Players from the Canadian Hockey League dominate the rosters of both
Canada' s National Junior Team's Development Camp roster and Canada's National
Under-18 Team Summer Team Development Camp roster, announced Tuesday by
the CHL and the Canadian Hockey Association.

Forty-four of Canada's top junior hockey players were invited to the
National Junior Team's Development Camp which takes place this August and
41 of those players play in the Canadian Hockey League. The 2002 IIHF World
Junior Hockey Championship will be held from December 25, 2001 through
January 4, 2002 in the Czech Republic.

The 44 players were selected by the CHA's Director of Scouting, Barry
Trapp, in collaboration with three regional scouts. The camp roster includes 10
players that played on Canada's bronze medal winning team at the 2001
World Junior Hockey Championship in Russia, nine of whom played in the Canadian
Hockey League this past season.

The CHL contingent of players who won bronze medals is led by Western
Hockey League stars Jay Bouwmeester of Medicine Hat, Dan Hamhuis of Prince
George, Nick Schultz of Prince Albert and Jarret Stoll of Kootenay. Among those
representing the Ontario Hockey League are Jason Spezza and Steve Ott of
Windsor, Brad Boyes of Erie, Jay Harrison of Brampton and Mark Popovic of
Toronto St. Michael's, all of whom also played on Canada's last World
Junior Hockey Championship entry.

Stan Butler, the general manager/head coach of the Brampton Battalion of
the OHL, is head coach of Team Canada. His assistants are Mike Kelly of the
OHL's North Bay Centennials and Marc Habscheid of the WHL's Kelowna Rockets.
The team will gather in Calgary from August 1-10 for a nine-day development
camp.

Meanwhile 34 of Canada's best young hockey players have been invited to
Canada's National Under 18 Team Summer Team Development Camp, with 32 of
those players currently playing in the Canadian Hockey League.

Twenty-two of the 34 players will be part of the National Under 18 Summer
Team, which will participate in the Six Nations Tournament in August. All
34 players will be eligible to play on the National Under 18 World
Championship Team, which will be made up of players whose teams are not involved in
their league's playoffs.

Canada's Under 18 Team's coaching staff is led by George Burnett, the
GM/coach of the Oshawa Generals of the OHL. He will guide the team
through a nine-day Development Camp at the end of which 22 players will be
selected to represent Canada at the Six Nations Tournament in the Czech Republic
from August 13-19. Canada has participated at an August Under 18 tournament in
Europe since 1997, capturing gold at all four events.

The CHA recently announced that Canada would participate in two major
international Under 18 events starting this season. Canada will play for
the first time in the IIHF World Under 18 Championship in April, 2002 in
Slovakia along with 11 other countries.

The 34 players named to the National Under 18 Team Development Camp were
also selected by the CHA's Director of Scouting Barry Trapp and his
regional scouts. The team will be made up entirely of players born in 1984.

The 2001 National Under 18 roster includes goaltender Maxime Daigneault of
the Val d'Or Foreurs, named the top goaltender at the 2001 Memorial Cup in
Regina, SK, the OHL's 2000-2001 Rookie of the Year, Rick Nash of the OHL's
London Knights and the top goal scorer at the 2001 World Under 17
Challenge, Brandon Wheat King Lance Monych. Thirty-two of the thirty-four players
played in the Canadian Hockey League last season, with one playing in the
Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League and another in the British Columbia
Junior Hockey League.

The team will gather in Toronto, ON on August 1st for an eight day
training camp with Head Coach Burnett and assistants Jim Hulton of the OHL's
Belleville Bulls and Guy Lalonde of the QMJHL's Hull Olympiques. On August
9th, 22 of the 34 players will depart for Europe where they will take part
in the Six Nations Under 18 Tournament in the Czech Republic, featuring
players from Canada, the Czech Republic, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland and
Sweden. The Six Nations Tournament runs from August 13-19.

NATIONAL JUNIOR TEAM

Player Pos. S/C Ht. Wt. Birthdate Hometown 2000-2001 Team Pro status
Joueur Pos. L/C T. P. Naissance Ville d'origine Équipe 2000-2001 Status
prof.

