San Jose Sharks center Michael Misa is again injured and will miss the start of Canada’s training camp for the upcoming World Junior Hockey championship, Hockey Canada announced Friday.
Misa is considered day-to-day with an undisclosed injury and remains in San Jose while he continues to be evaluated. He is expected to join the Canadian team sometime during training camp, which continues until Dec. 22. Canada’s first game at the World Junior Championship, which is being held in Minnesota, is Dec. 26.
Misa, 18, began a conditioning assignment with the San Jose Barracuda last week and played with the Sharks’ AHL affiliate on Friday and Saturday at Tech CU Arena, collecting one assist. He did not play in the Barracudas’ last game on Wednesday against the San Diego Gulls.
Misa had just returned from a right ankle injury he sustained during a Sharks morning skate on Nov. 5 in Seattle.
Misa and fellow Sharks prospect Josh Ravensbergen, 19, were among 27 players named to the Canadian team’s training camp roster on Monday. Misa was drafted second overall by the Sharks in July, and Ravensbergen, a goalie with the Prince George Cougars of the Western Hockey League, was taken at No. 30.
Marek Vanacker of the Brantford Bulldogs of the Ontario Hockey League has been added to Canada’s National Junior Team training camp, with on-ice sessions starting Saturday.
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