Interesting that the camps (due to $$$ insurance costs) will not include any skating.
GinoRedaTSN: There will be no "tryouts". August camp will outline all the logistics to players and staff will select team at a later date. #tsn
Dec 30 is the date I've read for the final roster.
Form the Team Canada link:
On behalf of Hockey Canada, we thank the players and staff that will be part of the orientation camp in August,” said Pascall. “This camp is very important in our preparation for the upcoming season, as it allows the management group, coaching staff, support staff and players to share information and continue our planning and preparation for Sochi in February.”
The camp roster includes:
•five goaltenders, 17 defencemen and 25 forwards;
•46 players with international experience, including 38 with international experience at the senior level (Olympic Winter Games, IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship);
•15 players who won gold with Canada at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games;
•18 players who played for Canada at the 2002, 2006 or 2010 Olympic Winter Games;
•38 players who have played for Canada at an IIHF World Championship;
•31 players who have played for Canada at an IIHF World Junior Championship;
•17 players who have played for Canada at an IIHF World Under-18 Championship;
•four players who won the 2004 World Cup of Hockey with Canada;
•three of the eight Canadian players in the IIHF Triple Gold Club, having won Olympic gold, IIHF World Championship gold and a Stanley Cup:
◦Patrice Bergeron, Eric Staal, Jonathan Toews;
◦Mike Babcock is the only coach in the IIHF Triple Gold Club;
•one player (Corey Crawford) who has yet to represent Canada in international competition;
•eight players (Karl Alzner, Crawford, Travis Hamonic, Braden Holtby, Kris Letang, Milan Lucic, Brad Marchand, Carey Price) who have yet to represent Canada internationally at the senior level.
Collectively, the 47 players invited to orientation camp have:
•appeared in 1,295 games for Team Canada;
•won 96 gold medals for Canada in international competition;
•appeared in 21,728 NHL regular season games, 2,369 NHL playoff games and 57 NHL All-Star Games;
•won 34 Stanley Cups.
Chicago leads all NHL teams with five players invited to camp, followed by Pittsburgh and San Jose with four:
•5 – Chicago
•4 – Pittsburgh, San Jose
•3 – Boston, Los Angeles, Washington
•2– Anaheim, Carolina, Edmonton, Montreal, N.Y. Islanders, N.Y. Rangers, St. Louis, Tampa Bay, Vancouver
•1 – Colorado, Nashville, Ottawa, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Toronto, Winnipeg
Russia was embarrassed in 2010 and you can bet playing in front of the home town, the Gov't will put a lot of pressure on that team to win. I think Sweden will probably field a good team as well, they have some terrific talent, led by Lundquist. And USA and Canada.
Should be great hockey.
