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Hockey Canada has announced the invitees to this summer’s National Junior Team summer development camp, set for Aug. 3-8 in Brossard, Montreal and Sherbrooke, Que. The list of 41 attendee includes 11 members of the team that finished fourth at the 2014 World Juniors in Sweden.

Headline members include 2015 draft eligible Connor McDavid, and 2014 possible first overall picks Sam Reinhart and Sam Bennett at forward, and Aaron Ekblad on defence, as well as 2014 Starting goaltender Zachary Fucale (Montreal Prospect). Other players drafted by Canadian NHL teams are Nic Petan and Eric Comrie (Wpg), Frederik Gauthier (Tor), Bo Horvat (Van), Curtis Lazar and Ben Harpur (Ott), Jeremy Gregoire (Mtl), Darnell Nurse and Greg Chase (Edm); and Morgan Klimchuk (Cgy).

Below is the full list of invitees.

Hockey Canada Summer Camp Roster

Goalies

Player Shoots Height Weight Date of Birth Hometown Current Team Pro Status Eric Comrie L 6’1” 168 07/06/95 Edmonton, Alta. Tri-City (WHL) WPG ’13 (2, 59) Philippe Desrosiers L 6’1” 192 08/16/95 St-Hyacinthe, Que. Rimouski (QMJHL) DAL ’13 (2, 54) Zachary Fucale L 6’1” 181 05/28/95 Rosemère, Que. Halifax (QMJHL) MTL ’13 (2, 36) Tristan Jarry L 6’2” 179 04/29/95 Delta, B.C. Edmonton (WHL) PIT ’13 (2, 44)

Defence

Player Shoots Height Weight Date of Birth Hometown Current Team Pro Status Chris Bigras L 6’1” 189 02/22/95 Elmvale, Ont. Owen Sound (OHL) COL ’13 (2, 32) Madison Bowey R 6’1” 195 04/22/95 Winnipeg, Man. Kelowna (WHL) WAS ’13 (2, 53) Aaron Ekblad R 6’3.5” 216 02/07/96 Belle River, Ont. Barrie (OHL) 2014 Dft Haydn Fleury L 6’2.5” 203 07/08/96 Carlyle, Sask. Red Deer (WHL) 2014 Dft Ben Harpur L 6’6” 216 01/12/95 Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ont. Guelph (OHL) OTT ’13 (4, 108) Dillon Heatherington L 6’3” 196 05/19/95 Calgary, Alta. Swift Current (WHL) CBJ ’13 (2, 50) Roland McKeown R 6’1” 195 01/20/96 Listowel, Ont. Kingston (OHL) 2014 Dft Samuel Morin L 6’6.5” 210 07/12/95 St-Henri, Que. Rimouski (QMJHL) PHI ’13 (1, 11) Josh Morrissey L 6’0” 184 03/28/95 Calgary, Alta. Prince Albert (WHL) WPG ’13 (1, 13) Darnell Nurse L 6’4” 189 02/04/95 Hamilton, Ont. Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) EDM ’13 (1, 7) Travis Sanheim L 6’3” 189 03/29/96 Elkhorn, Man. Calgary (WHL) 2014 Dft Shea Theodore L 6’2” 182 08/03/95 Aldergrove, B.C. Seattle (WHL) ANA ’13 (1, 26)

Forwards

Player Shoots Height Weight Date of Birth Hometown Current Team Pro Status Nick Baptiste R 6’1” 198 08/04/95 Ottawa, Ont. Sudbury (OHL) BUF ’13 (3, 69) Sam Bennett L 6’0” 178 06/20/96 Holland Landing, Ont. Kingston (OHL) 2014 Dft Tyler Bertuzzi L 6’0.5” 190 02/24/95 Sudbury, Ont. Guelph (OHL) DET ’13 (2, 58) Greg Chase R 6’0” 204 01/01/95 Sherwood Park, Alta. Calgary (WHL) EDM ’13 (7, 188) Michael Dal Colle L 6’1.5” 182 06/20/96 Vaughan, Ont. Oshawa (OHL) 2014 Dft Jason Dickinson L 6’2 188 07/04/95 Georgetown, Ont. Guelph (OHL) DAL ’13 (1, 29) Max Domi L 5’9.5” 194 03/02/95 Toronto, Ont. London (OHL) PHX ’13 (1, 12) Jonathan Drouin L 5’11” 185 03/27/95 Huberdeau, Que. Halifax (QMJHL) TB ’13 (1,3) Anthony Duclair L 5’11” 184 08/26/95 Laval, Que. Québec (QMJHL) NYR ’13 (3, 80) Robby Fabbri L 5’10” 170 01/22/96 Mississauga, Ont. Guelph (OHL) 2014 Dft Frédérik Gauthier L 6’4” 215 04/26/95 Mascouche, Que. Rimouski (QMJHL) TOR ’13 (1, 21) Jérémy Gregoire R 6’0” 191 08/05/95 Sherbrooke, Que. Baie-Comeau (QMJHL) MTL ‘13 (6, 176) Jayce Hawryluk R 5’10” 186 01/01/96 Roblin, Man. Brandon (WHL) 2014 Dft Bo Horvat L 6’0” 203 04/05/95 Rodney, Ont. London (OHL) VAN ’13 (1, 9) Morgan Klimchuk L 5’11.5” 180 03/02/95 Calgary, Alta. Regina (WHL) CGY ’13 (1, 28) Curtis Lazar R 6’0” 198 02/02/95 Vernon, B.C. Edmonton (WHL) OTT ’13 (1, 17) Connor McDavid L 6’0” 182 01/13/97 Newmarket, Ont. Erie (OHL) 2015 Dft Zach Nastasiuk R 6’1” 191 03/30/95 Barrie, Ont. Owen Sound (OHL) DET ’13 (2, 48) Nick Paul L 6’3” 198 03/20/95 Mississauga, Ont. North Bay (OHL) DAL ’13 (4, 101) Brendan Perlini L 6’3” 205 04/27/96 Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. Niagara (OHL) 2014 Dft Nic Petan L 5’9” 17 03/22/95 Delta, B.C. Portland (WHL) WPG ’13 (2, 43) Brayden Point R 5’8” 160 03/12/96 Calgary, Alta. Moose Jaw (WHL) 2014 Dft Sam Reinhart R 6’1” 185 11/06/95 West Vancouver, B.C. Kootenay (WHL) 2014 Dft Nick Ritchie L 6’2.5” 226 12/05/95 Orangeville, Ont. Peterborough (OHL) 2014 Dft Jake Virtanen R 6’1” 208 08/17/96 Abbotsford, B.C. Calgary (WHL) 2014 Dft

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