Five Hawks invited to Team Canada camp

Chicago Blackhawks logo (Tribune illustration / July 1, 2012)

By Chris Kuc, Tribune reporter

4:29 p.m. CDT, July 22, 2013

The Chicago Blackhawks will be well represented during Olympic orientation camps.

Among the 47 players invited to attend the camp that will help determine Team Canada for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, are Hawks forwards Jonathan Toews and Patrick Sharp, defensemen Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook and goaltender Corey Crawford.
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Toews, Keith and Seabrook were members of the 2010 gold medalists for Canada during the Games in Vancouver.

Sharp was a camp invitee for the 2010 camp but was not on the Olympic roster while Crawford is the only invitee who never has played for Team Canada in international competition.

The Hawks had the most players in the NHL invited to the camp that will run Aug. 25-28 in Calgary, Alberta.

Meanwhile, forwards Patrick Kane and Brandon Saad and defenseman Nick Leddy have been invited to the Team USA orientation camp.

Kane was one of the U.S.' top players when it took the silver medal in the '10 Games. Leddy and Saad are first-time invitees to the orientation camp.

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