Hockey Canada has invited Flames defenceman MacKenzie Weegar to its summer orientation camp ahead of next year’s Winter Olympics in Italy.

Weegar, 31, was the only Flame invited to the summer camp, which will take place in Calgary from August 26 to 28. The Ottawa product collected eight goals and 47 points while averaging 24:10 of ice time in 81 games with the Flames in the 2024-25 regular season.

In total, Hockey Canada invited three goaltenders, 13 defencemen, and 26 forwards to vie for a spot on its men’s Olympic team. The federation also announced the camp rosters for its women’s and para teams on Friday.

Here is the full roster of NHL players invited to the camp, sorted by position:

Goaltenders (3): Jordan Binnington (STL), Adin Hill (VGK), and Sam Montembeault (MTL)

Defencemen (13): Evan Bouchard (EDM), Noah Dobson (MTL), Drew Doughty (LA), Aaron Ekblad (FLA), Thomas Harley (DAL), Cale Makar (COL), Brandon Montour (SEA), Josh Morrissey (WPG), Colton Parayko (STL), Travis Sanheim (PHI), Shea Theodore (VGK), Devon Toews (COL), and MacKenzie Weegar (CGY).

Forwards (26): Connor Bedard (CHI), Sam Bennett (FLA), Quinton Byfield (LA), Macklin Celebrini (SJ), Anthony Cirelli (TB), Sidney Crosby (PIT), Brandon Hagel (TB), Bo Horvat (NYI), Zach Hyman (EDM), Seth Jarvis (CAR), Wyatt Johnston (DAL), Travis Konecny (PHI), Nathan MacKinnon (COL), Brad Marchand (FLA), Mitch Marner (VGK), Connor McDavid (EDM), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (EDM), Brayden Point (TB), Sam Reinhart (FLA), Mark Scheifele (WPG), Mark Stone (VGK), Nick Suzuki (MTL), John Tavares (TOR), Robert Thomas (STL), Carter Verhaeghe (FLA), and Tom Wilson (WSH).

Hockey Canada invited each and every player who suited up for Team Canada at the 4 Nations Face-Off earlier this year to its Olympic camp, meaning the remaining players — Weegar included — are all facing an uphill battle to punch their tickets to Italy this coming winter.

Despite outscoring multiple forwards included on the camp roster, neither Nazem Kadri nor Jonathan Huberdeau will be taking part in the orientation camp. It remains to be seen whether any other Flames players will get the chance to represent their respective countries at the Olympics next year.

The Flames originally acquired Weegar from the Florida Panthers in the 2022 offseason as part of the blockbuster Matthew Tkachuk trade. Weegar is under contract through the 2030-31 season at a $6.25 million cap hit.

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