{"id":112621,"date":"2025-08-02T09:34:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T09:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/112621\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T09:34:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T09:34:12","slug":"mcdavid-crosby-makar-invited-to-attend-canada-olympic-camp-in-calgary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/112621\/","title":{"rendered":"McDavid, Crosby, Makar invited to attend Canada Olympic camp in Calgary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid<\/a>, Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby<\/a>, Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon<\/a>, Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar<\/a> and St. Louis Blues goalie Jordan Binnington<\/a> are among 42 players invited to Canada’s national teams orientation camp that will decide its final 25-man roster for the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 in February.<\/p>\n

The camp will be held in Calgary from Aug. 26-28.<\/p>\n

The men’s tournament will start with preliminary games Feb. 11, with the gold-medal game scheduled for Feb. 22. This is the first time NHL players will participate in the Winter Olympics since Sochi in 2014.<\/p>\n

In the Olympics, each team traditionally carries 14 forwards, eight defensemen and three goalies.<\/p>\n

Six players were named to the Canada roster<\/a> June 16: Crosby, MacKinnon, McDavid, Makar, Tampa Bay Lightning center Brayden Point<\/a> and Florida Panthers forward Sam Reinhart<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Among the invitees are 22 players who played for Canada in its victory in the 4 Nations Face-Off last February, including McDavid, who scored at 8:18 in overtime in a 3-2 win against the United States in the championship game.<\/p>\n

Panthers forward Sam Bennett<\/a>, who scored for Canada in that game along with MacKinnon, and Binnington, who made 31 saves, also were invited to attend.<\/p>\n

Among the invitees are eight No. 1 picks in the NHL Draft, including San Jose Sharks center Macklin Celebrini<\/a> (2024), Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard<\/a> (2023), McDavid (2015), Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad<\/a> (2014), MacKinnon (2013), Edmonton Oilers center Ryan Nugent-Hopkins<\/a> (2011), Toronto Maple Leafs center John Tavares<\/a> (2009) and Crosby (2005).<\/p>\n

Also included are five members of the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Panthers, including Ekblad, Bennett, Reinhart and forwards Brad Marchand<\/a> and Carter Verhaeghe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

CANADA 2025 NATIONAL TEAMS ORIENTATION CAMP ROSTER<\/p>\n

FORWARDS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Connor Bedard, Chicago Blackhawks; Sam Bennett, Florida Panthers; Quinton Byfield, Los Angeles Kings; Macklin Celebrini, San Jose Sharks; Anthony Cirelli, Tampa Bay Lightning; Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins; Brandon Hagel, Tampa Bay Lightning; Bo Horvat, New York Islanders; Zach Hyman, Edmonton Oilers; Seth Jarvis, Carolina Hurricanes; Wyatt Johnston, Dallas Stars; Travis Konecny, Philadelphia Flyers; Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche; Brad Marchand, Florida Panthers; Mitch Marner, Vegas Golden Knights; Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers; Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Edmonton Oilers; Brayden Point, Tampa Bay Lightning; Sam Reinhart, Florida Panthers; Mark Scheifele, Winnipeg Jets; Mark Stone, Vegas Golden Knights; Nick Suzuki, Montreal Canadiens; John Tavares, Toronto Maple Leafs; Robert Thomas, St. Louis Blues; Carter Verhaeghe, Florida Panthers; Tom Wilson, Washington Capitals<\/p>\n

DEFENSEMEN<\/strong><\/p>\n

Evan Bouchard, Edmonton Oilers; Noah Dobson, Montreal Canadiens; Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Kings; Aaron Ekblad, Florida Panthers; Thomas Harley, Dallas Stars; Cale Makar, Colorado Avalanche; Brandon Montour, Seattle Kraken; Josh Morrissey, Winnipeg Jets; Colton Parayko, St. Louis Blues; Travis Sanheim, Philadelphia Flyers; Shea Theodore, Vegas Golden Knights; Devon Toews, Colorado Avalanche; MacKenzie Weegar, Calgary Flames<\/p>\n

GOALIES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jordan Binnington, St. Louis Blues; Adin Hill, Vegas Golden Knights; Sam Montembeault, Montreal Canadiens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid, Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby, Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon, Avalanche defenseman Cale…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":112622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[293,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-112621","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-nhl","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114958490873636194","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}