Macgregor will be looking for Gold in Turkey

Most of us were at the beach or watching the cricket on Boxing Day whilst 18 year old Ice Dogs defenceman Shannon Macgregor was on a plane with the  Australian Junior (Under 20’s) team heading to Orangeville, Canada for training camp.

The Junior Team is currently preparing for the Division 3 World Championships which kicks off in Istanbul, Turkey January 4th. 

The Australians will be facing off against New Zealand, Iceland, Turkey, Bulgaria, DPR Korea and Chinese Taipei.   The team looks pretty solid and in with a chance of claiming gold (knock on wood) which would be Macgregors second at a division 3 level after winning last year with the Youth team.

“It would be nice to bring home another medal, but just have to take it one game at a time.  We have got the team to do it” admits Macgregor.

Ice Dogs coach Mark Stephenson is excited by Macgregors selection “Shannon had a good AIHL season this year and this experience at an international level will help step us his play again”.

For updates on how the Junior Team is going at the tournament simply go to www.iihf.com.