Former Vees at NHL camps

Late June and early July in the NHL calendar is the time when teams get their first look at their recent draft picks on home ice in the team uniforms and also a chance for undrafted players to show what they can do against the top players in their age bracket.

Summer development camps are in full swing and some are already complete. This summer, 57 former BCHL players — including 20 drafted players — are showing what they can do in front of NHL brass.

There are 25 NHL teams with former BCHLers in camp and 15 BCHL franchises are represented.

The Penticton Vees have 12 current or former players at camps: Scott Conway, Easton Brodzinski, Dante Fabbro, Ty Amonte, James De Haas, Lewis Zerter-Gossage, Colton Poolman, Miles Gendron, Ryan O’Connell, Luke Loheit, Jonny Tychonick and Matt Robson.

In addition, there are 12 players at summer camps that spent the 2017-18 season in the BCHL. All players that skated in the BCHL this past season and all NHL draft picks are indicated in the list below. The players are listed according to which NHL camp they’re attending with their BCHL, NCAA and pro teams played for indicated in brackets.

PACIFIC DIVISION

Anaheim: Chris Forney (Langley Rivermen, UMass-Lowell), Angus Redmond (Salmon Arm Silverbacks, Michigan Tech, ECHL Utah)

Calgary: Matthew Galajda (Victoria Grizzlies, Cornell), Jimmy Lambert (Vernon Vipers, Michigan)

Edmonton: Matt Cairns (Powell River Kings, Cornell), Vincent Desharnais (Chilliwack Chiefs, Providence), Skyler Brind’Amour (Chilliwack, Quinnipiac)

Los Angeles: Easton Brodzinski (Penticton Vees, St. Cloud State), Murphy Stratton (Wenatchee Wild, WHL-uncommitted), Andrew Shortridge (Vernon, Quinnipiac)

San Jose: Jake Jackson (Nanaimo Clippers, Michigan Tech), Kohen Olischefski (Chilliwack, Denver), Marcus Vela (Langley, New Hampshire), Jasper Weatherby (Wenatchee, North Dakota), Tristan Mullin (Powell River, Cornell)

Vancouver: Jarid Lukosevicius (Powell River, Denver), Adam Rockwood (Coquitlam Express, Northern Michigan), Colton Poolman (Vees, North Dakota), Josh Teves (Merritt Centennials, Princeton)

Vegas: Matt Baker (Wenatchee, Dartmouth)

CENTRAL DIVISION

Dallas: Cooper Watson (Vernon, Michigan Tech)

Minnesota: Scott Conway (Vees, Providence), Brandon Duhaime (Merritt, Providence), Gerry Fitzgerald (Nanaimo/ Prince George/Victoria, Bemidji State, AHL Iowa), Mitch McLain (Langley, Bowling Green, AHL Iowa), Matt Robson (Vees, Minnesota)

Nashville: Dante Fabbro (Vees, Boston University)

St. Louis: Ty Amonte (Vees, Boston University)

Winnipeg: Cole Maier (Nanaimo, Union College), Luke Santerno (Trail Smoke Eaters, Bentley University)

METROPOLITAN DIVISION

Carolina: Brendan Budy (Langley, Denver) Columbus: Kale Howarth (Trail, UConn) NY Islanders: Devin Brosseau (Nanaimo, Clarkson), Darien Craighead (Langley/ Chilliwack, Northern Michigan), Adam Brubacher (Prince George/Powell River, RIT)

NY Rangers: Josh Teves Princeton)

Philadelphia: James De Haas (Vees, Clarkson, ECHL Reading)

Pittsburgh: Will Reilly (Nanaimo, RPI), Jake Lucchini (Trail, Michigan Tech), Lewis Zerter-Gossage (Vees, Harvard)

Washington: Ryan Barrow (Langley, Denver), Mason Mitchell (Nanaimo, AlaskaAnchorage, AHL Hershey), Chase Priskie (Salmon Arm, Quinnipiac), Cooper Zech (Wenatchee, Ferris State)

ATLANTIC DIVISION

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Detroit: Dennis Cholowski (Chilliwack, St. Cloud State-WHL Portland, AHL Grand Rapids), Seth Barton (Trail, UMass-Lowell), David Pope (Cowichan/West Kelowna, Nebraska-Omaha), Taro Hirose (Salmon Arm, Michigan Tech)

Florida: Blake Christiansen (Wenatchee, AIC)

Montreal: Adam Plant (West Kelowna Warriors, Denver, AHL Laval)

Ottawa: Miles Gendron (Vees, UConn), Jonny Tychonick (Vees, North Dakota), Yanni Kaldis (Nanaimo, Cornell), Angus Crookshank (Langley, New Hampshire), Luke Loheit (Vees recruit, MinnesotaDuluth), Ryan Scarfo (Powell River, Union College, AHL Belleville)

Tampa Bay: Ty Taylor (Vernon, New Hampshire)

Toronto: Ryan O’Connell (Vees, Ohio State), Darion Hanson (Vernon, Union College)