IceCaps Announce 2016 Training Camp roster, schedule
COLEMANS CUP SERIES BEGINS THURSDAY IN STEPHENVILLE
St. John’s IceCaps Media Release
ST. JOHN’S, NL – The St. John’s IceCaps, affiliate of the Montreal Canadiens, will open training camp tomorrow (Monday, October 3rd) at the Corner Brook Civic Centre and have released their training camp roster and schedule.
As part of camp, the IceCaps will face off against the Toronto Marlies in a three-game series for the Colemans Cup. The IceCaps beat the Marlies in the inaugural Colemans Cup last pre-season.
The exhibition series kicks off Thursday, October 6 at the Stephenville Dome (7:30 p.m.) and moves on to the Corner Brook Civic Centre on Friday, Oct. 7 (7:30 p.m.), before wrapping up in Gander at the Community Centre on Sunday, Oct. 9 (2:00 p.m.).
There are still 36 players at Canadiens camp (23 forwards, 9 defensemen, 4 goaltenders) and the following players have been invited to IceCaps training camp so far:
Goaltenders
Zachary Fucale
Forwards
Tim Bozon
David Broll
Mathieu Coderre-Gagnon
Connor Crisp
Philip DeSimone
Markus Eisenschmid
Bobby Farnham (b)
Max Friberg (b)
Mark MacMillan
Stefano Momesso
Yannick Veilleux
Defencemen
Justin Baker
Jérémie Blain
Josiah Didier
Joel Hanley
Ryan Johnston
Brett Lernout
Thomas Parisi
Philip Samuelsson (b)
Dalton Thrower
(ƀ) – requires NHL waivers.
The team’s schedule is as follows:
Monday, Oct. 3 2:00 – 5:00 pm: Practice at Corner Brook Civic Centre
Tuesday, Oct. 4 9:00 am – 11:00 am: Practice at Corner Brook Civic Centre
Wednesday, Oct. 5 10:00 am – 12:00 pm: Practice at Corner Brook Civic Centre
Thursday, Oct. 6 10:00 – 11:00 am: Pre-game skate at Corner Brook Civic Centre 7:30 pm: IceCaps vs. Marlies at Stephenville Dome
Friday Oct. 7 10:00 – 11:00 am: Pre-game skate at Corner Brook Civic Centre 7:30 pm: IceCaps vs. Marlies at Corner Brook Civic Centre
Saturday, Oct. 8 10:00 – 11:30 am Practice at Corner Brook Civic Centre
Sunday, Oct. 9 2:00 pm IceCaps vs. Marlies at Steele Community Centre
