The Calgary Flames have officially announced the start of main training camp. Ignoring all the hustle and bustle of off-ice business, on-ice business kicks off on Thursday with fitness testing for veterans and then with on-ice sessions beginning Friday.
Here’s a look at who’s coming to camp!
Goaltenders (7)
# | Player | Age | 2016-17 Club | Acquired | Waivers? |
32 | Jon Gillies | 23 | Stockton (AHL) | 2012 Draft | No |
31 | Eddie Lack | 29 | Carolina (NHL) | Trade | Yes |
72 | Mason McDonald | 21 | Adirondack (ECHL) | 2014 Draft | No |
82 | Tyler Parsons | 20 | London (OHL) | 2016 Draft | No |
33 | David Rittich | 25 | Stockton (AHL) | Free agency | No |
70 | Nick Schneider | 20 | Medicine Hat (WHL) | Free agency | No |
41 | Mike Smith | 35 | Arizona (NHL) | Trade | Yes |
Defensemen (21)
# | Player | Age | 2016-17 Club | Acquired | Shot | Waivers? |
54 | Rasmus Andersson | 20 | Stockton (AHL) | 2015 Draft | R | No |
44 | Matt Bartkowski | 29 | Calgary (NHL) | Free agency | L | Yes |
7 | T.J. Brodie | 27 | Calgary (NHL) | 2008 Draft | L | Yes |
43 | Kayle Doetzel | 22 | Stockton (AHL) | AHL contract | R | N/A |
5 | Mark Giordano | 33 | Calgary (NHL) | Free agency | L | Yes |
27 | Dougie Hamilton | 24 | Calgary (NHL) | Trade | R | Yes |
24 | Travis Hamonic | 27 | NY Islanders (NHL) | Trade | R | Yes |
85 | Josh Healey | 24 | Ohio State (NCAA) | Free agency | L | No |
78 | Tyson Helgesen | 20 | Spokane (WHL) | Try-out | L | N/A |
61 | Brett Kulak | 23 | Stockton (AHL) | 2012 Draft | L | Yes |
58 | Oliver Kylington | 20 | Stockton (AHL) | 2015 Draft | L | No |
39 | Daniel Maggio | 26 | Orlando (ECHL) | Try-out | R | N/A |
68 | Adam Ollas Mattsson | 21 | Djurgardens IF (SHL) | 2014 Draft | L | N/A |
55 | Dylan Olsen | 26 | Nanton (RHL) | Try-out | L | N/A |
65 | Colby Robak | 27 | Utica (AHL) | Try-out | L | N/A |
98 | Sam Ruopp | 21 | Prince George (WHL) | Try-out | L | N/A |
26 | Michael Stone | 27 | Calgary (NHL) | Trade | R | Yes |
42 | Juuso Valimaki | 18 | Tri-City (WHL) | 2017 Draft | L | No |
73 | Cliff Watson | 23 | Michigan Tech (NCAA) | Try-out | L | N/A |
4 | Tyler Wotherspoon | 24 | Stockton (AHL) | 2011 Draft | L | Yes |
53 | Oleg Yevenko | 26 | Cleveland (AHL) | AHL contract | L | N/A |
Forwards (40)
# | Player | Age | 2016-17 Club | Acquired | Shot | Waivers? |
11 | Mikael Backlund | 28 | Calgary (NHL) | 2007 Draft | L | Yes |
93 | Sam Bennett | 21 | Calgary (NHL) | 2014 Draft | L | Yes |
36 | Troy Brouwer | 32 | Calgary (NHL) | Free agency | R | Yes |
62 | Austin Carroll | 23 | Stockton (AHL) | 2014 Draft | R | No |
64 | Joseph Cramarossa | 24 | Vancouver (NHL) | Try-out | L | N/A |
89 | Sam Dove-McFalls | 20 | Saint John (QMJHL) | Try-out | L | N/A |
59 | Dillon Dube | 19 | Kelowna (WHL) | 2016 Draft | L | No |
79 | Micheal Ferland | 25 | Calgary (NHL) | 2009 Draft | L | Yes |
76 | Brett Findlay | 24 | Toronto (AHL) | AHL contract | L | N/A |
48 | Zach Fischer | 20 | Medicine Hat (WHL) | 2017 Draft | R | N/A |
15 | Spencer Foo | 23 | Union College (NCAA) | Free agency | R | No |
67 | Michael Frolik | 29 | Calgary (NHL) | Free agency | L | Yes |
13 | Johnny Gaudreau | 24 | Calgary (NHL) | 2011 Draft | L | Yes |
80 | Glenn Gawdin | 20 | Swift Current (WHL) | Try-out | R | N/A |
