ALLEN, TEXAS - APRIL 24: Canada's Carson Carels #5 skates against Slovakia's Martin Kalis #18 during Preliminary Round - Group A action at 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship at Credit Union of Texas Event Center on April 24, 2025 in Allen, Texas, USA. (Photo by Tim Austen/IIHF)

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Cougars

Carson Carels to compete for spot on Team Canada

Jul 17, 2025 | 12:22 PM

PRINCE GEORGE — Prince George Cougars defenceman Carson Carels has been named to Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under 18 team selection camp.

Carels is among 40 players invited to the camp, which will take place July 29 to August 1 in Oakville, Ontario.

He’ll be competing for a spot on Team Canada’s roster for the 2025 Hlinka-Gretzky Cup, set for August 11–15 in Brno, Czechia and Trenčín, Slovakia.

Carels is one of six players at camp who helped Canada win gold at the 2025 IIHF U18 Men’s World Championship. He also wore the Maple Leaf with Team Canada Red at the 2024 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge.

A product of Cypress River, MB, Carels is coming off an impressive rookie campaign with the Cougars in 2024-25, collecting 35 points (6G-29A) in 60 games, along with a +22 rating, which ranked 6th among all WHL rookies. He added four points (1G-3A) in seven playoff games.

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