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December 16, 2009
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REGINA (SASKATCHEWAN) – Hockey Canada and the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) announced on Wednesday that 22 players that will make
up Canada’s National Junior Team for the upcoming 2010 IIHF World Junior Championship in Saskatchewan,
from December 26, 2009 – January 5, 2010.
Canada’s roster includes six players (Cormier, Della Rovere, Eberle, Ellis, Pietrangelo, Teubert) who won
gold medals at the 2009 IIHF World Junior Championship.
Twenty of the players have previous international experience, including 15 players who played with
Canada’s National Under-18 Team and 15 who played with Canadian regional Under-17 teams at either the World
Under-17 Challenge or the Canada Winter Games.
Twenty of the players named to Canada’s final roster were drafted in either the 2008 or 2009 NHL Entry
Draft, including ten first-round selections and five second-round picks.
Canada will play its first game of the 2010 IIHF World Junior Championship on Boxing Day, December 26
versus Latvia, a game that will be broadcast LIVE by TSN/RDS and on The FAN Radio Network (check local
listings).
Canada has medaled at eleven straight IIHF World Junior Championships including gold medal performances in
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, silver medals in 1999, 2002, 2003 and 2004 and bronze medals in 2000 and
2001.
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