17 | Luke Gazdic | 28 | Albany (AHL) | Free agency | L | Yes |
51 | Tanner Glass | 33 | Hartford (AHL) | Try-out | L | Yes |
25 | Freddie Hamilton | 25 | Calgary (NHL) | Trade | R | Yes |
21 | Garnet Hathaway | 25 | Stockton (AHL) | Free agency | R | Yes |
97 | Ben Hawerchuk | 19 | Barrie (OHL) | Try-out | L | N/A |
46 | Marek Hrivik | 26 | Hartford (AHL) | Free agency | L | Yes |
77 | Mark Jankowski | 22 | Stockton (AHL) | 2012 Draft | L | No |
45 | Morgan Klimchuk | 22 | Stockton (AHL) | 2013 Draft | L | No |
20 | Curtis Lazar | 22 | Calgary (NHL) | Trade | R | Yes |
56 | Ryan Lomberg | 22 | Stockton (AHL) | Free agency | L | No |
57 | Joel Lowry | 25 | Ontario (AHL) | Try-out | L | N/A |
88 | Andrew Mangiapane | 21 | Stockton (AHL) | 2015 Draft | L | No |
23 | Sean Monahan | 22 | Calgary (NHL) | 2013 Draft | L | Yes |
84 | Brad Morrison | 20 | Vancouver (WHL) | Try-out | L | N/A |
37 | Rod Pelley | 33 | Albany (AHL) | AHL contract | L | N/A |
47 | Matthew Phillips | 19 | Victoria (WHL) | 2016 Draft | R | N/A |
28 | Emile Poirier | 22 | Stockton (AHL) | 2013 Draft | L | Yes |
60 | Brett Pollock | 21 | Adirondack (ECHL) | 2014 Draft | L | No |
74 | Daniel Pribyl | 24 | Stockton (AHL) | Free agency | R | No |
50 | Mark Rassell | 20 | Medicine Hat (WHL) | Try-out | L | N/A |
63 | Adam Ruzicka | 18 | Sarnia (OHL) | 2017 Draft | L | N/A |
49 | Hunter Shinkaruk | 22 | Stockton (AHL) | Trade | L | Yes |
71 | Hunter Smith | 21 | Stockton (AHL) | 2014 Draft | R | No |
18 | Matt Stajan | 33 | Calgary (NHL) | Trade | L | Yes |
19 | Matthew Tkachuk | 19 | Calgary (NHL) | 2016 Draft | L | No |
10 | Kris Versteeg | 31 | Calgary (NHL) | Free agency | R | Yes |
Notes
Among the try-out players invited to camp:
- Dave Lowry’s son Joel
- Oleg Yevenko, a big Belarusian who was a farmhand when the AHL club was in Adirondack
- Colby Robak, who was with the Stockton Heat for a bit last year before joining the Utica Comets
- Every try-out player invited to Penticton
The Veterans
To ensure that preseason games are actually worth attending, teams are required to dress at least eight “veteran players” in each exhibition outing. Veterans are (a) skaters that played in 30+ NHL games last year, (b) goalies that either dressed in 50+ games or played in 30+ games, (c) the most recent first rounder and (d) anybody who’s played 100+ NHL games.
The following players qualify:
- Goalies: Smith, Lack
- Defensemen: Brodie, Giordano, Hamilton, Stone, Valimaki, Bartkowski, Olsen
- Forwards: Frolik, Monahan, Stajan, Bennett, Backlund, Ferland, Tkachuk, Brouwer, Gaudreau, Versteeg, Cramarossa, Lazar, Gazdic, Glass, Pelley
Schedule
The Flames have split their roster into three groups and begin on-ice sessions on Friday. From there, they have six dates with preseason games:
- Sept. 18: home and home split squad games against Edmonton
- Sept. 20: home against Vancouver
- Sept. 22: home against Arizona
- Sept. 25: road against Winnipeg
- Sept. 28: road against Vancouver
- Sept. 30: home against Winnipeg
Expect a bunch of cuts on Sept. 23, followed by more selective pruning afterwards to get the team down to its 23-man roster by Oct. 3 at 3 p.m. MT – the league’s roster deadline.
