December 12, 2012
Team Canada trims world junior roster, five released
By WES GILBERTSON, QMI Agency
 Players take a knee during Canada's national junior team selection camp at the Markin MacPhail Centre in Calgary, Alta., Dec. 11, 2012. (LYLE ASPINALL/QMI Agency) |
CALGARY - In a cruel twist of irony, the first song after Wednesday's pre-game warmup was Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Call Me Maybe.'
For Canada's world-junior wannabes, a phone call was the last thing they wanted.
Head coach Steve Spott and his staff made their first cuts after Wednesday's 4-1 exhibition loss to the University of Alberta Golden Bears, sending five skaters home after just two days of evaluation camp in Calgary.
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