Rave Anxious With WJC Roster Announcements Upcoming

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Phillip Rave took the ice today at Malmo Nighthawks training camp, for the first time attending camp with an expectation of making the VHL team ahead of him. But it will, Rave hopes, be a brief stay at training camp this year, as the S92 World Junior Championships are set to take place this week in Geneva, Switzerland. With rosters to be announced shortly, Rave is anxiously hoping he gets the call to represent Team Europe.

 

"It's a great opportunity, great event and Geneva is beautiful so I'd love to be there, obviously," says Rave. "I think we'd have a pretty good team, though obviously, that makes the competition to make it even stiffer, so... who knows. Ultimately that's up to the GM to pick the roster, and I don't want to worry too much about something that's out of my control. But yeah - it would be pretty cool."

 

Rave's VHL career may have appeared a bit of a longshot two years ago when he signed with the San Diego Marlins with limited organized hockey experience in his lifetime, but he appears on the cusp of making it a reality. A trip to the world juniors would make a nice, neatly-wrapped bow on top of Rave's pre-VHL career.