Calgary well represented at World Juniors selection camp
Posted Dec 1, 2015 11:11 am.
Last Updated Dec 1, 2015 5:08 pm.
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Hockey Canada has revealed the names of the 30 players invited to participate in Canada’s National Junior Team Sport Chek Selection Camp.
Two Calgary Flames prospects, goaltender Mason McDonald and blueliner Brandon Hickey, made the list, while defenceman Travis Sanheim of the Calgary Hitmen was also selected. Forwards Nick Merkley and Brayden Point are Calgary-born.
“We’re looking to assemble the best possible team to represent the country in Helsinki at the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship,” said Scott Salmond, vice-president of hockey operations and national teams for Hockey Canada.
“With the talent we have attending camp, it’s going to come down to some difficult decisions for us in selecting the players who make the final team.”
Goaltenders
Mackenzie Blackwood
Mason McDonald
Defence
Thomas Chabot
Jakob Chychrun
Travis Dermott
Vince Dunn
Haydn Fleury
Joe Hicketts
Brandon Hickey
Noah Juulsen
Roland McKeown
Travis Sanheim
Jake Walman
Forwards
Mathew Barzal
Anthony Beauvillier
Rourke Chartier
Lawson Crouse
Michael Dal Colle
Pierre-Luc Dubois
Julien Gauthier
Jayce Hawryluk
Travis Konecny
Mitchell Marner
Nick Merkley
Brendan Perlini
Brayden Point
John Quenneville
Mitchell Stephens
Dylan Strome
Spencer Watson
The camp runs December 10-14 in Etobicoke, Ontario as a roster is formed for the World Junior Championships, being playing in Helsinki, Finland starting Boxing Day versus the United States. Canada won gold at the World Junior Championship on home ice this past January. The team has not won in Europe since 2008.
