Bad players win Championships too.
Of course,however how many bad players are key components and or team captains? repeatedly?
Next year there will be a change to Canada's U17 teams . Gone will be the 5 area teams including Team West which was made up of Manitoba/Saskatchewan players .
One of the reasons is that some teams face a distinct disadvantage due to size etc. There will be three teams and players from everywhere will be mixed . Team Western ( Manitoba / Saskatchewan ) will be no longer , the same of course for Team Pacific , Team Ontario , Team Quebec and Team Atlantic.
Team Western historically has been challenged in this tournament , as they not only play the other Canadian squads but the other non Canadian teams are one team per country . Team USA for example.
Team Western however did win the championship one year , one guess who was the team captain and MVP for this monumental result.
It was an indicator of all to come , not an isolated incident.