Dave Cameron and Mark Reeds will finally make their long awaited returns to the National Hockey League.

This time, however, both former players will be behind the bench as assistants with the Ottawa Senators.

"I'm really excited about it, obviously," said the 52-year-old Cameron. "Any chance you get to go to the NHL, it's so hard to get there and so few jobs, you can't help but be excited. Now it's just a matter of going up there and getting under the direction of [head coach Paul MacLean] and helping that organization win some hockey games."

Cameron and Reeds – who coached against each other in the hotly contested OHL final this year – will join the newly appointed MacLean. Cameron is familiar with his new head coach since his UPEI Panthers played against MacLean and the Dalhousie Tigers in university hockey during the late 1970s. And with both men hailing from the Maritimes, Cameron said they would meet at various hockey and charity events.

"It's usually the same guys so you get to

Every season since the NHL has held an entry draft, there have been players who have failed to meet the expectations put on them by scouts and general managers – the busts.

As the 2011 NHL Entry Draft in St. Paul, Minn., approaches, Yahoo! Sports takes a look at 10 first-round picks over a 20-year period between 1983-2003 who, despite entering the draft amid major hype, missed the mark on hockey’s biggest stage.

1993: Alexandre Daigle – 1st overall by the Ottawa Senators

Daigle is considered by many to be the poster boy of draft busts. Sure, his NHL numbers were good compared to others on this list – 616 NHL games, 327 points – but when you compare the 1993 draft class, Daigle going first overall is an epic fail.

Daigle didn’t help matters either when he told reporters on the draft floor: “I’m glad I got drafted first, because no one remembers number two,” which is fine, unless you don’t pan out and that No. 2 pick is Chris Pronger.

Players taken after Daigle in the first round: Paul

Justin Shugg had to fight to get the words out of his mouth.

The Mississauga St. Michael's Majors veteran forward stood in front of reporters Sunday night, dejection and devastation written all over his bearded face. Shugg had just suffered his first loss in a MasterCard Memorial Cup final after winning two consecutive titles and it was clear he was having a difficult time being on the losing end.

“To be on the other side is probably the worst feeling I’ve ever felt,” Shugg said finally.

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While Shugg was trying to find the words to explain how devastated he felt, the Saint John Sea Dogs were wildly celebrating their 3-1 victory over the Majors. It was the first time a team from the Maritimes won the 93-year-old Canadian major junior hockey championship. It was the second time this month the Majors watched an opponent claim a championship on their home ice. The Mississauga club and their Hershey Centre followers had already suffered through a Game 7 overtime loss to the Owen Sound

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Justin Shugg has scored his share of hat tricks in the past. On Sunday, the Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors forward will be trying for one of a different sort – and undoubtedly of the special variety - as he aims to be only the second player in Canadian major junior hockey history to win three consecutive MasterCard Memorial Cup titles.

“I hope I can get the hat trick,” said Shugg. “It’s an unexplainable feeling to compete for another trophy on a national stage.”

The Majors put themselves in the Memorial Cup final with an efficient, workmanlike 3-1 win over the Kootenay Ice on Friday night in the tournament semifinal. As far as Shugg’s teammates are concerned, they’d like to help him earn his place in history and take home a ring themselves.

“This is an opportunity – a rare one for him – but also a unique opportunity for a lot of us,” said goaltender JP Anderson. “Coming in here, you don’t have a lot of chances in your junior career to win a Memorial Cup.”

The

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Scott Stajcer’s eyes were red and raw as he stood answering questions about the unceremonious end to the Owen Sound Attack’s run at the MasterCard Memorial Cup.

It was the 19-year-old goaltender’s first game of the tournament and his first start since May 10. He was pulled late in the third period after letting in six goals on 25 shots as the Attack were knocked out 7-3 by the Kootenay Ice in the tiebreaker game.

Facing the TV cameras and reporters, there were no mincing words. He took responsibility for ending the Attack’s season.

“We had to play a full game and we didn’t,” said Stajcer, who signed an NHL entry-level contract with the New York Rangers on the eve of the tournament opener a week ago. “I let in six goals in a tiebreaker game. I take the blame for this game. I can’t let that happen.”

“It’s a huge loss and pretty devastating for me. It’s really tough.”

Stajcer, like many of his Attack teammates, would not use the loss of star forward Joey Hishon and

The game was still in its infancy Wednesday night when Mississauga St. Michael’s Majors forward Jamie Wise hit Owen Sound Attack defenceman Geoffrey Schemitsch from behind into the boards.

Schemitsch crumpled to the ice and Wise was hauled away by a linesman for what looked to be a certain boarding call. He went to the penalty box, but after a short discussion was released from his anticipated (at least) two minutes of purgatory, leaving most of the people in the Hershey Centre – including Wise himself – confused.

“The linesman just grabbed me and said, ‘You’re going to the box’,” said Wise. “I thought it was a clean hit. I didn’t know what was going on. Luckily they didn’t call a penalty.”

Lucky it was for Wise, but not so much for the Attack, who spent most of the game killing off penalties in a 3-1 loss to the Majors to end round-robin play at the MasterCard Memorial Cup. It was the grudge match between the two teams after the underdog Attack defeated the Majors in a thrilling Game

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Four of the top teams in the Canadian Hockey League fought their way into the MasterCard Memorial Cup this year. They have each battled through great adversity – illness, injury, long road trips, multiple-goal deficits and overtime – to finally reach the pinnacle of junior hockey. And yet, for the second time in five nights at what is supposed to be the CHL’s prestigious tournament, it wasn’t a bad break that determined the outcome of a game.

It was simply bad officiating.

On Tuesday night, the Saint John Sea Dogs were on the losing end of a 5-4 overtime loss in which the game-winner – scored by Kootenay Ice winger Matt Fraser – was clearly offside when the puck was carried in over the blue line by teammate Max Reinhart.

“I didn’t see if it was offside or not because I was looking up the whole time,” said Reinhart, the son of former NHL defenceman Paul Reinhart. “I had it on my stick and a guy fell down in front of me so I was a little distracted by that. If it was

Tomas Jurco wants to make something clear when he’s regularly asked about his unbelievable stick tricks: “I am not a clown.”

On Monday night though, underneath the big top of the Hershey Centre, the Saint John Sea Dogs forward put on a display that would have relegated Barnum & Bailey to opening-act status with Jurco as the main event.

“He’s unbelievable,” said teammate Stanislav Galiev smiling and shaking his head in disbelief.

It was Jurco who set up Galiev’s power-play goal in the second period and then scored the game-tying goal to help the QMJHL-champion Saint John Sea Dogs rally for a 3-2 thrilling overtime victory over the Owen Sound Attack at the MasterCard Memorial Cup. It was the first overtime decision in the first four games of the round-robin tournament.

Up until Galiev’s goal, Attack netminder Jordan Binnington had kept the Sea Dogs at bay to protect a 2-0 lead for the Ontario Hockey League champions. But Jurco corralled a loose puck behind the Owen Sound net and had