CALGARY, Alta. - Hockey Canada, in partnership with the Canadian Hockey League, announced Wednesday the 44 players who have been invited to attend Canadas National Mens Summer Under-18 Team selection camp that will be held from Aug. 2-5 at the Markin MacPhail Centre in Calgary, prior to selecting the team which will travel to Europe to compete in the 2014 U18 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup. The 2014 U18 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup is scheduled for Aug. 11-16 in Breclav, Czech Republic and Piestany, Slovakia. Of the 44 players who have been invited to the selection camp, 22 will be selected for Canadas National Mens Summer Under-18 Team. Canada has won the summer under-18 tournament six consecutive years and nine of the last 10. The camp roster includes 18 players from the Western Hockey League, 15 from the Ontario Hockey League, 10 from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and one who played U.S. high school hockey last season. In total, 40 players (four goaltenders, 16 defencemen and 20 forwards) competed at the 2014 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, and three players (Mathew Barzal, Lawson Crouse and Travis Konecny) helped Canadas National Mens Under-18 Team win a bronze medal as under-agers at the 2014 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship in Lappeenranta and Imatra, Finland. "It is always a challenge to select players given the depth of talent in Canada," Jankowski said. "As a staff, we will have difficult decisions to make, but our goal remains to select the best team, and to represent Canada proudly at this event." GoaltendersCallum Booth - Quebec (QMJHL), 2015 Draft Nick McBride - Prince Albert (WHL), 2015 Draft Zachary Sawchenko - Moose Jaw (WHL), 2016 Draft Olivier Tremblay - Rimouski (QMJHL), 2015 Draft DefenceEthan Bear - Seattle (WHL), 2015 Draft Guillaume Brisebois - Acadie-Bathurst (QMJHL), 2015 Draft Kevin Davis - Everett (WHL), 2015 Draft Olivier Galipeau - Val-dOr (QMJHL), 2015 Draft Joe Gatenby - Kelowna (WHL), 2015 Draft Connor Hobbs - Medicine Hat (WHL), 2015 Draft Noah Juulsen - Everett (WHL), 2015 Draft Justin Lemcke - Belleville (OHL), 2015 Draft Garrett McFadden - Guelph (OHL), 2015 Draft Nicolas Meloche - Baie-Comeau (QMJHL), 2015 Draft Philippe Myers - Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL), 2015 Draft Chaz Reddekopp - Victoria (WHL), 2015 Draft Jérémy Roy R/D - Sherbrooke (QMJHL), 2015 Draft Matthew Spencer - Peterborough (OHL,) 2015 Draft Mitchell Vande Sompel - Oshawa (OHL), 2015 Draft Parker Wotherspoon - Tri-City (WHL), 2015 Draft ForwardsMathew Barzal - Seattle (WHL), 2015 Draft Anthony Beauvillier - Shawinigan (QMJHL), 2015 Draft Jared Bethune - Warroad High School (USHS), 2015 Draft Lawson Crouse - Kingston (OHL), 2015 Draft Giorgio Estephan - Lethbridge (WHL), 2015 Draft Glenn Gawdin - Swift Current (WHL), 2015 Draft Matteo Gennaro - Prince Albert (WHL), 2015 Draft Sam Harding - Oshawa (OHL), 2015 Draft Jansen Harkins - Prince George (WHL), 2015 Draft Graham Knott - Niagara (OHL), 2015 Draft Travis Konecny - Ottawa (OHL), 2015 Draft Mitchell Marner -London (OHL,) 2015 Draft Hayden McCool - Niagara (OHL), 2015 Draft Brett McKenzie - North Bay (OHL), 2015 Draft Nick Merkley - Kelowna (WHL), 2015 Draft Adam Musil - Red Deer (WHL), 2015 Draft Nathan Noel - Saint John (QMJHL), 2015 Draft Grayson Pawlenchuk - Red Deer (WHL), 2015 Draft Nicolas Roy - Chicoutimi (QMJHL), 2015 Draft Tyler Soy - Victoria (WHL), 2015 Draft Blake Speers - Sault Ste. 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