Bendera, Shane G L/G 5'11 170 07/13/82 Edmonton, AB Red Deer (WHL) CBJ
2000
Blackburn, Dan G L/G 6'0 185 05/20/83 Canmore, AB Kootenay (WHL) 2001
Dft/Rep.
Krahn, Brent G L/G 6'4 200 04/02/82 Souris, MB Calgary (WHL) CAL 2000
Leclaire, Pascal G L/G 6'1 175 11/07/82 St-Gabriel-de-Brandon, QC
Halifax
(LHJMQ) 2001 Dft/Rep.
Bell, Brendan D L/G 6'1 198 03/31/83 Nepean, ON Ottawa (OHL) 2001 Dft/Rep.
Bouwmeester, Jay D L/G 6'3 195 09/27/83 Edmonton, AB Medicine Hat (WHL)
2002
Dft/Rep.
Colaiacovo, Carlo D L/G 6'1 185 01/27/83 Toronto, ON Erie (OHL) 2001
Dft/Rep.
Cole, Phil D L/G 6'3.5 190 09/06/82 West St. Paul, MB Lethbridge (WHL) NJ
2000
Flache, Paul D R/D 6'5 205 03/04/82 Peterborough, ON Brampton (OHL) EDM
2000
Hamhuis, Dan D L/G 6'1 190 12/13/82 Smithers, BC Prince George (WHL) 2001
Dft/Rep.
Harrison, Jay D L/G 6'3 195 11/03/82 Whitby, ON Brampton (OHL) 2001
Dft/Rep.
Jarrett, Cole D L/G 5'10.5 200 01/04/83 Sault Ste, Marie, ON Plymouth
(OHL)
2001 Dft/Rep.
Johnson, Aaron D L/G 6'0.5 185 04/30/83 Port Hawkesbury, NS Rimouski
(LHJMQ)
2001 Dft/Rep.
Lynch, Doug D L/G 6'3 200 04/04/83 Coquitlam, BC Red Deer (WHL) 2001
Dft/Rep.
MacLellan, Brent D R/D 6'3.5 211 03/23/83 Charlottetown, PEI Rimouski
(LHJMQ) 2001 Dft/Rep.
Morrisonn, Shaone D L/G 6'3 185 12/23/82 Vancouver, BC Kamloops (WHL) 2001
Dft/Rep.
Paetsch, Nathan D L/G 6'0 195 03/30/83 Leroy, SK Moose Jaw (WHL) 2001
Dft/Rep.
Popovic, Mark D L/G 6'1 190 10/11/81 Stoney Creek, ON St. Mike's (OHL)
2001
Dft/Rep.
Schultz, Nick D L/G 6'0 185 08/25/82 Strasbourg, SK Prince Albert (WHL)
MIN
2000
Woywitka, Jeff D L/G 6'2 195 09/01/83 Vermillion, AB Red Deer (WHL) 2001
Dft/Rep.
Aquino, Anthony F/A 5'11 185 08/01/82 Mississauga, ON Merrimack (EAST)
2001
Dft/Rep.
Armstrong, Colby F/A R/D 6'1.5 180 11/23/82 Saskatoon, SK Red Deer (WHL)
2001 Dft/Rep.
Aulin, Jared F/A R/D 6'0 180 03/15/82 Calgary, AB Kamloops (WHL) COL
2000/LA
Bell, Thatcher F/A L/G 6'0 180 02/01/82 Guernsey Cove, PEI Rimouski
(LHJMQ)
VAN 2000
Boyes, Brad F/A R/D 6'0 185 04/17/82 Mississauga, ON Erie (OHL) TOR 2000
Cammalleri, Mike F/A L/G 5'9 180 06/08/82 Richmond Hill, ON Michigan
(CCHA)
2001 Dft/Rep.
Down, Blaine F/A L/G 5'10 160 07/16/82 Whitby, ON Barrie (OHL) 2001
Dft/Rep.
Kobasew, Chuck F/A R/D 6'0 185 04/17/82 Osoyoos, BC Boston Coll. (EAST)
2001
Dft/Rep.
Lehoux, Yanick F/A R/D 6'0 175 04/08/82 Répentigny, QC Baie Comeau (LHJMQ)
LA 2000
Lombardi, Matthew F/A L/G 6'0 185 03/18/82 Hudson, QC Victoriaville
(LHJMQ)
EDM 2000
Milroy, Duncan F/A R/D 6'0 175 02/08/83 Edmonton, AB Swift Current (WHL)
2001 Dft/Rep.
Murray, Garth F/A L/G 6'1.5 205 09/17/82 Regina, SK Regina (WHL) 2001
Dft/Rep.
Ott, Steve F/A L/G 6'0 170 08/19/82 Stoney Point, ON Windsor (OHL) DAL
2000
Ouellet, Michel F/A R/D 6'1 185 09/17/82 Rimouski, QC Rimouski (LHJMQ) PGH
2000
Pominville, Jason F/A R/D 6'0 175 11/30/82 Répentigny, QC Shawinigan
(LHJMQ)
2001 Dft/Rep.
Roy, Derek F/A L/G 5'9 185 05/04/83 Rockland, ON Kitchener (OHL) 2001
Dft/Rep.
Smith, Nathan F/A L/G 6'2 190 02/09/82 Strathcona, AB Swift Current (WHL)
VAN 2000
Spezza, Jason F/A R/D 6'2 190 06/13/83 Brampton, ON Windsor (OHL) 2001
Dft/Rep.
Stoll, Jarret F/A R/D 6'1 200 06/24/82 Neudorf, SK Kootenay (WHL) CAL 2000
Sutherby, Brian F/A L/G 6'2 190 03/01/82 Edmonton, AB Moose Jaw (WHL) WAS
2000
Upshall, Scott F/A L/G 5'11 170 10/07/83 Ft. McMurray, AB Kamloops (WHL)
2002 Dft/Rep.
Vermette, Antoine F/A L/G 6'1 185 07/20/82 St-Agapit, QC Victoriaville
(LHJMQ) OTT 2000
Weiss, Stephen F/A L/G 6'0 180 04/03/83 Markham, ON Plymouth (OHL) 2001
Dft/Rep.
Wellwood, Kyle F/A R/D 5'9.5 190 05/16/83 Oldcastle, ON Belleville (OHL)
2001 Dft/Rep.

