‘We all look forward to watching him compete with Coach Oulahen and wish him the best of luck’

North Bay Battalion forward Cam Warren has made the cut and will be wearing the red and white next week in Alberta and joining his head coach. 

Warren is among the eight Ontario Hockey League players named to Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team for the 2026 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, Hockey Canada announced Friday. The annual tournament takes place from August 3-8 in Edmonton, Alberta.

The 22-player roster, trimmed from a 27-player training camp group, includes two goaltenders, seven defencemen and 13 forwards.

This isn’t Warren’s first time playing for Team Canada. He played a key role for Canada Red in winning the gold medal at the November 2–8, 2025, U17 World Challenge in Truro, Nova Scotia

“Cam is coming off an impressive 16-year-old campaign and is ready to contribute to what we hope is a gold medal. We all look forward to watching him compete with Coach Oulahen and wish him the best of luck,” said Adam Dennis, president and director of hockey operations with the Battalion, when Warren was initially invited to the camp. 

Warren had 7 goals and 22 assists for 29 points in 58 games with the Battalion in his rookie season.

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North Bay Battalion head coach Ryan Oulahen leads the program behind the bench, while Windsor Spitfires equipment manager J.R. Grant and London Knights team physician Dr. Danielle Kelton round out the OHL presence on staff.

Canada closes out its pre-tournament schedule Saturday against Czechia at Rogers Place before opening the 2026 Hlinka Gretzky Cup on Monday, Aug. 3, against Switzerland at 7 p.m. ET. The Canadians close out preliminary-round play against Slovakia (Aug. 4) and Sweden (Aug. 5) ahead of medal games Aug. 8 at Rogers Place and the Downtown Community Arena.

Canada is chasing a fourth gold medal in the past five years after winning in 2022, 2023 and 2024, and is looking to bounce back from a bronze-medal finish at last year’s tournament in Brno, Czechia, and Trenčín, Slovakia.