Hockey Canada is expected to make an official announcement in the short future.
The news of Beaulieu’s invitation was leaked last night by the London Free Press who stated that “Nathan Beaulieu, the Strathroy kid who plays for the Saint John Sea Dogs, has just been invited to the Canadian world junior summer evaluation camp.”
Beaulieu will join fellow Saint John defender Simon Despres at the camp. Only Chris DiDomenico has made Team Canada while playing for the Sea Dogs.
Unless another roster moves take place, Beaulieu will be one of nine players invited to the camp from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Bathurst native and Drummondville Voltigeurs forward Sean Couturier is the only other player currently on the roster who is 2011 draft eligible.
Drafted by Saint John in the fourth round of the 2009 QMJHL Entry Draft, Beaulieu represented Team Atlantic at the 2009 World Under-17 Hockey Championships. In five games, he posted two assists.
Last season, the son of former Saint John Head Coach and General Manager Jacques Beaulieu, recorded 12 goals and 33 assists in a breakout season. In the playoffs, he added four goals and 12 assists. He was also a highly impressive +43 in the regular season.
In his rookie campaign, Beaulieu registered two goals and eight assists in 49 games played.
Who has Station Nation "confirmed" this with? If you're just going on what you read somewhere else you can't really say that
ReplyDeleteWe asked three members of the media and one other individual - all confirmed the news. Normally we would just say who confirmed this, but where this will not be officially announced until later, we don't want to get anyone in trouble.
ReplyDeleteAs you can tell by a previous post on this site, we didn't exactly believe the news at first either.