STAFF/PERSONNEL
Vice-President, Hockey/Vice-président, Hockey Wayne Fleming CHA/ACH
Director, High Performance/Directeur, haute performance: Denis Hainault
CHA /ACH
Director, Scouting/Directeur, Dépistage Barry Trapp CHA/ACH
Head coach/Entraîneur-chef: Stan Butler Brampton (OHL)
Assistant coach/Entraîneur adjoint: Marc Habscheid Kelowna (WHL)
Assistant coach/Entraîneur adjoint: Mike Kelly North Bay (OHL)
Equipment manager/Gérant de l'équipement: Colin Robinson Vancouver (WHL)
Sport Therapist/Thérapeute sportif: Laurent Barry Rouyn-Noranda (LHJMQ)
Team physician/Médecin: Dr. Rizqi Ibrahim Swift Current (WHL)
Media Relations/Relations médias: André Brin CHA/ACH
Assistant, High Performance/Adjoint, haute performance: Ron Pyette CHA/ACH

Canada - 2001 National Men's Under 18 Team
Canada - Équipe masculine nationale des moins de 18 ans 2001

Development Camp/Camp de développement

Player Pos. S/C Ht. Wt. Birthdate (m/d/y) Hometown 2000-2001 Team
Joueur Pos. L/C T. P. Naissance (m/j/a) Ville d'origine Équipe 2000-2001

Maxime Daigneault G L/G 6'01 195 01/23/84 St-Jacques-le-Mineur, QC Val
d'Or
(LHJMQ)
Marc-André Fleury G L/G 6'00 165 11/28/84 Sorel, QC Cape Breton (LHJMQ)
Brad Topping G L/G 6'02 190 06/05/84 Strathroy, ON Brampton (OHL)
Tyler Weiman G L/G 5'11 160 06/05/84 Lloydminster, AB Tri-City (WHL)

Pierre-Olivier Beaulieu D L/G 6'03 175 02/24/84 St-Pierre-les-Becquets, QC
Montréal (LHJMQ)
Tyler Boldt D L/G 6'01 185 01/03/84 Winnipeg, MB Kamloops (WHL)
John Boychuk D R/D 6'02 205 01/19/84 Edmonton, AB Calgary (WHL)
Chris Campoli D L/G 5'11 180 07/09/84 Mississauga, ON Erie (OHL)
Adam Gibson D L/G 5'09 195 06/07/84 Prescott, ON North Bay (OHL)
Gary Gladue D L/G 6'01 160 04/09/84 Prince George, BC Prince George (WHL)
Kevin Klein D R/D 6'00 180 12/13/84 Kitchener. ON St. Mike's (OHL)
Derek Meech D L/G 5'11 180 04/21/84 Winnipeg, MB Red Deer (WHL)
Richard Power D R/D 6'01 180 01/18/84 Scarborough, ON Owen Sound (OHL)
Brian Rodney D L/G 6'00 195 04/22/84 London, ON Ottawa (OHL)
Andy Thompson D L/G 6'03 200 01/05/84 Delta, BC Kootenay (WHL)
Ian White D R/D 5'10 180 06/04/84 Steinbach, MB Swift Current (WHL)

