With training camp set to begin on Friday September 15th, the Florida Panthers have officially released their training camp roster.
On September 13th 2017, Panthers GM Dale Tallon has announced the team’s 53 man roster. The roster is broken down with 31 forwards, 17 defensemen and five goaltenders. Below, is the full training camp roster:
Forwards: Colton Sceviour, Jayce Hawryluk, Brandon Pirri, Jonathan Huberdeau, Curtis Valk, Aleksander Barkov, Derek MacKenzie, Michael Haley, Vincent Trocheck, Connor Brickley, Henrik Haapala, Harry Zolnierczyk, Nick Bjugstad, Alexandre Grenier, Francois Beauchemin, Aleksi Heponiemi, Blaine Byron, Chase Balisy, Matt Buckles, Denis Malgin, Evgeni Dadonov, Radim Vrbata, Dryden Hunt, Owen Tippett, Anthony Greco, Maxim Mamin, Jonathan Ang, Ryan Horvat, Jared McCann, Juho Lammikko and Sebastian Repo.
Defensemen: Keith Yandle, Michael Downing, Aaron Ekblad, Alex Petrovic, Ian McCoshen, Mark Pysyk, Mike Matheson, Reece Scarlett, Matt MacKenzie, Nikolai Belov, MacKenzie Weegar, Jason Demers, Linus Hulstrom, Riley Stilman, Ed Wittchow, Thomas Schemitsch and Josh Brown.
Goaltenders: Roberto Luongo, Harri Sateri, Evan Cowley, Sam Motembeault and James Reimer.
the Florida Panthers will open up their preseason against the Nashville Predators, playing back to back double headers at the Bridgestone Arena (Sept 19th at 4:30 and 8:00pm). The Cats will also visit the Lightning, playing in Tampa on Sept 24th, at 4:00pm.
Following the game in Tampa, the Panthers will also host the Lightning at the BB&T Center for two games at 7:30pm on Sept 26 and 28. The Cats will then conclude their preseason at the Bell Center against the Montreal Canadiens on Sept 29th at 7:00pm.
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Training camp should be a good indication on where our prospects/youngsters are at with their development. Other players who are on PTO’s, will also have the opportunity to showcase their talents/skills in hope that they make the final roster. Finally, the preseason games should provide everyone (including our main guys) to get back into game shape form.