Caps prospects Cody Eakin and Stefan Della Rovere were both invited to the Team Canada selection camp for the 2010 word junior tournament – a prestigious event in hockey-loving countries everywhere that starts Dec. 26. Della Rovere played on the team last year. Eakin is probably a long shot to make the squad, which won its fifth straight gold medal last year. The camp runs begins Dec. 12.
Earlier in the day, the Caps announced that defenseman John Carlson – who played three games with the team last month – would be allowed to leave AHL Hershey and play for the United States. He is not expected to attend TEAM USA’s roster camp, however. Russian prospects Dmitri Kugryshev and Dmitri Orlov were already named to their country’s team as was Swedish forward Marcus Johannson – last year’s first-round draft pick.
