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Day 2 of USA camp: Erik Johnson has a lot to prove in new NHL season

By Scott Burnside

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

WOODRIDGE, Ill. -- Although every one of the 34 players invited to the U.S. men's Olympic orientation camp has something to prove on some level, it's hard to imagine anyone with more motivation than St. Louis Blues defenseman Erik Johnson. Johnson, the first overall pick in the 2006 NHL draft, suffered a freak knee injury during a team golf outing on the eve of training camp a year ago. He never played a game in 2008-09. "It was awful. When I hurt my knee, I really didn't think it was going to ...

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