This year's Young Stars Classic in Penticton will feature a number of top NHL draft picks. Credit: Vancouver Canucks

Top NHL draft pick to play in 2015 Young Stars Classic in Penticton

PENTICTON – The 2015 Young Stars Classic is just around the corner and tickets could be in bigger demand than ever this year.

TIcket sales for the tournament, which will take place Friday, Sept. 11 through Sunday, Sept. 14, might be exceptionally brisk this year as the number one National Hockey League draft pick for the Edmonton Oilers, Connor McDavid, is set to take to the ice at the South Okanagan Events Centre.

A number of other notable prospects are also expected to appear at the tournament, which is now in its fifth year. Prospects from the Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers and Winnipeg Jets include many of those teams’ top draft picks. More than 80 players who participated in past tournaments have gone on to NHL careers.

Tickets for the tournament went on sale this week. A limited number of six game ticket packages are available for $60, providing purchasers with a 30 per cent savings. Other ticket packages include a VIP package for $90 and $260, plus applicable fees.

For more information, visit canucks.com/youngstars and SOEC.ca

Tickets are available online at www.valleyfirsttix.com, by phone at 1-877-763-2849 or in person at the Valley First Box Office, the events centres or the Wine Country Visitor Centre.

To contact the reporter for this story, email Steve Arstad at sarstad@infonews.ca or call 250-488-3065. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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I have been looking for news in the South Okanagan - SImilkameen for 20 years, having turned a part time lifelong interest into a full time profession. After five years publishing a local newsletter, several years working as a correspondent / stringer for several local newspapers and seven years as editor of a Similkameen weekly newspaper, I joined iNFOnews.ca in 2014. My goal in the news industry has always been to deliver accurate and interesting articles about local people and places. My interest in the profession is life long - from my earliest memories of grade school, I have enjoyed writing.
As an airborne geophysical surveyor I travelled extensively around the globe, conducting helicopter borne mineral surveys.
I also spent several years at an Okanagan Falls based lumber mill, producing glued-wood laminated products.
As a member of the Kaleden community, I have been involved in the Kaleden Volunteer Fire Department for 22 years, and also serve as a trustee on the Kaleden Irrigation District board.
I am currently married to my wife Judy, of 26 years. We are empty-nesters who enjoy living in Kaleden with our Welsh Terrier, Angus, and cat, Tibbs.
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