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Several Fairfield County hockey players have been selected for the elite New York Rangers pee wee hockey team representing the U.S. at the 52nd Annual Quebec World Pee Wee Hockey Tournament. The local kids are among some 2,300 youth hockey stars from 16 countries. In the past, the tournament has featured players such as Wayne Gretzky, Eric Lindros, Mark Messier and Sidney Crosby.
Team members from this area include Thomas Dale, Jack Flanagan and Jamie Swiggett of Darien, Jack Hoey, Billy Overby and Drew Speckman of Fairfield, Jack Badini and Bobby Goggin of Greenwich and Nick VanBelle of Stamford. Twenty boys were chosen from hockey programs in the tri-state area. The team is coached by Dave Messier, father of Rangers legend Mark Messier.
The Rangers are one of 16 teams from the U.S. and 14 international teams from Canada, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia, Finland, Switzerland and Ukraine. The Rangers play their first game Sunday, Feb. 13.
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