July 4, 2010
LA's Koules selected to U.S. Under-17 Select Team
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Forward Miles Koules (Los Angeles) is one of 20 players who participated at USA Hockey's Boys' Select 16 Player Development Camp who was selected for the 2010 U.S. Under-17 Select Team that will compete at the 2010 Under-17 Five Nations Tournament Aug. 18-22, in Huttwil, Switzerland.
The 5-foot-11, 177-pound Koules has played the past two seasons at Shattuck St.-Mary's Prep (Minn.). He played much of his youth hockey for LA Hockey Club.
The Boys' Select 16 Player Development Camp took place from June 25-July 1, at the Sports Centre at MCC in Rochester, N.Y.
The U.S. roster features 12 forwards, including Brian Morgan (Windham, N.H.), who finished the Boys' Select 16 Player Development Camp with 10 points (5-5), including three power-play goals. Nicholas Schilkey (Smiths Creek, Mich.) recorded eight points (6-2) and Joseph Cox (Chelsea, Mich.) finished the camp with seven points (4-3).
Anchoring the six-man blueline corps for Team USA will be Teddy Doherty (Hopkinton, Mass.), who led all defensemen at the Player Development Camp with five points (3-2) and Grant Webermin (Novi, Mich.), who finished with three points (1-2).
Sharing the goaltending duties at the 2010 Under-17 Five Nations Tournament will be Brandon Hope (Canton, Mich.) and James Howe (Northville, Mich.). Howe played in five games in the Boys' Select 16 Player Development Camp and compiled a 2.80 goals-against average and .909 save percentage, while Hope also played in five games at the camp (4.00, .868).
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