted on the West Kelowna Warriors website.
“I’m looking forward to the next two weeks, and hopefully I can use this experience to better myself as a hockey player.”
The Team Canada West camp concluded Wednesday.
Plant remains in Calgary with the team until the squad travels to Yarmouth later this week.
The 5’9”, 160-pound defenceman played his minor hockey in Nelson before attending the Okanagan Hockey Academy in Penticton in 2011.
The 18-year-old mobile defenceman then played a season for the Penticton Lakers of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League before spending the last two seasons with West Kelowna where he accumulated five goals and 31 assists in 59 games.
Plant has accepted a scholarship to Harvard University beginning in the 2014 season.
Plant is the third player in West Kelowna history to play for Team Canada West, joining Grayson Downing and Seb LLoyd.
