Junior Evaluation Camp roster named

Press Release

Roster

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - USA Hockey today announced the 44 players invited to take part in the 2010 USA Hockey National Junior Evaluation Camp this summer in Lake Placid, N.Y. The players will be auditioning for a spot on the U.S. National Junior Team that will take part in the 2011 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship, Dec. 26, 2010-Jan. 5, 2011, in Buffalo, N.Y.

Among the invitees are nine returnees from the gold medal-winning 2010 U.S. National Junior Team, including goaltenderJack Campbell (Port Huron, Mich.); defensemen Cam Fowler (Farmington Hills, Mich.) and John Ramage (St. Louis, Mo.); and forwards Ryan Bourque (Boxford, Mass.), Jerry D'Amigo (Binghamton, N.Y.), Chris Kreider (Boxford, Mass.), Jeremy Morin (Auburn, N.Y.), Kyle Palmieri (Montvale, N.J.) and Jason Zucker (Las Vegas, Nev.).

Also attending the camp will be 14 members of the U.S. Men's National Under-18 Team that captured gold last April at the 2010 IIHF World Men's U18 Championship in Minsk and Bobruisk, Belarus, including goalie Campbell; defensemen Adam Clendening (Niagara Falls, N.Y.), Justin Faulk (South St. Paul, Minn.), Derek Forbort (Duluth, Minn.), Stephen Johns (Wampum, Pa.), Jon Merrill (Brighton, Mich.), and Jarred Tinordi (Millersville, Md.); and forwards Connor Brickley (Everett, Mass.), Matt Nieto (Long Beach, Calif.), Bryan Rust (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), Brandon Saad (Gibsonia, Pa.), Nick Shore (Denver, Colo.), Austin Watson (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Zucker.

"It will be a very competitive camp and give our staff a good opportunity to evaluate players as we start our preparations to defend the gold medal in Buffalo," said Jim Johannson, USA Hockey's assistant executive director of hockey operations and general manager of the 2011 U.S. National Junior Team. "We look forward to our return to Lake Placid and utilizing the Olympic Training Center and the Olympic Regional Development Authority facilities that do a great job in hosting our camp.”

For the full list of players invited to the 2010 USA Hockey National Junior Evaluation Camp, click here.

The camp, which will take place at Lake Placid's Olympic Center from July 30-Aug. 7, will feature practices, intra-squad scrimmages and international games featuring Finland, Sweden and the United States.

(Nathan also is a writer for Maineiacs Post to Post and the Maine Hockey Journal. He can be reached at fourniern@students.nescom.edu)