Hartsburg, Jeffrey, Godfrey picked to Team OHL

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ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE

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OHL Announces Rosters and Coaching Staff for 2007 ADT Canada-Russia Challenge Toronto, ON – The Ontario Hockey League today announced the Team OHL Rosters and coaching staff that will compete in the 2007 ADT Canada-Russia Challenge.

The fifth annual ADT Canada-Russia Challenge will be held from November 19th to 29th throughout Canada as Canadian Hockey League All-Star Teams, from each of its three member leagues (OHL, WHL and QMJHL) compete against a Russian National Junior Team in a six game series.

Team OHL was selected by a management team consisting of Alan Miller, General Manager of the Sarnia Sting, Jeff Twohey, General Manager of the Peterborough Petes and Al Murray, Hockey Canada’s Head Scout for the Canadian National Junior Team. Players will be evaluated during this series in preparation of the final selection process for the 2008 World Junior Hockey Championships.

The two OHL games will be hosted by the Kitchener Rangers on Thursday, November 22nd and the Sudbury Wolves on Monday, November 26th. Tickets for the Kitchener game are available at the Aud box office and Centre In The Square, as well as online at www.centre-square.com or by calling 519-578-1570. Tickets for the Sudbury game are available at the Sudbury Arena Box Office and the city website – www.greatersudbury.ca.

The Team OHL rosters will consist of 22 players - two goalies, seven defencemen, and 13 forwards. Trevor Cann (Peterborough Petes) and Steve Mason (London Knights) will share the goaltending duties for both Ontario based games. Drew Doughty (Guelph Storm) who was a member of Team Canada during the Super Series will help lead the defence core for Team OHL. Doughty is considered to be one of the top prospects for the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. John Tavares, 2007 CHL Player of the Year and member of Team Canada at the Super Series, will guide a star-studded cast of forwards including fellow Team Canada teammates Stefan Legein, Cory Emmerton and Josh Godfrey.

The OHL also announced today that Craig Hartsburg, Head Coach of the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds will serve as Head Coach for Team OHL. Peter DeBoer, General Manager and Head Coach of the Kitchener Rangers and Mike Foligno, General Manager and Head Coach of the Sudbury Wolves, will serve as Assistant Coaches for Team OHL, in their respective home centres.

2007 ADT Canada/Russia Challenge Schedule of Games Game 1 – Monday, November 19 at Chicoutimi, QC Game 2 – Wednesday, November 21 at Gatineau, QC Game 3 – Thursday, November 22 at Kitchener, ON Game 4 – Monday, November 26 at Sudbury, ON Game 5 – Wednesday, November 28 at Cranbrook, BC Game 6 – Thursday, November 29 at Medicine Hat, AB

The following are the two Team OHL rosters that will take to the ice on November 22nd and 26th, 2007:

Game 1 – Kitchener, ON November 22nd Forwards Luca Caputi, Niagara IceDogs Jamie McGinn, Ottawa 67’s Nick Spaling, Kitchener Rangers Joshua Bailey, Windsor Spitfires John Tavares, Oshawa Generals Cory Emmerton, Kingston Frontenacs Wayne Simmonds, Owen Sound Attack Logan Couture, Ottawa 67’s Justin Azevedo, Kitchener Rangers Stefan Legein, Niagara IceDogs Matt Halischuk, Kitchener Rangers Brett MacLean, Oshawa Generals Dale Mitchell, Oshawa Generals

Defence Tyler Cuma, Ottawa 67’s Michael Del Zotto, Oshawa Generals Michael D’Orazio, Owen Sound Attack John de Gray, Brampton Battalion Drew Doughty, Guelph Storm Alex Pietrangelo, Niagara IceDogs Matt Corrente, Niagara IceDogs

Goaltenders Trevor Cann, Peterborough Petes Steve Mason, London Knights

Game 2 – Sudbury, ON November 26th Forwards Matt Beleskey, Belleville Bulls Logan Couture, Ottawa 67’s Nick Spaling, Kitchener Rangers Chris Terry, Plymouth Whalers John Tavares, Oshawa Generals Cory Emmerton, Kingston Frontenacs Shawn Matthias, Belleville Bulls Steven Stamkos, Sarnia Sting Dustin Jeffrey, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Stefan Legein, Niagara IceDogs Matt Halischuk, Kitchener Rangers Bryan Cameron, Belleville Bulls Brett MacLean, Oshawa Generals

Defence Tyler Cuma, Ottawa 67’s Mark Katic, Sarnia Sting Shawn Lalonde, Belleville Bulls Josh Godfrey, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Drew Doughty, Guelph Storm Alex Pietrangelo, Niagara IceDogs P.K. Subban, Belleville Bulls

Goaltenders Trevor Cann, Peterborough Petes Steve Mason, London Knights

All six games will be broadcast nationally on Rogers Sportsnet with RDS televising both games from the QMJHL.

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