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Invites issued to hockey orientation camp

By Helene Elliott
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The Ducks, Kings and one likely soon-to-be-former King were well represented when USA Hockey invited 34 American players to an Olympic orientation camp to be held in Woodridge, Ill., outside Chicago, Aug. 17-19.

Kings goalie Jonathan Quick, defenseman Jack Johnson (rumored to be out the door) and right wing Dustin Brown were invited, as was former King defenseman Tim Gleason.

The Ducks will be represented by winger Bobby Ryan and defenseman Ryan Whitney.

The list is dominated by youngsters. No Chris Chelios, Jeremy Roenick, Keith Tkachuk or Bill Guerin to be found among them, although 39-year-old Mike Modano did get an invitation. But the graybeards (and no-beards) can still have hope. Players who were not invited to the camp can still be nominated to the Vancouver Olympic roster, so there’s time for other players to impress General Manager Brian Burke and Coach Ron Wilson.

-- Helene Elliott

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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