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Canada's small town players

From Saturday's Globe and Mail

PARDUBICE, CZECH REPUBLIC — Defenceman Logan Pyett is the 13th member of the Canadian team at the world junior hockey championship to list his hometown as a Saskatchewan community with fewer than 1,000 residents.

A list of Canadian players who have represented their small communities, with the year(s) they played, hometown and population:

1991 Pat Falloon, Foxwarren, Man., 269

2001/02 Jarret Stoll, Neudorf, Sask., 281

2004/05 Jeremy Colliton, Blackie, Alta., 301

1997 Trent Whitfield, Alameda, Sask., 308

2007 Carey Price, Anahim Lake, B.C., 319

2000 Brad Richards, Murray Harbour, PEI, 358

1990 Jason Herter, Hafford, Sask., 360

1997 Peter Schaefer, Yellow Grass, Sask., 371

2002/03 Nathan Paetsch, Leroy, Sask., 412

1985/86 Selmar Odelein, Quill Lake, Sask., 413

1997 Hugh Hamilton, Leask, Sask., 418

1982 Marc Habscheid, Wymark, Sask., 443

1988/89 Sheldon Kennedy, Elkhorn, Man., 461

2006/07 Kris Russell, Caroline, Alta., 515

2003 Brooks Laich, Wawota, Sask., 522

2000 Chris Nielsen, Goodlands, Man., 549

2008 Logan Pyett, Milestone, Sask., 562

1994/95 Marty Murray, Lyleton, Man., 585

2001/02 Steve Ott, Stoney Point, Ont., 600

2003 Kyle Wellwood, Oldcastle, Ont., 700

2001/02 Nick Schultz, Strasbourg, Sask., 732

1999 Kyle Calder, Mannville, Alta., 782

1985 Brad Berry, Bashaw, Alta., 796

1990/91/92 Trevor Kidd, Dugald, Man., 800

1989 Dan Lambert, St-Malo, Man., 800

1985 Wendel Clark, Kelvington, Sask., 866

2004/05 Brent Seabrook, Tsawwassen, B.C., 948

1982 Mark Morrison, Tsawwassen, B.C., 948

1995/96 Chad Allan, Davidson, Sask., 958

1993 Jeff Shantz, Duchess, Alta., 978

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