Sean Flanagan invited to Team West training camp

The Klipper news keeps coming down the pipe this afternoon.

Hockey Canada has just announced the 41-man roster for the Team West training camp next Monday and Tuesday in Penticton, B.C. The final roster for the World Junior A Challenge in November will be picked from this group.

Klippers defenceman Sean Flanagan is one of 12 defencemen going to camp. He's on the Team White roster.

The invite should come as no surprise. Hockey Canada scouts watched Flanagan play in two pre-season games and have been in touch with the 18-year-old from Kindersley.

Flanagan is the second Klipper in as many years to be invited to Team West camp. Last year, Braeden Adamyk got the call but, with spots limited for 19-year-olds, didn't make the team.

Larry Wintoneak is the head coach for Team West, of course, but he doesn't have any input into which players are invited to camp. That's up to the scouts, including head scout Leonard Strandberg, and general manager Rylan Ferster.