When last Brett Howden made international news, it was because of a melancholy reason. The captain of the WHL's Moose Jaw Warriors had just been cut from the World Junior Championship's Team Canada, the only Bolt prospect named to the initial roster that was sent back.
At that point in early December he was disappointed by the cut. "It's obviously not very fun right now. I worked hard, did everything I could...just didn't work out this time," Howden told TSN. "It was a good experience. A tough way to leave, but things will get better from here.