Brent Burns Joins Team Canada
Dec 10, 2003 16:10:55 GMT -5
Post by ED on Dec 10, 2003 16:10:55 GMT -5
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Burns joins Canada's World Junior camp
TSN.ca Staff
12/10/2003
Marc-Andre Fleury won't be the only NHL player turning heads at Canada's tryout camp for the World Junior Hockey Championship.
The Minnesota Wild have assigned forward Brent Burns to try out for the national junior team, TSN has learned. Burns will be in Kitchener on Thursday when camp begins.
Burns, selected 20th overall in the June draft, became the third first-round pick in the last four years to sign with the Wild as an 18-year-old.
The Brampton Battalion alumnus has a goal and four assists in 15 games with the Wild this season and still has two years of junior eligibility remaining.
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Burns is just the second NHL player with junior eligibility heading to camp. Fleury, who has spent the 2002-2003 season in Pittsburgh, was given the green light to report to camp on Sunday. Other players eligible include Patrice Bergeron of the Boston Bruins, Minnesota's Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Panthers rookie Nathan Horton, Columbus sophomore Rick Nash, and Eric Staal of the Carolina Hurricanes.
More to follow.
Burns joins Canada's World Junior camp
TSN.ca Staff
12/10/2003
Marc-Andre Fleury won't be the only NHL player turning heads at Canada's tryout camp for the World Junior Hockey Championship.
The Minnesota Wild have assigned forward Brent Burns to try out for the national junior team, TSN has learned. Burns will be in Kitchener on Thursday when camp begins.
Burns, selected 20th overall in the June draft, became the third first-round pick in the last four years to sign with the Wild as an 18-year-old.
The Brampton Battalion alumnus has a goal and four assists in 15 games with the Wild this season and still has two years of junior eligibility remaining.
Related Info
Team Canada - 2004 December Camp Roster Team Canada - 2004 December Camp Roster Team Canada - 2004 December Camp Roster
Burns is just the second NHL player with junior eligibility heading to camp. Fleury, who has spent the 2002-2003 season in Pittsburgh, was given the green light to report to camp on Sunday. Other players eligible include Patrice Bergeron of the Boston Bruins, Minnesota's Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Panthers rookie Nathan Horton, Columbus sophomore Rick Nash, and Eric Staal of the Carolina Hurricanes.
More to follow.