Searching YouTube tonight and found this highlight video from the Coquitlam Express' recent season. The Express play in, arguably, the best Jr.A league in Canada; British Columbia Hockey League. The BCHL has lead the Canadian Junior A Hockey League circuit in NHL draft picks and NCAA college commitments in the last two years. Just take a look here at the current NCAA Division 1 commitments (Penticton Vees have 12 players getting Division 1 scholarships!) The league also boasts having won the most national championships, 11, with the Vernon Vipers winning the most national championships out of any team in Canada.
The Vipers are currently playing the Powell River Kings in the BCHL League Finals. If Vipers can make it to the Royal Bank Cup (Jr.A National Championship) and win, they will be the only team in history to win 3 straight national Jr.A championships.
The Express featured a 2011 NHL Draft prospect and future Boston College member this season named Destry Straight. He is number 17 in this video, you can't miss him.
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