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Canada starts process of defending World Junior gold

CALGARY -- Prior to stepping on the ice to kick off Hockey Canada's national junior team summer development camp Saturday, the 39 players invited to participate were first shown a video.

It depicted the 'Canadian way.'

Though the opportunity to defend World Junior gold is months away, the process has already started and those auditioning for a spot on the roster that will represent Canada at the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship in Helsinki, Finland, from Dec. 26, 2015, through Jan. 5, 2016 got the message.

"In that video, Sidney Crosby was asked about what the Canadian way meant to him," said forward Jake Virtanen at WinSport's Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary.