2018 Team DC Roster Announced
The roster for the 2018 edition of Team DC, which will compete in America's Showcase St. Louis, has been finalized and posted on the team website, General Manager Tony MacAulay announced today. Team DC will compete in the annual USA Hockey-sanctioned national high school tournament April 19-23 at St. Peter's Rec-Plex in St. Peter's, Mo.
This year's 20-payer roster features 11 juniors and nine seniors, compared to last year's veteran squad that had just five juniors and 15 seniors. Retuning from last year's team are senior All-MAPHL defenseman Wyatt Hinkson of DeMatha/Team Maryland 18U AAA, senior honorable mention All-Met defenseman Tiger Bjornlund of Walt Whitman/Montgomery 18U AA and senior All-MAPHL forward Liam Eden of Spalding/Tri-City 18U AA.
Team DC went 3-1 and was one of the top teams in terms of offensive production at last year's showcase in Pittsburgh. This year's team should be much deeper defensively, and while it may not have the top-end star power up front, the forward group appears to be deeper and more consistent top to bottom than last year's.
"We are really happy with the group we've been able to put together," head coach Joe Vonakis said. "Usually at tryouts for a team like this you can eliminate 10-12 kids right off the bat. This year, even with 51 players attending tryouts, it was extremely hard for us to eliminate anyone, and the final roster decisions were very difficult. I think we've assembled a very strong team that is solid in all areas with very few weaknesses. Hopefully we can take another step forward and advance to the quarterfinals this year."
Team DC will have two practices, April 12 and 15 at Gardens Ice House in Laurel, before flying to St. Louis April 18. The first game for Team DC is the following day at 10 a.m. Eastern time against Texas. Team DC returns to action on Friday, April 20 against Arizona at 1p.m. Eastern before closing out the preliminary round April 21 at noon Eastern against Florida. The quarterfinals, semifinals and consolation rounds are slated for April 22, with the championship game scheduled to take place the morning of April 23.
All of Team DC's games will be carried live on HockeyTV.com. For more information, including staff bios, news and historical information, please go to the Team DC website.
Here is the 2018 Team DC roster:
Team DC Hockey 2018 Numerical Roster
No. Player Pos. Cl. DOB Ht. Wt. High School/Club Team
2 Brian Kerrigan D Jr. 2000 5-10 174 Kettle Run/Potomac Patriots USPHL Elite & Premier
3 Wyatt Hinkson D Sr. 2000 5-7 165 DeMatha/Team Maryland 18U AAA
4 Christian Halbig D Jr. 2001 5-9 160 DeMatha/Team Maryland 16U AAA
5 Tiger Bjornlund D Sr. 2000 5-11 155 Whitman/Montgomery 18U AA
6 Jack Stanley D Jr. 2001 6-1 170 Washington-Lee/Northern Virginia 16U AA
7 Nolan Murphy D Sr. 2000 6-0 170 Woodbridge/Potomac Patriots USPHL Elite & Premier
10 James Jones F Sr. 2000 6-1 170 Lake Braddock/Tri-City 18U AA
11 Noah Blonder F Sr. 2000 5-10 165 Mount St. Joseph/Team Maryland 18U AAA
12 Alex Simuro F Jr. 2001 5-11 145 Bishop Ireton/Northern Virginia 16U AA
13 Gavin Gustafson F Jr. 2001 5-8 155 West Potomac/Northern Virginia 16U AA
14 Alvon Barard F Sr. 2000 5-8 165 DeMatha/Tri-City 18U AA
15 Erick Reiniger F Jr. 2001 5-10 155 DeMatha
16 Peter Haas F Jr. 2000 6-1 145 Forest Park/Piedmont 18U
17 Tyler Westfall F Sr. 2000 5-10 155 Montgomery 18U AA
18 Daniel Pimenov F Jr. 2000 5-8 160 Walter Johnson/Montgomery 18U AA
19 Liam Eden F Sr. 2000 5-11 210 Spalding/Tri-City 18U AA
20 Henry Pendleton F Jr. 2001 5-10 170 DeMatha/Team Maryland 16U AAA
21 Jack Massey F Jr. 2000 5-11 175 Gonzaga/Reston 18U AA
30 Jack MacKinnon G Jr. 2000 5-11 170 O’Connell/Potomac Patriots USPHL Elite
31 Henri Pelletier G Sr. 2000 5-11 190 Quince Orchard/Montgomery 18U AA
Head Coach: Joe Vonakis
Assistant Coach: Ben Hammock
General Manager: Tony MacAulay
Asst. General Manager: Scott Lowe
