While Jamie Benn was one of the more surprising exclusions from Team Canada's orientation camp roster, the Dallas Stars' high-scoring forward is still aiming to make the team in time for the Olympics. Benn said the snub has "given me the fire for the start of the [NHL] season. I want to be on that Olympic team. I'm going to have to go out in the first half of the season and make them want to pick me. I'm just going to have to have the best first half of the year I can have and make an impact for the Dallas Stars." International sport is important to Benn. More than that, it runs in the family. Benn won a gold medal at the 2009 world junior hockey championships and represented Canada in the 2012 IIHF world championships. Dad Randy Benn won gold medals in softball at the 1976 world championships in New Zealand and 1979 Pan American Games in Puerto Rico. "It's a totally different experience [than in club play] when you put on a national team jersey," Benn said. "It's a pretty special feeling to be representing your country."