34 CHL players to attend CAN NJT Summer Camp
CALGARY, Alta. – Hockey Canada, in partnership with the Canadian Hockey League, announced Friday a roster of 35 players that have been invited to Canada’s National Junior Team summer development camp, set for Aug. 4-10 in Brossard, Que., and Lake Placid, N.Y.
Canada’s roster, comprised of three goaltenders, 12 defencemen and 20 forwards, was selected by Ryan Jankowski, head scout of the men’s Program of Excellence for Hockey Canada, along with Hockey Canada senior director of hockey operations and national teams Scott Salmond and the newly-formed Program of Excellence management group including Sean Burke and Bruce Hamilton.
CHL players invited to Camp:
Goaltenders:
Eric Comrie (Tri-City Americans)
Zachary Fucale (Halifax Mooseheads)
Jake Paterson (Saginaw Spirit)
Defencemen:
Mathew Dumba (Red Deer Rebels)
Matt Finn (Guelph Storm)
Dillon Heatherington (Swift Current Broncos)
Darnell Nurse (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)
Josh Morrissey (Prince Albert Raiders)
Adam Pelech (Erie Otters)
Derrick Pouliot (Portland Winterhawks)
Ryan Pulock (Brandon Wheat Kings)
Griffin Reinhart (Edmonton Oil Kings)
Morgan Rielly (Moose Jaw Warriors)
Damon Severson (Kelowna Rockets)
Forwards:
Jonathan Drouin (Halifax Mooseheads)
Max Domi (London Knights)
Brendan Gaunce (Belleville Bulls)
Frédérik Gauthier (Rimouski Oceanic)
Félix Girard (Baie-Comeau Drakkar)
Bo Horvat (London Knights)
Charles Hudon (Chicoutimi Sagueneens)
Scott Laughton (Oshawa Generals)
Curtis Lazar (Edmonton Oil Kings)
Anthony Mantha (Val-d’Or Foreurs)
Connor McDavid (Erie Otters)
Nathan MacKinnon (Halifax Mooseheads)
Sean Monahan (Ottawa 67’s)
Nic Petan (Portland Winterhawks)
Émile Poirier (Gatineau Olympiques)
Sam Reinhart (Kootenay Ice)
Ryan Rupert (London Knights)
Kerby Rychel (Windsor Spitfires)
Hunter Shinkaruk (Medicine Hat Tigers)
Tom Wilson (Plymouth Whalers)
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Jankowski will continue to monitor these players and other potential candidates during the first few months of the 2013-14 season and at the CHL Super Series to determine who will be invited to Canada’s National Junior Team selection camp in December. In total, 22 players will be selected to represent Canada at the 2014 IIHF World Junior Championship, Dec. 26, 2013 to Jan. 5, 2014 in Malmö, Sweden.
Canada’s National Junior Team will gather in Brossard at the Montreal Canadiens’ practice facility for two practices on Aug. 4 and 5 before travelling to Lake Placid, N.Y., for exhibition games against Finland (Aug. 7), Sweden (Aug. 8) and the United States (Aug. 10).
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A number of the players on the summer development camp roster will be front and centre at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft on June 30 in New Jersey, where many are expected to be selected in the first and second rounds.
For more information on Canada’s National Junior Team and Hockey Canada, please visit www.hockeycanada.ca, or follow along through social media at www.facebook.com/hockeycanada, www.twitter.com/hockeycanada and www.twitter.com/hc_men.