André Benoit F/A L/G 5'10 185 01/06/84 Penetanguishene, ON Kitchener (OHL)
Pierre-Marc Bouchard F/A L/G 5'10 150 04/17/84 Boucherville, QC Chicoutimi
(LHJMQ)
Tim Brent F/A R/D 6'00 160 03/10/84 Cambridge, ON St. Mike's (OHL)
Sébastien Courcelles F/A L/G 5'11 185 11/19/84 Rosemere, QC Sherbrooke
(LHJMQ)
Jimmy Cuddihy F/A L/G 6'03 190 04/22/84 Aylmer, QC Shawinigan (LHJMQ)
Jonathan Filewich F/A R/D 6'02 185 10/02/84 Sherwood Park, AB Prince
George
(WHL)
Patrick Jarrett F/A L/G 5'10 170 02/06/84 Sault Ste. Marie, ON Mississauga
(OHL)
Michael Lambert F/A L/G 6'02 165 03/10/84 Cap-de-la-Madeleine, QC Montréal
(LHJMQ)
Alex Leavitt F/A R/D 5'09 160 01/31/84 Edmonton, AB Notre Dame (SJHL)
Jarret Lukin F/A L/G 5'09 170 01/24/84 Fort McMurray, AB Kamloops (WHL)
Lance Monych F/A R/D 6'02 195 07/25/84 Winnipeg, MB Brandon (WHL)
Rick Nash F/A L/G 6'01.5 170 06/12/84 Brampton, ON London (OHL)
Daniel Paille F/A L/G 6'00 190 04/04/84 Welland, ON Guelph (OHL)
Brad Schell F/A L/G 6'00 165 05/08/84 Scott, SK Spokane (WHL)
Eric Staal F/A L/G 6'01 160 10/29/84 Thunder Bay, ON Peterborough (OHL)
Maxime Talbot F/A L/G 5'11 162 02/11/84 St-Bruno, QC Hull (LHJMQ)
Jeff Tambellini F/A R/D 5'11 185 04/13/84 Port Moody, BC Chilliwack (BCHL)
Cory Urquhart F/A L/G 6'03 185 10/01/84 Halifax, NS Québec (LHJMQ)

STAFF/PERSONNEL
Vice-President, Hockey/Vice-président, Hockey Wayne Fleming CHA/ACH
Director, High Performance/Directeur, haute performance: Denis Hainault
CHA /ACH
Director, Scouting/Directeur, Dépistage Barry Trapp CHA/ACH
Manager, High Performance/Gérant, haute performance: Terry Bangen CHA/ACH
Head coach/Entraîneur-chef: George Burnett Oshawa (OHL)
Assistant coach/Entraîneur adjoint: Jim Hulton Belleville (OHL)
Assistant coach/Entraîneur adjoint: Guy Lalonde Hull (LHJMQ)
Equipment manager/Gérant de l'équipement: Steve Hildebrand Saskatoon (WHL)
Sport Therapist/Thérapeute sportif: Scott Hoyer Kelowna (WHL)
Team physician/Médecin: Dr. Roy Diklich Windsor (OHL)
Media Relations/Relations médias: André Brin CHA/ACH
Assistant, High Performance/Adjoint, haute performance Ron Pyette CHA/ACH

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Roger Lajoie
Canadian Hockey League
Director of Information
416-332-9711, ext. 321
[email protected]
www.chl.ca

It’s getting down to crunch time in the Canadian Hockey League playoffs, after a busy weekend of action has left just 18 teams still in the hunt for berths in the 2001 MasterCard Memorial Cup in Regina, Saskatchewan.

In the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, just five teams are left in the post-season. Shawinigan (2), Acadie-Bathurst and Baie-Comeau are all off to the Quebec league semi-finals while Victoriaville (8) and Val d’Or (6) will need a seventh game in their quarter-final series to determine the final semi-final berth.

In the Ontario Hockey League, six teams are still contending for the OHL championship. In the quarter-finals, the Erie Otters (3) and the Plymouth Whalers (4) both sailed into the semi-final round but on the Eastern Conference side, both quarter-final series continue with game six on Tuesday night.

