Hockey Canada has announced the coaching staff for this year’s National Junior Team, introducing Dave Cameron as the replacement for the outgoing Andre Tourigny. Tourigny of course recently took an NHL head coaching job with the Arizona Coyotes, meaning he would no longer be able to fulfil his duties to the national program. Cameron will be joined by assistants Michael Dyck, Louis Robitaille and Dennis Williams, along with goaltending consultant Olivier Michaud. Hockey Canada senior VP Scott Salmond released a statement on the new staff:
We are excited to welcome five experienced coaches to Canada’s National Junior Team for the 2021-22 season, all of whom bring a wealth of experience from the National Hockey League, Canadian Hockey League and internationally. We know these five men will represent our country with pride as they use their leadership and expertise to help Canada compete for a gold medal this December.
Cameron, who also replaced Tourigny as head coach of the Ottawa 67’s of the OHL, is returning to the WJC program for the first time since 2011. He led the team to a silver medal that year, coaching a group that included future NHL staples like Ryan Ellis, Tyson Barrie, Casey Cizikas, Sean Couturier, and Brayden Schenn. This time around he’ll have a new list of young stars to pick from, including top 2021 prospects like Brandt Clarke, Dylan Guenther and Mason McTavish.
The full list of players invited to development camp was also announced today:
G Garin Bjorklund
G Brett Brochu
G Sebastian Cross
G Dylan Garand
G Tristan Lennox
D Corson Ceulemans
D Brandt Clarke
D Lukas Cormier
D Kaiden Guhle
D Daemon Hunt
D Vincent Iorio
D Carson Lambos
D Ryan O’Rourke
D Donovan Sebrango
D Ronan Seeley
D Jack Thompson
D Miguel Tourigny
D William Trudeau
D Olen Zellweger
F Zachary Bolduc
F Xavier Bourgault
F Mavrik Bourque
F Zach Dean
F William Dufour
F Luke Evangelista
F Tyson Foerster
F Ridly Greig
F Dylan Guenther
F Seth Jarvis
F Kent Johnson
F Wyan Johnston
F Rory Kerins
F Zachary L’Heureux
F Hendrix Lapierre
F Connor McClennon
F Mason McTavish
F Jake Neighbours
F Brennan Othmann
F Cole Perfetti
F Cole Sillinger
F Justin Sourdif
F Logan Stankoven
F Tyler Tullio
F Zayde Wisdom
F Shane Wright
There is also a small group of players who were invited but will not be attending: Quinton Byfield, Elliot Desnoyers, Jamie Drysdale, Jack Finley, Owen Power and Ozzy Wiesblatt. The development camp will be held July 28-Aug 4at the Seven Chiefs Sportsplex on the Tsuut’ina Nation near Calgary.
Congrats Dave!!!!