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With Ryan Getzlaf absent from Hockey Canada’s Olympic orientation camp due to injury, Hockey Canada announced today that Jason Spezza has been invited in his stead.  Spezza has plenty of experience to lean on, having played in five previous IIHF World Championships for Team Canada.  Hockey Canada executive director Steve Yzerman had initially omitted Spezza from the list of camp invitees that was announced in July.

The camp is slated to run from August 24 to 27.  It will include 25 forwards, 16 defencemen, and five goaltenders.

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