Jesse Jenks will once again have a chance to gain more experience at an international tournament.
But first the 19-year-old Prince George Spruce Kings goaltender has to make the Team Canada West squad that will compete at the 2014 World Junior A Challenge in Kindersley, Sask. from Dec. 14 to 20.
Jenks, along with his 17-year-old Kings teammate, forward Brogan O'Brien, will be at Team Canada West's selection camp in Calgary from Dec. 7 to 9.
Prince George product Liam Blackburn, an 18-year-old forward with the West Kelowna Warriors, will also try out for the Canada West squad.
They're among 60 players from the BCHL, and Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba junior A hockey leagues who will try and make the cut for the WJAC tournament that will run from Dec. 14 to 20 in Kindersley, Sask.
At the 2013 tournament in Yarmouth, N.S., Jenks backstopped Canada West to a 5-3 victory over Switzerland to win the bronze medal.
The U.S. won the tournament with a 4-1 victory against Russia.
In its ninth year of existence, the 2014 WJAC is a six-team event.
Canada East will be joined by Switzerland and the United States in Group A, while Russia and Denmark will join Canada West in Group B.
For the Canadian teams, players will represent part of the country that their junior A club plays in, rather than their place of birth.
Canada West and the U.S. are the only teams to have won the WJAC. Canada West has won the tournament three times, the last being 2011 in Langley.
The U.S. has captured the title five times.
