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Cripps to look to add to gold medal collection in tonight’s Hlinka Gretzky Cup final Ten members of Canada’s Hlinka Gretzky Cup roster will look to add a second gold medal to their collection this evening. The Prince Albert Raiders’ Brock Cripps is one of them. Cripps was part of the Canada Red team that won the World U17 Hockey Challenge last year, a tournament he starred in where he was named to the All-Star team after he led all d-men with six points. “Wearing the Canada logo on your jersey is definitely not something you can do every day so I’m not going to take it for granted and try to win gold for my country.” Tonight, he’ll look to help Canada to a 26th Hlinka Gretzky Cup title. This past season, he excelled with the Raiders where in the regular season he tallied 37 points but went to another level in the postseason as he had 21 points in 20 games as Prince Albert reached the WHL Championship Series. But going that deep into the playoffs has also shown the Victoria, B.C., native what it takes to win, something he is utilizing this week. “It was a cool experience to learn what it takes to win a championship,” Cripps recalled. “Its pretty hard. You have to grind through it. We were so close last year but now I know to expect and what it takes to win.” One of the top prospects for the 2027 NHL Draft, the 17-year-old blueliner is honoured to once again represent his country on the international stage. “I’m not really worrying about the draft too much,” Cripps said. “I’m worrying about what’s on task right now and that’s winning a gold medal and that’s my main focus right now and succeed at that.” For more information on the 2026 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, click here. Canada’s roster for the 2026 Hlinka Gretzky Cup Goaltenders (2) Sam Berthiaume (Cape Breton Eagles / QMJHL) Leif Oaten (Lethbridge Hurricanes / WHL) Defencemen (7) Brock Cripps (Prince Albert Raiders / WHL) Landon DuPont (Everett Silvertips / WHL) Matt Henderson (Kingston Frontenacs / OHL) Malik L’Italien (Halifax Mooseheads / QMJHL) Cooper McAslan (London Knights / OHL) Quinn Norman (Newfoundland Regiment / QMJHL) Boston Tait (Wenatchee Wild / WHL) Forwards (13) Brock Chitaroni (Ottawa 67’s / OHL) Ryerson Edgar (Niagara IceDogs / OHL) Brock England (Seattle Thunderbirds / WHL) Ben Harvey (Prince Albert Raiders / WHL) Alexis Joseph (Saint John Sea Dogs / QMJHL) Aleks Kulemin (Kingston Frontenacs / OHL) Charlie Murata (Flint Firebirds / OHL) Liam Pue (Regina Pats / WHL) Maddox Schultz (Regina Pats / WHL) Kayden Stroeder (Edmonton Oil Kings / WHL) Benjamin Veitch (Newfoundland Regiment / QMJHL) Camryn Warren (North Bay Battalion / OHL) Jaakko Wycisk (Guelph Storm / OHL)