Penguins Camp Package Part 1: Schedules, Roster

Matt Bodenschatz | Pittsburgh Penguins

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As you likely know, several writers from Faceoff Factor (and two from the blogosphere) have put together a nine-piece package focusing on the Pittsburgh Penguins and their training camp.

To start, we will look at the basic information, including the training camp schedule, the preseason schedule and the roster of camp invitees.

We sincerely hope you enjoy each and every piece, and please be sure to leave your comments. We’d love to know what you think!

Training Camp Schedule
9/13 – Training Camp opens at the UPMC facility on the South Side for physicals and other off-ice testing.
9/14 – Public practice at 9 a.m. at the Iceoplex at Southpointe.
9/15 – Public practice at 9 a.m. at the Iceoplex at Southpointe.
9/16 – Public practice at 9 a.m. at the Iceoplex at Southpointe.
9/19 – Public practice at 11:30 a.m. at Mellon Arena
9/20 – Public practice at 10 a.m. at Mellon Arena
9/24-9/26 – Team building sessions and other training at West Point
9/27 – Public practice at 10 a.m. at Mellon Arena

Note that public camps are free, but seating is limited.

Preseason Schedule
9/17 – 7:30 Penguins at Canadiens
9/18 – 7:30 Penguins at Canadiens
9/21 – 7:30 Penguins at Red Wings
9/22 – 7:30 Red Wings at Penguins
9/28 – 7:30 Sabres at Penguins
9/29 – 7:00 Penguins at Sabres

10/5 – Season begins in Carolina

Note that no preseason games currently are scheduled to air on Pittsburgh television.

Training Camp Roster
Note that those in yellow are NHL players who will start the season in Pittsburgh, barring injury or trade. Those in italics are the players most likely to compete for an NHL job as camp progresses. All names are listed in alphabetical order.


LEFT WINGS (9)

Connor James
Joe Jensen
Ryan Malone
Chris Minard
Gary Roberts
Jarkko Ruutu
Jordan Staal
Ryan Stone
Jeff Taffe

CENTERS (11)

Tim Brent
Erik Christensen
Sidney Crosby
Angelo Esposito
Dustin Jeffrey
Mark Letestu
Evgeni Malkin
Kurtis McLean
Kyle Rank
Nathan Smith
Maxime Talbot

RIGHT WINGS (9)

Colby Armstrong
Aaron Boogaard
Jonathan Filewich
Adam Hall
Tyler Kennedy
Georges Laraque
Mark Recchi
Petr Sykora
Tim Wallace
 

DEFENSEMEN (8)

Mark Ardelan
Paul Bissonnette
Jonathan D’Aversa
Mark Eaton
Deryk Engelland
Alex Goligoski
Sergei Gonchar
Ryan Lannon

DEFENSEMEN (8)

Kris Letang
Ben Lovejoy
Brooks Orpik
Alain Nasreddine
Rob Scuderi
Darryl Sydor
Mike Weaver
Ryan Whitney
 

GOALTENDERS (5)

David Brown
Ty Conklin
John Curry
Marc-Andre Fleury
Dany Sabourin



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Comments

  1. Bryan

    Sep 13, 11:00 PM

    Hey if you guys don’t think Tyler Kennedy and especially Tim Brent are competing for a spot on this roster you are crazy. It would not surprise me in the least if Brent was on the opening day roster

  2. Matt Bodenschatz

    Sep 14, 07:39 AM

    Bryan, Brent was a slip on my part, an oversight, if you will. Kennedy, on the other hand, was not a mistake. While he has a chance at making the team, I don’t see him as someone who is among the most likely. We’ll put it this way, there are a lot of players ahead of him that he would have to outplay in order to make the team.

    Thanks for the comments!

  3. DaBich

    Sep 14, 08:51 AM

    Lucky you, Matt, going to camp to see it all.

  4. Matt Bodenschatz

    Sep 14, 09:14 AM

    I sure am — and I might put up a story Saturday about my experience: what I saw, which players impressed, which did not, etc. Nothing is guaranteed, though.

  5. Ashley

    Sep 14, 09:32 AM

    I don’t think that Espo will make the Pens team out of camp this year (which seems to be the general consensus), though he will try to have a Staal-like year. The Pens have so much depth up front, especially at centre, that Espo will be much better off in Québec this season. I wouldn’t be surprised if Patrick Roy put Espo on the wing to help him develop into a more versatile forward – which will definitely help him in Pittsburgh.

    By the way, great job on the entire Penguins Camp Package – if there was a vote, I’d say ‘yes’ to making it a yearly thing.

    And have fun at camp! Should be quite a show.

  6. Matt Bodenschatz

    Sep 14, 10:49 AM

    Thanks for the compliments and comments Ashley. I tend to side with you on the Esposito issue. He’s likely on his way back. Then again, we all assumed the same with Staal. The one thing against Espo right now is his groin injury. He has been set back and groin injuries tend to nag if not healed properly.

    Anyway, I’ll certainly enjoy camp and should have some sort of a story and, if not thing else, a set of pictures.

  7. Matt Bodenschatz

    Sep 15, 05:42 PM

    Roster Update: The roster has been updated to include Tyler Kennedy as a potential NHL candidate. I seemed to be getting some slack for neglecting him, but was set on keeping him as is until I saw him at camp today. He’s got skills. I will elaborate in my camp review to be published shortly.

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