Two Kitchener Rangers invited to Under 17 Provincial Camp

Team Ontario Director of Operations Barclay Branch along with Head Coach Roger Hunt and Assistant Coaches Drew Bannister and Seamus Kotyk announced today that Mike Davies and Jacob Cascagnette are among the 68 players invited to attend the 2013 Under-17 Provincial Camp in Oshawa, Ontario.

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Kitchener - June 28, 2013 - Team Ontario Director of Operations Barclay Branch along with Head Coach Roger Hunt and Assistant Coaches Drew Bannister and Seamus Kotyk announced today that Mike Davies and Jacob Cascagnette are among the 68 players invited to attend the 2013 Under-17 Provincial Camp in Oshawa, Ontario.

On ice sessions will take place at the General Motors Centre from August 14-18, 2013.

Davies was the Rangers' first round pick (13th overall) in the 2013 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection. The Thornhill, ON native is a graduate of the Southern Tier Admirals and recorded 73 points in 61 games played in 2012-13. The 6-foot-1 winger committed to the Rangers in April 2013.

A native of Kitchener, Cascagnette was a fourth-round pick in 2013 and played last season with the Kitchener Rangers Minor Midget team. The hometown talent recorded nearly a point-per-game in 2012-13, with 24 goals and 19 assists in 49 contests and helped his team to a second-round upset in the 2013 playoffs.

Director of Operations Barclay Branch and his coaching staff will be evaluating all players at this year's Provincial Camp and select a team from this group that will represent Ontario at the 2014 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge to be held in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, from December 27, 2013, until January 5, 2014.

Players were identified for the Provincial Camp through competition at the inaugural U16 OHL Gold Cup held May 9-12 in Kitchener where eight teams and 160 players represented the ALLIANCE, GTHL, HNO, NOHA, OMHA, and the tournament champion ODHA. For more information on the U16 OHL Gold Cup please visit www.ohlgoldcup.com.

The Hockey Development Centre for Ontario (HDCO) facilitates the Men's Under-17 hockey program on behalf of the three Ontario Branches of Hockey Canada. For more information, visit www.hdco.on.ca