Two Victoria Royals are set to don the Maple Leaf next month.

Forwards Eli McKamey and Jacob Schwartz have been named to Team Canada White for the 2025 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in Truro, N.S., running Nov. 2 to 8.

They’ll be joined by Victoria-born defenceman Brock Cripps, a Prince Albert Raiders rookie who will represent Canada Red.

McKamey, from Cowichan Bay, was selected 35th overall by the Royals in the 2024 WHL Prospects Draft.

The forward has yet to make his WHL debut due to a lower-body injury but was listed as day-to-day on the league’s Oct. 14 injury report.

Before joining the Royals, he starred at Shawnigan Lake School, posting 48 points in 28 games in 2023-24. He then made history as the BCHL’s first-ever exceptional status player, suiting up for the Penticton Vees a

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