(AP) -- Columbus Blue Jackets forward Rick Nash and goaltender Steve Mason are among 46 players invited to attend the Team Canada Orientation Camp Aug. 24-27 in Calgary, to try out for the squad that will play in the 2010 Olympics.

Nash was a member of the 2006 Canadian olympic team. He has 194 goals and 161 assists in 441 career games, all with the Blue Jackets. He had a career-high 79 points (40 goals and 39 assists) In 78 games in 2008-09. He is a native of Brampton, Ontario.

Mason, from Oakville, Ontario, had a 33-20-7 record and a league-leading 10 shutouts in 61 Blue Jackets games last season and earned the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's Rookie Of The Year.

Columbus coach Ken Hitchcock is an associate coach for Team Canada.

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