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QMJHL Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League

8 Players, 3 Staff, Invited to National Junior Team Camp

December 5, 2023 - Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) News Release


Calgary, AB - Hockey Canada, in partnership with the Canadian Hockey League (CHL), has announced that 30 players have earned an invitation to Canada's National Junior Team selection camp set for Dec. 10-13 in Oakville, Ontario. Among them, eight (8) QMJHL players and three (3) support staff have made it to the final stage of selection ahead of the 2024 World Junior Championship.

Players

Dumais, Jordan (Mooseheads, Halifax)

Furlong, Jake (Mooseheads, Halifax)

Lamoureux, Maveric (Voltigeurs, Drummondville)

Luneau, Tristan (Ducks, Anaheim / Olympiques, Gatineau)

Rousseau, Mathis (Mooseheads, Halifax)

St-Hilaire, Samuel (Phoenix, Sherbrooke)

Vidicek, Markus (Mooseheads, Halifax)

Warren, Noah (Tigres, Victoriaville)

Staff

Bouchard, Gilles (Phoenix, Sherbrooke) - Assistant Coach

Jay, Tyler (Sea Dogs, Saint John) - Equipment Manager

MacKenzie, R.J. (Eagles, Cape Breton) - Team Physician

The roster selection was led by Scott Salmond (Creston, BC), senior vice-president of high performance and hockey operations, and Peter Anholt (Naicam, SK/Lethbridge, WHL), the under-20 lead for the Program of Excellence management group, in consultation with Brent Seabrook (Tsawwassen, BC). Head coach Alan Letang (Renfrew, ON/Sarnia, OHL), assistant coaches Gilles Bouchard (Normandin, QC/Sherbrooke, QMJHL), Shaun Clouston (Viking, AB/Kamloops, WHL) and Scott Walker (Cambridge, ON/Guelph, OHL), as well as goaltending consultant Justin Pogge (Penticton, BC), also provided input, along with coaches and general managers across the Canadian Hockey League (CHL).

The 30 players, including four goaltenders, 10 defencemen and 16 forwards, will compete for a chance to wear the Maple Leaf at the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship, Dec. 26-Jan. 5 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Selection camp will take place at the Sixteen Mile Sports Complex and will include practices and a pair of games against a team of U SPORTS all-stars, Dec. 12 at 3 p.m. ET/noon PT and Dec. 13 at noon ET/9 a.m. PT.

Canada's National Junior Team will travel to Malmo, Sweden on Dec. 14 for a pre-tournament camp ahead of the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship. As part of its preparations, Canada will open its pre-tournament schedule against a U25 team from Denmark on Dec. 19 before facing Switzerland on Dec. 22 and the United States on Dec. 23.

The 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship begins on Boxing Day when Canada takes on Finland at 8:30 a.m. ET/5:30 a.m. PT. In addition to broadcasting Canada's pre-tournament games against Switzerland and the U.S., TSN and RDS, the official broadcast partners of Hockey Canada, will provide extensive coverage of the event, broadcasting all 31 tournament games. TSN Radio will also provide comprehensive tournament coverage.

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