National Junior Evaluation Camp begins today

The 2007 USA Hockey National Junior Evaluation Camp started today in Lake Placid, N.Y. The camp runs from today through Saturday, Aug. 11. This camp helps USA Hockey choose which players will represent the U.S. at the 2008 IIHF World Junior Championship, Dec. 26, 2007-Jan. 5, 2008, in Pardubice and Liberec, Czech Republic.

Here is a list of all the players with WCHA ties that will be at the camp. Players with a * after their name were on last year's team.

Cade Fairchild - D (Minnesota)
David Fischer - D (Minnesota)
Jamie McBain* - D (Wisconsin)
Ryan McDonagh - D (Wisconsin)
Trent Palm - D (Minnesota Duluth)

Mike Carman* - F (Minnesota)
Ryan Flynn - F (Minnesota)
Blake Geoffrion* - F (Wisconsin)
Kyle Okposo* - F (Minnesota)
Rhett Rakhshani - F (Denver)
Tyler Ruegsegger - F (Denver)
Jordan Schroeder - F (Minnesota recruit)
Bill Sweatt* - F (Colorado College)
Patrick White - F (Minnesota)

Click here to view the entire camp roster.