Chiarlitti
Named To Canadian U18 Team
Sting Defenceman Among 22
Players To Represent Canada at
The World U-18 Championships
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CALGARY, Alta.
–
Hockey Canada and the
Canadian Hockey League (CHL)
announced on Sunday the 22 players
that will comprise Canada’s National
Men’s Under-18 Team at the 2009 IIHF
World Under-18 Championship set for
April 13-23 in Minsk and Bobruisk,
Belarus.
The roster is
comprised of players born in 1992 or
earlier whose teams are no longer
competing in the CHL playoffs with
their respective club teams. Many of
Canada’s players named will be among
the top selections at the 2010 NHL
Entry Draft in Los Angeles, Calif.
in June.
Among the players selected to the
team was Sarnia Sting defenceman
Nathan Chiarlitti.
Chiarlitti has previous
international experience as he was a
member of the Gold Medal winning
Team Ontario U17 in 2009.
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Canada's
roster includes 13 players from the Ontario
Hockey League, seven (7) players from the
Western Hockey League and two (2) players from
the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
The team will convene in Toronto,
Ont. on Monday, April 5, before flying to Europe
on April 6. There will not be any on-ice
sessions prior to arriving in Europe. Prior to
the World Championship, Canada will play one
exhibition game on April 9, vs. Finland in
Minsk, Belarus at 5 p.m. (Local time)/ 10 a.m.
(Eastern).
