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Saskatchewan Hockey Association World Junior Selection Camp InvitesWorld Junior Selection Camp Invites REGINA Sask Hockey Canada and the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) announced on Wednesday that 36 of Canadas top junioraged hockey players (born in 1990 or later) have been invited to take part in Canadas National Junior Team selection camp from December 1216 2009 in Regina Sask CLICK HERE FOR CANADAS NATIONAL JUNIOR TEAM SELECTION CAMP ROSTER Of the 36 players invited seven are returning players having won gold medals at the 2009 IIHF World Junior Championship in Ottawa Thirtyone of the players named to the selection camp roster were drafted in either the 2008 or 2009 NHL Entry Draft including fourteen firstround selections and six secondround picks The NHLs St Louis Blues have confirmed that they will loan defenceman Alex Pietrangelo (King City Ont) to Canadas National Junior Team and he will be at the selection camp in Regina Hockey Canada may still add additional players prior to the opening of the selection camp on December 12 in the event that any other NHL teams loan Canadas National Junior Team junioraged eligible players currently playing in the NHL On behalf of Hockey Canada I would like to congratulate the players named today along with their club teams their parents and all the minor hockey coaches who helped them along with the way to get where they are today said Brad Pascall Hockey Canadas senior director of mens national teams As we look forward to a very competitive camp I would also like to make special note of the great partnership that Hockey Canada has with the Canadian Hockey League and thank CHL teams and fans for their support of the Program of Excellence Hockey Canadas Program of Excellence which includes our under17 and under18 programs has already provided many of these players with the preparation and experience to deal with the rigors of the upcoming World Juniors and highpaced international competition said Al Murray Hockey Canadas head scout for mens national teams The quality and skill of the 36 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 system Murray traveled coast to coast during the early months of the 200809 hockey season assessing players in preparation for the selection camp SELECTION CAMP INFORMATION Players and staff will travel to Regina on Saturday December 12 There will be two redwhite intrasquad games and one game against a team comprised of CIS players from the University of Saskatchewan and University of Regina CLICK HERE FOR THE SELECTION CAMP SCHEDULE Once the team is named at the conclusion of the selection camp in Regina Canadas National Junior Team will play in three precompetition games prior to the 2010 IIHF World Junior Championship CLICK HERE FOR PRECOMPETITION GAME...