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Players live with risk of injury at junior hockey teams camp LOGINREGISTERHELPYOU ARE NOT LOGGED IN NHLNBAMLBCFLNFLCurlingTennisGolfSoccerNASCARFormula OneIndyCar NASCAR Canadian Tire SeriesNationwideCamping WorldAuto RacingWorld JuniorsSpengler CupMenS WHCWomenS WHCHockey CanadaAHLBoxingCanada GamesCHLCISECHLFigure SkatingLacrosseMMANCAASkiingSummer SportsWinter SportsMoreOlympicsFantasyDaily LineShowsTSN TalentCommunityMainHockey Canada eotText SizeSASKATOON Those invited to Canadas junior hockey team summer camp are expected to play full out despite the risk of a devastating injuryWins and losses mean nothing and theres no championship on the line in intrasquad games But going half speed means coaches and head scout Al Murray cant determine if a player is worthy of wearing a Canadian jerseyRimouski Oceanic forward Jordan Caron a firstround pick of the Boston Bruins this year suffered a broken collarbone in the first intrasquad game of camp SaturdayHe was reaching for a pass from Zach Kassian Regina Pats defenceman Colten Teubert caught Caron at the blueline and dealt Caron a thunderous but clean check that sent him flyingA broken collarbone takes between sixandeight weeks to heal which is a tight timeline for Caron to heal in time to participate in his first NHL training campCaron was recovering at the teams hotel Sunday and not available to comment prior to the teams final intrasquad game of the fiveday campWe saw him this morning He didnt look too great defenceman Ryan Ellis said Sunday He was in a lot of painWhile an injury at this camp can throw a wrench into a players career trajectory Brampton Battalion forward Matt Duchene says the benefits of participating outweigh the risksDuchene was the third overall pick in this years NHL entry draft by Colorado While he felt sorry for Caron he sees the risk as the cost of doing businessHe like me and many other guys here are trying to make an NHL team in the fall and this camp is really going to help us get ready for that Duchene explained Obviously this camps got a lot of topend talent Its the best guys off the best teams in CanadaIts been a long time since a lot of us have played games and were getting the opportunity to get back into game shape and play against some awesome competition When we go back to our junior camps and then our NHL camps this will really help us get prepared for thatPlayers went at it in a scrimmage Sunday with Team Red defeating Team White 53 Shawn Lalonde of the Belleville Bulls paced Red with two goalsThe game wasnt a timid affair with seven penalties called though there were no majorsSummer camp isnt designed to be a casual gettogether of the countrys best players under the age of 20Murray recalled the summer camp of 2005 when current Calgary Flames defenceman Dion Phaneuf had his glove in the face of Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney C...