Twelve Anaheim Jr. Ducks and a thirteenth player who was a Jr. Duck until this season were picked to participate in USA Hockey Player Development Camps this summer in Williamsville, N.Y. All advanced through SCAHA, CAHA and Pacific District camps to receive spots in the heavily scouted summer festival. “Our program tries to grow people as well as hockey players,” said Jr. Ducks Director of Coaches Craig Johnson. “We place a lot of emphasis on skill development, game planning and reading and reacting. It’s good to see a payoff.”

1999 birth years Cooper Haar, Rory Herrman, Jack Lippis and Ryan Wilson will attend the Boys Select 17 camp from June 26 to July 2. All four played for the Midget 16U AAA-1 squad that won a CAHA State title and reached the Pacific District title game. Haar, Herrman and Lippis are forwards, Wilson is a defenseman. Haar, who is making his third consecutive Select camp trip, had 31 points (13 goals) in 32 combined CAHA and Tier 1 Elite Hockey League games this season. He was selected in the third round of Phase I of the United States Hockey League (USHL) Draft by the Fargo Force in 2015 and in the fourth round by the Kelowna Rockets in the 2014 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft. Herrman, who has committed to Arizona State and was selected in Phase II of the USHL Draft on May 3, finished 50 points (23 goals) between CAHA and Tier 1 Elite League competition this season. He played three games for the U.S. National Team Development Program’s (NTDP) U17 team in December after participating in the Select 16 game last summer. Lippis, who also participated in the Select 16 camp, led the 16U AAA-1 team with 60 points. Wilson, also a Select 16 in 2015, had 15 points in 45 combined CAHA and Tier 1 games.  The 17s will be auditioning for spots on Team USA’s entry in the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup in August in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

2000 birth years Slava Demin and Jonah Gold will attend the Boys Select 16 camp from July 7-13. Both made the Select 15 camp a year ago. Demin, who recently signed to play for the Wenatchee Wild of the British Columbia Hockey League next season, was a second-round pick of the Des Moines Buccaneers in Phase I of the USHL Draft on May 2. He had 15 points, including five goals, 32 games and was one of 48 2000s to be invited to USA Hockey’s NTDP Evaluation Camp in March. Gold led the Midget 16U AAA-2 team with 20 points in 19 CAHA games, then added 23 points in 15 Tier 1 games, the third highest-point total in the league’s American Division. The duo will by vying for spots on Team USA’s team in the U17 Five Nations Tournament in August in Frisco, Texas.

2001 birth years Joseph Harguindeguy, Ryan Johnson, Connor Kemp, Peter Lychnikoff, Jackson Niedermayer, Thomas Sherman and Cameron York will attend the Boys Select 15 camp from July 15-21.  All seven attended the Western Regional High Performance Camp in Colorado Springs last summer. All but York played for the Jr. Ducks’ CAHA-winning Bantam AAA-1 team this past season. York and Johnson are defensemen and the rest are forwards. “This provides them the opportunity to learn and compete against the best in the country,” Johnson said. “It’s one step in the right direction.” Sherman had 58 points (37 goals) in 50 CAHA, tournament and playoff games combined. Niedermayer had 55 points (36 goals) in 52 games. Harguindeguy amassed 49 points (17 goals) in 52 games. Lynchnikoff chipped in 42 points (16 goals) in 52 games. Johnson added 41 points (six goals) in 52 games. And Kemp had 25 goals among his 34 points in 51 games. York had 69 points, including 18 goals, for Shattuck-St. Mary’s Bantam team. “For all of these players to be able to go is a great accomplishment,” Craig Johnson said. “They set goals and were able to achieve them. “Those who didn’t get picked have to understand it’s a marathon, not a sprint. Keep working on your game and good things will happen.”