We hope you enjoyed your summer, because it’s over now.
The Calgary Flames announced their roster and schedule for prospect camp today, revealing the group of players that will report tomorrow and then head off to the Young Stars Classic tournament in Penticton.
Here’s who’s suiting up for the Flames over the weekend!
Goaltenders (3)
| # | Player | Age | 2016-17 Club | Acquired |
| 72 | Mason McDonald | 21 | Adirondack Thunder (ECHL) | 2014 Draft |
| 82 | Tyler Parsons | 20 | London Knights (OHL) | 2016 Draft |
| 70 | Nick Schneider | 20 | Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) | Free agency |
Defensemen (8)
| # | Player | Age | 2016-17 Club | Acquired |
| 54 | Rasmus Andersson | 20 | Stockton Heat (AHL) | 2015 Draft |
| 43 | Kayle Doetzel | 22 | Stockton Heat (AHL) | AHL contract |
| 85 | Josh Healey | 24 | Ohio State University (NCAA) | Free agency |
| 78 | Tyson Helgesen | 20 | Spokane Chiefs (WHL) | Try-out |
| 68 | Adam Ollas Mattsson | 21 | Djurgardens IF (SHL) | 2014 Draft |
| 98 | Sam Ruopp | 21 | Prince George Cougars (WHL) | Try-out |
| 42 | Juuso Valimaki | 18 | Tri-City Americans (WHL) | 2017 Draft |
| 73 | Cliff Watson | 23 | Michigan Tech (NCAA) | Try-out |
Forwards (15)
| # | Player | Age | 2016-17 Club | Acquired |
| 89 | Sam Dove-McFalls | 20 | Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL) | Try-out |
| 59 | Dillon Dube | 19 | Kelowna Rockets (WHL) | 2016 Draft |
| 48 | Zach Fischer | 20 | Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) | 2017 Draft |
| 15 | Spencer Foo | 23 | Union College (NCAA) | Free agency |
| 80 | Glenn Gawdin | 20 | Swift Current Broncos (WHL) | Try-out |
| 97 | Ben Hawerchuk | 19 | Barrie Colts (OHL) | Try-out |
| 77 | Mark Jankowski | 22 | Stockton Heat (AHL) | 2012 Draft |
| 52 | D’Artagnan Joly | 18 | Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL) | 2017 Draft |
| 88 | Andrew Mangiapane | 21 | Stockton Heat (AHL) | 2015 Draft |
| 84 | Brad Morrison | 20 | Vancouver Giants (WHL) | Try-out |
| 47 | Matthew Phillips | 19 | Victoria Royals (WHL) | 2016 Draft |
| 60 | Brett Pollock | 21 | Adirondack Thunder (ECHL) | 2014 Draft |
| 50 | Mark Rassell | 20 | Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) | Try-out |
| 63 | Adam Ruzicka | 18 | Sarnia Sting (OHL) | 2017 Draft |
| 71 | Hunter Smith | 21 | Stockton Heat (AHL) | 2014 Draft |
Notes
It’s the fourth Penticton tournament for Mason McDonald and Hunter Smith. It’s the third such tournament for Rasmus Andersson, Nick Schneider and Andrew Mangiapane – though Schneider hasn’t played a single second of a single game in his prior trips. And welcome back Tyler Parsons, Dillon Dube, Mark Jankowski, Matthew Phillips and Brett Pollock, who are all in their second Young Stars Classic after making their debuts last year.
Mathieu Sevigny, who appeared for the Flames at last year’s camp, is suiting up for Winnipeg.
The Try-Outs
Returning from development camp are six players: defenseman Sam Ruopp and forwards Sam Dove-McFalls, Glenn Gawdin, Ben Hawerchuk, Brad Morrison and Mark Rassell. Everybody but Ruopp is in their 20-year-old season, so Ruopp is definitely looking for work while the other gentlemen could make their junior teams as overagers or find pro work elsewhere.
And welcome Spokane Chiefs captain Tyson Helgesen, younger brother of former Calgary Hitmen forward Kenton, and Michigan Tech captain (and graduate) Cliff Watson, who was drafted by San Jose in 2012 but not signed.