Ottawa leads Belleville (9) three games to two in one quarter-final while the Sudbury Wolves lead Toronto St. Michael’s Majors three games to two in the other quarter-final.

Seven teams are still playing in the Western Hockey league playoffs. In the Eastern Conference semi-finals, the number 1 ranked team in the CHL, the Red Deer Rebels (1), lead the Calgary Hitmen three games to two while Swift Current (7) and Kootenay (5) are headed to a seventh game. The winners of those two series meet in the WHL’s Eastern Conference final.

In the WHL’s Western Conference playoffs, the Portland Winter Hawks have a bye into the Western Conference final while Seattle and Spokane play a best-of-five series to determine Portland’s opponent. Spokane leads that series 2-0, with the series headed back to Seattle for game three tonight and if necessary, game four Tuesday. The Regina Pats (10) are already in as
tournament hosts.

Complete league round-ups follow.

CHL.CA HAS ALL THE LATEST PLAYOFF AND LEAGUE NEWS

The Canadian Hockey League’s official website, www.chl.ca, has a new look and all of the latest news and information from the CHL playoffs.

Visitors can get direct links to the three CHL league official sites, summaries from all playoff games, the latest stats and news and take part in a weekly trivia contest for great prizes. Be sure and visit the new site for daily updates on the CHL.

The links below take you directly to the playoff centers being operated by all three leagues, right up until the end of their playoffs.

LHJMQ http://www.lhjmq.qc.ca/survol/series%202001/page_series_2001.html

OHL http://www.ontariohockeyleague.com/playoff_centre.htm

WHL http://www.whl.ca/playoffs2001.shtml

TONIGHT IN THE CHL

OHL: There are no games in the Ontario Hockey League Monday night.

Quarter-final action continues Tuesday night on two fronts. In Ottawa, the 67’s will be trying to complete an upset of the Belleville Bulls (9) in game six of that series in the Nation’s Capital. Ottawa leads the series three games to two.

If Ottawa does win it would certainly only be a minor upset, as the teams were just two points apart in the regular season. The last two games have been very close, with Ottawa winning 4-3 in overtime in game four and the Bulls coming back to win 4-3 in game five.

The Toronto St. Michael’s Majors will be hoping to stay alive in their series against the Sudbury Wolves when it resumes Tuesday night at St. Michael’s College School Arena in Toronto.

The Wolves lead that series three games to two after the Majors upset Sudbury 4-2 in game five Saturday night before a packed house of 5,166 fans in Sudbury. Goalie Peter Budaj was the star in that game as the Wolves out-shot the Majors 41-15.

QMJHL: There are no games in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Monday night.

Action resumes Tuesday night when Victoriaville (8) and Val d’Or (6) wrap up what has been a great quarter-final series in Val-d’Or with game seven.
Victoriaville won the first two games of the series on the road, but Val d’ Or came back to win the next three before Victoriaville tied the series with an 8-5 home-ice victory in game six Saturday night.

The other Quebec league semi-finalists have been determined.
Acadie-Bathurst completed an upset of Cape Breton in one series with a 6-3 win on Friday night, winning that series four games to one. Baie-Comeau had little
difficulty with Rimouski in the other series, winning that set in five games after capturing game five 7-0, also on Friday.

Shawinigan (2) earlier moved on to the semi-finals after sweeping Rouyn-Noranda in four consecutive games.

WHL: There are two games in the Western Hockey league playoffs Monday night.

Red Deer (1) will be looking to close out its Eastern Conference semi-final series over the stubborn Calgary Hitmen in game six in Calgary. Red Deer leads the series three games to two after a 4-3 win in game five in Red Deer.

Also tonight, Spokane travels to Seattle for game three of the Western Conference best-of-five semi-final series. Spokane won the first two games at home, 5-3 and 4-1, so Seattle needs a win tonight to force game four, which would be Tuesday night in Seattle. The winner of that series meets Portland in the WHL Western Conference final.

The other Eastern Conference semi-final wraps up with game seven Tuesday night. Swift Current (7) and Kootenay (5) are tied 3-3 in what has been a tremendous series so far. The last four games of that series have been decided by one goal with two of them going into overtime, one of those into triple overtime.

There are 18 CHL teams still in the hunt for a berth in the 2001 MasterCard Memorial Cup, to be held May 19-27 in Regina, Saskatchewan.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Roger Lajoie
Canadian Hockey League
Director of Information
416-332-9711, ext. 321
[email protected]
www.chl.ca