The CHL has announced its 29 roster of players who have been invited to attend Canada’s National Junior Team Selection Camp in Toronto later this month.
The roster includes only two goaltenders, 10 defencemen and 17 forwards. Canada’s final roster for the 2015 IIHF World Junior Championship in Toronto and Montreal will include 22 players, and must be finalized by December 25.
Of the players invited, seven are potential returning players:
Chris Bigras (Woodland Beach, Ont./Owen Sound, OHL) Zachary Fucale (Rosemère, Que./Halifax, QMJHL) Frédérik Gauthier (Mascouche, Que./Rimouski, QMJHL) Connor McDavid (Newmarket, Ont./Erie, OHL) Josh Morrissey (Calgary, Alta./Prince Albert, WHL) Nic Petan (Delta, B.C./Portland, WHL) Samson Reinhart (West Vancouver, B.C./Kootenay, WHL) represented Canada at the 2014 IIHF World Junior Championship in Malmö, Sweden.
In total, 26 of the players named to Canada’s National Junior Team Selection Camp were drafted in either the 2013 or 2014 NHL Entry Drafts, including 15 first-round selections and seven second-round picks.
Canada's Invitees List:
Name Club Team NHL Draft
Goaltenders
Eric Comrie L/G 6'1" Tri-City (WHL) WPG '13 (2, 59) *Zachary Fucale L/G 6'1" 181 Halifax (QMJHL) MTL '13 (2, 36)
Defencemen
*Chris Bigras L/G 6'1" (OHL) COL '13 (2, 32) Madison Bowey R/D 6'1 178 Kelowna (WHL) Red Deer (WHL) CAR '14 (1, 7) Dillon Heatherington L/G 6'3" 196 Swift Current (WHL) CBJ '13 (2, 50) Samuel Morin L/G 6'7" 224 Rimouski (QMJHL) PHI '13 (1, 11) *Josh Morrissey L/G 6'0" 194 Prince Albert (WHL) WPG '13 (1, 13) Travis Sanheim L/G 6'3" 189 Calgary (WHL) PHI '14 (1, 17) Shea Theodore L/G 6'2" 182 Seattle (WHL) ANA '13 (1, 26)
Forwards
Nick Baptiste R/D 6'1" 198 Erie (OHL) BUF '13 (3, 69) Rourke Chartier L/G 5'10.5" 177 Kelowna (WHL) SJS '14 (5, 149) Lawson Crouse L/G 6'4" 211 Kingston (OHL) 2015 Dft/Rep. Michael Dal Colle L/G 6'1.5" Oshawa (OHL) NYI '14 (1, 5) Jason Dickinson L/G 6'2" 188 (OHL) DAL '13 (1, 29) Max Domi L/G 5'9.5" 194 (OHL) ARI '13 (1, 12) Rémi Elie L/G 6'1" 201 (OHL)DAL '13 (2, 40) Robby Fabbri L/G 5'10" 170 Guelph (OHL) STL '14 (1, 21) *Frédérik Gauthier L/G 6'4" 215 Rimouski (QMJHL) TOR '13 (1, 21) Morgan Klimchuk L/G 5'11.5" 185 Regina (WHL) CGY '13 Nick Paul North Bay (OHL) DAL '13 (4, 101)/OTT *Nic Petan L/G 5'9" 170 Portland (WHL) WPG '13 (2, 43) Brayden Point R/D 5'8" 160 Moose Jaw (WHL) TB '14 (3, 79) *Sam Reinhart R/D 6'1" 185 11/06/95 Kootenay (WHL) BUF '14 (1, 2) Nick Ritchie L/G 6'2.5" 226 Peterborough (OHL) ANA '14 (1, 10) Jake Virtanen R/D 6'1" 208 Calgary (WHL) VAN '14 (1, 6)
* Played for Canada at the 2014 IIHF World Juniors.
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