Schedule
The fledgling Flames have three games over the course of the weekend:
- Friday at 5 p.m. MT: vs. Edmonton
- Sunday at 3 p.m. MT: vs. Vancouver
- Monday at 11:30 a.m. MT: vs. Winnipeg
All three games will be (a) streamed by the Flames site and (b) broadcast on Sportsnet 960 The Fan.
Not bad, 7 of the top 10 ranked FN prospects. Will Andersson and Valimaki be a pairing? That’ll be awesome to see. Will Jankowski and/or Foo dominate? Parsons stand on his head? Can’t wait to see (hopefully via Flames site from New Zealand)…
Finally, a hockey fixed. It’s been too long!
Player positions would have been nice to add as would have other vital information RH/LH. but how about a line of Magpie/Janko/Foo.
Would love to see this line.
That was the first line combo that came to me as well, Mangie is the dark horse in camp this year. Tyler Johnson 2.0
I just want hockey, it’s been eons…
McFalls CL
Dube CL
Fisher RW
Foo RW
Gawdin CR
Hawerchuk LW
Janko CL
Joly RW
Mangiapane LW
Morrisson CL
Phillips CR
Pollock LW
Rassell CL
Ruzicka LW
Smith RW
Forwards by position and shot.
Now build 5 lines for the tournie.
Looking forward to seeing how well some of the Flames top prospects do in this tournament. The idea of Janko, Mangi, Foo, Ras, Valimaki and Parsons possibly being on the ice at the same time is pretty exciting.
So here is my 5 lines: Magpie/Janko/Foo, Hawerchuk/Dube/Joly, Ruzicka/Phillips/ Fischer, Pollock/Rassel/Smith, and Morrisson/Dove-McFall/Gawdin. With only to RHD my pairings would be AOM/Andersson(only because they were together at the prospects camp), Valimaki with Healey or Doetzel and the make up whatever you want.
My bad there are 3 RHD, Ruopp is a rHD.
A lot of centres on try-outs and a few centres lacking in Stockton. There’s real opportunity for those guys, even on an AHL deal.
Yes. With Vey, Angelidis, and Aagaard
Crap…stupid new phone. Yes, need Center help in Stockton. With Vey, Angelidis, and Aagaard all gone, that leaves only Prybil as the only player who was on the roster here last year. Lomberg took a lot of draws so maybe he has some center qualities???
Flames main camp from this bunch:
Goal: Tyler Parsons
Defense: Fat Ras, Josh Healey, AOM & Jusso
Forwards: D. Dube, S. Foo, M. Jankowski, A. Mangiapane, M. Phillips
Long shots: Z. Fischer, A. Ruzicka
Anyone else notice that puckalytics.com has folded up shop?
old news. The Flames hired the guy behind puckalytics and stats.hockeyanalysis.com
I wonder if he has the berries to tell his new employer that he made a huge mistake signing Brouwer to that beastly contract…?
WW
David Johnson: “Troy Brouwer has been assigned a number for his overall play last year, 85. The price of a stamp for mailing it in.”
Too bad that the Flames gave Josh Healey number 85 for the Penticton Tournament. I’m going to start calling Brouwer…TroyBrouwer85, as a nod to the analytics crew.
why would he come in and tell his new boss about mistakes from the past? how many years back should he go to point out mistakes? he would be ill advised to come in with criticisms for issues that are past decisions, but should have input on current and future decisions.
Now, if he brings up Brouwer’s declining underlying numbers as examples of predictive value for other (current, similar) decisions, that’s fair game
Browser scores 20 this year. Any takers?
@ Burnward, you’re on..
Foo…
if he comes out strong i could see him taking a spot for opening night.
nope.
I think this is Hunter Smith’s last chance. Watching him skate is like watching an ostrich on skates. Very awkward. He was a healthy scratch a lot last year. Lomberg, seemingly half his size, threw more punches than Smith. I have not been impressed at all with his game. Maybe time to free that spot up for another prospect.
The Stockton Heat page (stocktonheat.com) has all of the times, breakdowns, and players with position.
I see they wouldn’t let Poirier back. Too bad…
Actually I think it’s the best thing for him; instead of playing against a group of kidsI suspect he is on the ice with the men. Also it seems that the Oilers are not sending JP.
Both players have more than 100 professional games so they couldn’t go even if they wanted to.
Really looking forward to see Juolevi vs Andersson and how they compare to each other.
Valimaki to Juolevi will also be interesting to compare.