CALGARY -- Hockey Canada has named a 41-player selection camp roster for the world junior hockey championships.
Twenty-two of those will be chosen to play for Canada at the 2012 world junior tournament, which starts Boxing Day in Edmonton and Calgary.
Of the 41 invited, Niagara IceDogs goaltender Mark Visentin, Moose Jaw Warriors forward Quinton Howden and Jaden Schwartz of Colorado College return from the 2011 junior team that settled for silver in Buffalo, N.Y. Schwartz sat out part of that tournament with an ankle injury.
Hockey Canada head scout Kevin Prendergast chose this year's selection camp roster. He and head coach Don Hay and assistants George Burnett, Scott Walker and Ryan Huska will evaluate the talent Dec. 10-14 in Calgary.
"We're going to take the players we feel can play roles and help us achieve our goal which is winning a gold medal," Hay said.
"We might have to ask a player who plays a lot of minutes for their team to play a little different role. If he's a skilled player and he's willing to do that, it'll help him fit in and make us a stronger team."
There are eight age-eligible players -- born in 1992 or later -- still in the NHL. They can be added to the roster prior to the start of camp if they are made available.
Hockey Canada confirmed Monday that Edmonton Oilers centre Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Boston Bruins forward Tyler Seguin and Carolina Hurricanes centre Jeff Skinner will not be released to the junior team.
Seguin and Skinner are already in their second seasons in the NHL and weren't considered to be in the mix this year.
The other five currently in the NHL are centres Ryan Johansen (Columbus) and Sean Couturier (Philadelphia), wingers Brett Connelly (Tampa Bay) and Devante Smith-Pelly (Anaheim) as well as defenceman Erik Gudbranson (Florida).
"The other five eligible players that are there, we've been in contact and had conversations with all those teams and will continue to have conversations with them leading up to the start of camp," said Brad Bascall, Hockey Canada's vice-president of hockey operations for national teams.
The selection camp will be held in the new Olympic-sized arena at Calgary's Canada Olympic Park. Those invited will participate in a pair of intra-squad games and an exhibition game versus university all-stars.
| CANADA'S SELECTION CAMP ROSTER | ||
| Player | Team | NHL Entry Draft |
| GOATENDERS | ||
| Tyler Bunz | Medicine Hat (WHL) | EDM '10 (R5, 121) |
| Louis Domingue | Quebec (QMJHL) | PHX '10 (R5, 138) |
| Mark Visentin | Niagara (OHL) | PHX '10 (R1, 27) |
| Scott Wedgewood | Plymouth (OHL) | NJ '10 (R3, 84) |
| DEFENCEMEN | ||
| Nathan Beaulieu | Saint John (QMJHL) | MTL '11 (R1, 17) |
| Cody Ceci | Ottawa (OHL) | 2012 Eligible |
| Mathew Dumba | Red Deer (WHL) | 2012 Eligible |
| Jérome Gauthier-Leduc | Rimouski (QMJHL) | BUF '10 (R3, 68) |
| Brandon Gormley | Moncton (QMJHL) | PHX '10 (R1, 13) |
| Dougie Hamilton | Niagara (OHL) | BOS '11 (R1, 9) |
| Scott Harrington | London (OHL) | PIT '11 (R2, 54) |
| Brenden Kichton | Spokane (WHL) | NYI '11 (R5, 127) |
| Joe Morrow | Portland (WHL) | PIT '11 (R1, 23) |
| Ryan Murphy | Kitchener (OHL) | CAR '11 (R1, 12) |
| Ryan Murray | Everett (WHL) | 2012 Eligible |
| Jamie Oleksiak | Saginaw (OHL) | DAL '11 (R1, 14) |
| Alex Petrovic | Red Deer (WHL) | FLA '10 (R2, 36) |
| Mark Pysyk | Edmonton (WHL) | BUF '10 (R1, 23) |
| FORWARDS | ||
| Michaël Bournival | Shawinigan (QMJHL) | MTL/COL '10 (R3, 71) |
| Brett Bulmer | Kelowna (WHL) | MIN '10 (R2, 39) |
| Phillip Danault | Victoriaville (QMJHL) | CHI '11 (R1, 26) |
| Phillip Di Guiseppe | University of Wisconsin (CCHA) | 2012 Eligible |
| Michael Ferland | Brandon (WHL) | CGY '10 (R5, 133) |
| Brendan Gallagher | Vancouver (WHL) | MTL '10 (R5, 147) |
| Freddie Hamilton | Niagara (OHL) | SJ '10 (R5, 129) |
| Quinton Howden | Moose Jaw (WHL) | FLA '10 (R1, 25) |
| Jonathan Huberdeau | Saint John (QMJHL) | FLA '11 (R1, 3) |
| Boone Jenner | Oshawa (OHL) | CBJ '11 (R2, 37) |
| Mark McNeill | Prince Albert (WHL) | CHI '11 (R1, 18) |
| Tanner Pearson | Barrie (OHL) | 2012 Eligible |
| Zack Phillips | Saint John (QMJHL) | MIN '11 (R1, 28) |
| Ty Rattie | Portland (WHL) | STL '11 (R2, 32) |
| Max Reinhart | Kootenay (WHL) | CGY '10 (R3, 64) |
| Brad Ross | Portland (WHL) | TOR '10 (R2, 43) |
| Mark Scheifele | Barrie (OHL) | WPG '11 (R1, 7) |
| Jaden Schwartz | Colorado College (WCHA) | STL '10 (R1, 14) |
| Ryan Spooner | Kingston (OHL) | BOS '10 (R2, 45) |
| Mark Stone | Brandon (WHL) | OTT '10 (R6, 178) |
| Ryan Strome | Niagara (OHL) | Niagara (OHL) |
| Christian Thomas | Oshawa (OHL) | NYR '10 (R2, 40) |
| Tyler Toffoli | Ottawa (OHL) | LA '10 (R2, 47) |
| COACHING STAFF | ||
| Don Hay | Head Coach | Vancouver (WHL) |
| George Burnett | Assistant Coach | Belleville (OHL) |
| Ryan Huska | Assistant Coach | Kelowna (WHL) |
| Scott Walker | Assistant Coach | Guelph (OHL) |
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