Staals picked for Oly camp

Jul 2, 2009 10 related
 

Eric Staal is one of three Staal brothers that were named to Canada's Olympic camp on Thursday. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) With apologies to the Sutters, the Staal family has become the First Family of Canadian hockey -- at least from a playing standpoint. That was underscored this morning when all three NHL Staals -- forwards Eric (Carolina), Jordan (Pittsburgh) and defenceman Marc (New York Rangers) -- were on the list of 46 invitees for Canada's National Men's Team Olympic orientation camp, which will be held Aug. 24-27 in Calgary. Also included was Avs veteran Joe Sakic, who captained Team Canada at the 2006 Games in Nagano. The camp roster includes five goaltenders, 16 defencemen and 25... [read full story]                    

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