Hitmen Defenceman Luke Prokop And Forward Prospect Sean Tschigerl Earn Hockey Canada Invites
The Calgary Hitmen Hockey Club is pleased to announce defenceman Luke Prokop and forward prospect Sean Tschigerl have both earned Hockey Canada camp invites.
Prokop is heading to Canada’s Summer Under-18 Team Selection Camp and Tschigerl to Canada’s National Under-17 Development Camp. Both will be held in Calgary at the Markin MacPhail Centre at WinSport’s Canada Olympic Park with the U-17 camp from July 19-26 and the U-18 camp July 26-30.
This will be Prokop’s second appearance with Hockey Canada after playing for Canada White at the 2018 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge while Tschigerl is coming off a season that saw him win bronze with Team Alberta at the 2019 Canada Winter Games.
LUKE PROKOP – DEFENCEMAN
HOMETOWN: Edmonton, AB DOB: May 6, 2002
HEIGHT: 6’3.75” WEIGHT: 202 lbs.
SHOOTS: Right
ACQUIRED: Selected by Calgary in the first round, 7th overall, in the 2017 WHL Bantam Draft
| Regular Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
| 2018-19 | Calgary Hitmen | WHL | 62 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 12 |
| 2017-18 | Calgary Hitmen | WHL | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 2017-18 | Northern Alberta X-Treme | CSSHL | 28 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 10 |
SEAN TSCHIGERL – FORWARD
HOMETOWN: Whitecourt, AB DOB: April 11, 2003
HEIGHT: 5’11” WEIGHT: 169 lbs.
SHOOTS: Left
ACQUIRED: Selected by Calgary in the first round, 4th overall, in the 2018 WHL Bantam Draft
| Regular Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
| 2018-19 | Calgary Hitmen | WHL | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018-19 | OHA Edmonton Midget Prep | CSSHL | 28 | 21 | 26 | 47 | 44 |
| 2017-18 | OHA Edmonton Bantam Prep | CSSHL | 30 | 31 | 39 | 70 | 26 |
The U-18 camp will see 44 players compete for a chance to represent Canada at 2019 Hlinka Gretzky Cup in Breclav, Czech Republic, and Piestany, Slovakia from August 5-10. The U-17 camp, featuring 112 players, helps with selection for the 2019 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge scheduled for November 2-9 in Medicine Hat, AB., and Swift Current, SK.
