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Huberdeau Headed for National Junior Team Selection Camp

December 3, 2012 - Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL)
Saint John Sea Dogs News Release


CALGARY, Alta. - Hockey Canada, in partnership with the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), announced Monday that 37 of Canada's top junior-aged players (born in 1993 or later) have been invited to take part in Canada's National Junior Team selection camp, Dec. 11-13, 2012 at the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary.

The Saint John Sea Dogs are proud of the invitation extended to their captain, Jonathan Hubderdeau, to attend the National Junior team Selection Camp for the second year in a row. He racked up a team-high eight assists and added a goal for last year's National Junior team at the 2013 World Junior Hockey Championships in Alberta.

"We are thrilled for Jonathan and it's a great day for our organization," says Wayne Long, the Sea Dogs President. "It further confirms that we have one of the best junior players in the world right here in Saint John."

Of the 37 players invited, six are returning players - Dougie Hamilton (Toronto, Ont./Niagara, OHL), Scott Harrington (Kingston, Ont./London, OHL), Huberdeau (St-Jérôme, Que./Saint John, QMJHL), Boone Jenner (Dorchester, Ont./Oshawa, OHL), Mark Scheifele (Kitchener, Ont./Barrie, OHL) and Ryan Strome (Mississauga, Ont./Niagara, OHL) helped Canada earn a bronze medal at the 2012 IIHF World Junior Championship in Alberta. A seventh potential returning player, Ryan Murray (White City, Sask./Everett, WHL), is unavailable due to an injury.

In total, 31 of the players named to the selection camp roster were drafted in either the 2011 or 2012 NHL Entry Drafts, including 13 first-round selections and eight second-round picks.

"On behalf of Hockey Canada, we want to congratulate the players named to the camp roster today, along with their club teams, parents and minor hockey coaches that have helped them reach this level," said Scott Salmond, Hockey Canada's senior director of hockey operations/national teams.

"Thanks to Hockey Canada's Program of Excellence, many of these players have already received the experience necessary to deal with high-paced international competition such as the World Juniors," said Kevin Prendergast, Hockey Canada's head scout of the men's Program of Excellence. "The quality and skill of the 37 players invited to camp next week is a testament to the hard work, commitment and development of all those involved in the Canadian minor hockey and junior hockey systems."

Prendergast travelled coast to coast during the early months of the 2012-13 season, assessing players in preparation for the selection camp.

"On behalf of the Canadian Hockey League, I would like to congratulate all players who have been named to the selection camp roster," said David Branch, president of the CHL. "This is a tremendous honour, and all have worked extremely hard to get to where they are today."

SELECTION CAMP INFORMATION

There will be one Red-White intrasquad game on Dec. 11, and two games against teams from Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) on Dec. 12 and 13. The CIS teams will be comprised of players from the University of Calgary, University of Alberta and Mount Royal University. In lieu of purchasing tickets to attend the game, fans will be asked to present their Club Hockey Canada card or make a donation to either a local food bank (dried goods) or the Hockey Canada Foundation. Practices will be open to the public, free of charge.

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