Peyton Kettles won gold at the 2024 Hlinka Gretzky Cup with Team Canada.
The 6’5’’ blueliner helped Canada’s under-18 national team win all five games to capture the tournament title, culminating with a 2-1 win Czechia on August 10. Canada allowed only four goals in five games at the summer event in Edmonton.
Kettles scored a goal in a 10-0 win over Switzerland to open the tournament on August 5. Canada added a 5-1 win over Slovakia and a 2-1 victory over Sweden in the preliminary round. They defeated the United States 5-1 in the semi-final.
The Swift Current Broncos defenseman was named to the National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team roster after a four-day selection camp in Calgary. He registered two goals and 11 assists in 61 games during his first Western Hockey League season in 2023-24. Kettles added two assists in eight playoff outings. He was the sixth overall pick in the 2022 WHL Prospects Draft.
Canada has now won 25 gold medals in 33 years of summer under-18 competition.
