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Manitoban Hamonic named to Canada’s National Junior Team

by Hockey Manitoba  |  December 16, 2009 11:40 am

CANADA’S NATIONAL JUNIOR TEAM NAMED FOR 2010 IIHF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

REGINA, Sask. – Hockey Canada and the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) announced on Wednesday that 22 players that will make up Canada’s National Junior Team for the upcoming 2010 IIHF World Junior Championship in Saskatchewan, from December 26, 2009 to January 5, 2010.

CLICK HERE FOR CANADA’S 2010 NATIONAL JUNIOR TEAM ROSTER

Canada’s roster includes six players (Cormier, Della Rovere, Eberle, Ellis, Pietrangelo, Teubert) who won gold medals at the 2009 IIHF World Junior Championship.

Twenty of the players have previous international experience, including 15 players who played with Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 Team and 15 who played with Canadian regional under-17 teams at either the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge or Canada Winter Games.

Twenty of the players named to Canada’s final roster were drafted in either the 2008 or 2009 NHL Entry Draft, including ten first-round selections and five second-round picks.

Canada will play its first game of the 2010 IIHF World Junior Championship on Boxing Day, December 26 versus Latvia, a game that will be broadcast LIVE by TSN/RDS and on The FAN Radio Network (check local listings).

Canada has medaled at eleven straight IIHF World Junior Championships including gold medal performances in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, silver medals in 1999, 2002, 2003 and 2004 and bronze medals in 2000 and 2001.

For more information on Canada’s National Junior Team and the 2010 IIHF World Junior Championship, go to www.hockeycanada.ca/2010juniors.


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