Hockey Canada cuts six players from world junior selection camp roster
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — The desire Canada’s junior hockey players have to represent their country at the world championships was all over Kole Lind’s face minutes after he learned he’d been cut from the team.
Lind fought back tears as he spoke with media on Thursday evening in the lobby of the team’s hotel. He was one of six players Hockey Canada cut from its world junior championship selection camp roster, reducing the team from 33 to 27.
“It’s obviously heartbreaking for me,” said Lind, a second-round pick of the Vancouver Canucks in last summer’s NHL draft. “It’s something that’s out of my control. I think I did what I could. I played pretty well.
“I think there are some things I can take away from this both good and bad.”