Dec. 11, 2020
Team Canada has named its three World Junior goalies. Prince George's Taylor Gauthier, Kamloops' Dylan Garand, and Northeastern University's Devon Levi will accompany the group into the bubble on Sunday.
London's Brett Brochu and Saginaw's Tristan Lennox were released on Thursday.
In this strange pandemic year, Hockey Canada found a creative way to deliver the good news to Gauthier, Garand, and Levi. It started with a phone call.
"I was asleep," said Gauthier. "So, that was kind of scary, to begin with, and then the first words you hear are, 'Coaches want to talk to you.' You kind of get that pit in your stomach."
"Wasn't quite sure that they were going to get down to the final three today," said Garand, "so getting called down to meet with the coaches, I was a bit nervous that I was getting sent home."
"I walked in and the computer was on with my parents on Zoom," said Levi, "coaches were all around and then my parents told me. It was a huge relief and a dream come true. Hearing that from my parents, who have been supporting me since I was a kid, it was awesome."