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Cowen Invited to Canada's Selection Camp

Published on November 29, 2010 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
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Hockey Canada and the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) announced today that Spokane Chief Captain Jared Cowen has been invited to take part in Canada's National Junior Team selection camp, December 12-15, 2010 at the MasterCard Centre in Toronto, Ont. The camp will help determine Canada's roster at the 2011 World Junior Hockey Championships in Buffalo, NY beginning on December 26th.

Cowen, who won a silver medal last year with Team Canada, is one of 39 players invited to camp and one of 17 from the Western Hockey League.

"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. "As well, we would like to thank the Canadian Hockey League for its partnership and support of the Program of Excellence."

Canada has medaled at twelve straight IIHF World Junior Championships, including gold medal performances in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, silver medals in 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2010 and bronze medals in 2000 and 2001.

Cowen assisted on a pair of goals for Team WHL in their 7-6 shootout loss to Team Russia in game five of the Subway Super Series on November 17th. He was named captain of the WHL squad. It was the third year in a row that Cowen represented Team WHL.

He also became just the third defenseman in Spokane history to record three goals in a game when he had a hat-trick against Kamloops in a 10-1 win on November 24th. Cowen has four goals and four assists in his last six games. Ottawa made Cowen their first round pick, 10th overall, in 2009. Cowen is a former first overall selection in the 2006 WHL Bantam Draft.

Other notables invited to the camp include the WHL's current leading scorer Linden Vey (Medicine Hat Tigers), first WHL player selected at the 2010 NHL Entry Draft Ryan Johansen (Portland Winterhawks), reigning WHL Defenseman of the Year Tyson Barrie (Kelowna Rockets) and top rated prospect heading into the 2011 NHL Draft Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (Red Deer Rebels).

WHL Players invited to Team Canada's National Junior Team Selection Camp

WHL Players invited to Team Canada's National Junior Team Selection Camp

Name Ht. Wt. Born Hometown Club Team Pro Status

GOALTENDER Calvin Pickard 6'1" 203 04/15/92 Winnipeg, MB Seattle COL '10 (2, 49)

DEFENSE

Tyson Barrie 5'10" 190 07/26/91 Victoria, B.C. Kelowna COL '09 (3, 64)

Jared Cowen 6'6" 227 01/25/91 Allan, SK Spokane OTT '09 (1, 9)

Brayden McNabb 6'4" 219 01/21/91 Davidson, SK Kootenay BUF '09 (3, 66)

Ryan Murray 6'1" 190 09/27/93 White City, SK Everett 2012 Dft/Rep.

Mark Pysyk 6'1" 187 01/11/92 Sherwood Park, AB Edmonton BUF '10 (1, 23)

FORWARD

Carter Ashton 6'3" 219 04/01/91 Saskatoon, SK Regina TB '09 (1, 29)

Brett Connolly 6'2" 181 05/02/92 Campbell River, B.C. Prince George TB '10 (1, 6)

Cody Eakin 6'0" 187 05/25/91 Winnipeg, MB Swift Current WSH '09 (3, 85)

Brendan Gallagher 5'9" 175 06/05/92 Delta, B.C. Vancouver MTL '10 (5, 147)

Curtis Hamilton 6'3" 202 12/04/91 Kelowna, B.C. Saskatoon EDM '10 (2, 48)

Quinton Howden 6'3" 192 01/21/92 Oak Bank, MB Moose Jaw FLA '10 (1, 25)

Ryan Howse 5'10" 194 07/06/91 Prince George, B.C. Chilliwack CGY '09 (3, 74)

Ryan Johansen 6'2" 193 07/31/92 Port Moody, B.C. Portland CBJ '10 (1, 4)

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 6'0" 166 04/12/93 Burnaby, B.C. Red Deer 2011 Dft/Rep.

Brad Ross 5'11" 174 05/28/92 Lethbridge, AB Portland TOR '10 (2, 43)

Linden Vey 6'0" 185 07/01/91 Wakaw, SK Medicine Hat LA '09 (4, 96)

Among the invited, two other returning players ‚¬" Calvin de Haan (Carp, Ont./Oshawa, OHL) and Ryan Ellis (Freelton, Ont./Windsor, OHL) helped Canada earn the silver medal at the 2010 IIHF World Junior Championship in Regina and Saskatoon, Sask. Ellis also won a gold medal with Canada at the 2009 IIHF World Junior Championship in Ottawa, Ont. In addition, thirty-four of the players named to the selection camp roster were drafted in either the 2009 or 2010 NHL Entry Drafts, including eighteen first-round selections and four second-round picks.

Hockey Canada can still add additional players prior to the opening of the selection camp on December 12, in the event that NHL teams loan Canada's National Junior Team junior-aged eligible players currently playing in the NHL.

"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 39 players invited to the camp next week is a testament of the hard work, commitment and development of all those involved in the Canadian minor hockey and junior hockey systems."

Prendergast, who was named head scout in September, travelled coast to coast during the early months of the 2010-11 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."

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