The Montreal Canadiens officially announced the 59 players who will take part in this year’s training camp, starting on Wednesday.
The 59 players include 35 forwards, 17 defensemen and seven goaltenders. A total of 43 players have NHL contracts and 12 players have AHL contracts. Three players were also invited on a tryout basis. This includes three injured players: forward Rafaël Harvey-Pinard and goaltenders Quentin Miller and Carey Price.
The three tryouts include Trois-Rivières Lions forward Logan Nijhoff, and two players without contracts: forward Charles Savoie, who impressed at the team’s rookie camp and defender Simon Motew.
The full camp roster can be found here.
FORWARDS
17 JOSH ANDERSON
40 JOEL ARMIA
61 VINCENT ARSENEAU (AHL contract)
27 ALEX BARRE-BOULET
53 ALEX BEAUCAGE (AHL contract)
62 OWEN BECK
13 COLE CAUFIELD
82 LUCAS CONDOTTA
77 KIRBY DACH
45 LAURENT DAUPHIN (AHL contract)
76 JARED DAVIDSON
28 CHRISTIAN DVORAK
71 JAKE EVANS
57 SEAN FARRELL
11 BRENDAN GALLAGHER
74 BRANDON GIGNAC
51 EMIL HEINEMAN
91 OLIVER KAPANEN
86 RILEY KIDNEY
92 PATRIK LAINE
46 FILIP MEŠÁR
81 ISRAEL MIANSCUM (AHL contract)
15 ALEX NEWHOOK
94 LOGAN NIJHOFF (ECHL contract)
38 JAKOV NOVAK (AHL contract)
44 JACOB PERREAULT
55 MICHAEL PEZZETTA
89 JOSHUA ROY
83 CHARLES SAVOIE (Invite)
43 XAVIER SIMONEAU
20 JURAJ SLAFKOVSKY
14 NICK SUZUKI
88 ALEX TUCH
60 FLORIAN XHEKAJ
DEFENDERS
52 JUSTIN BARRON
42 ADAM ENGSTRÖM
21 KAIDEN GUHLE
59 ZACKARY HAYES (AHL Contract)
48 LANE HUTSON
85 JOSHUA JACOBS (AHL Contract)
56 CHRIS JANDRIC (AHL Contract)
24 LOGAN MAILLOUX
8 MIKE MATHESON
97 SIMON MOTEW (Invite)
64 DAVID REINBACHER
58 DAVID SAVARD
65 VINCENT SÉVIGNY (AHL Contract)
47 JAYDEN STRUBLE
84 WILLIAM TRUDEAU
36 TYLER WOTHERSPOON (AHL Contract)
72 ARBER XHEKAJ
GOALTENDERS
70 LUKE CAVALLIN (AHL Contract)
75 JAKUB DOBEŠ
95 CONNOR HUGHES
98 HUNTER JONES (AHL Contract)
35 SAMUEL MONTEMBEAULT
30 CAYDEN PRIMEAU
INJURED
49 RAFAËL HARVEY-PINARD (F)
37 QUENTIN MILLER (G)
31 CAREY PRICE (G)
Wednesday will be the physicals and medical tests, with the first on-ice session scheduled for Thursday. The Canadiens open their pre-season on Monday, September 23 when they host the Philadelphia Flyers at the Bell Centre. The team will play six pre-season games before their season begins on October 9 at the Bell Centre against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Laval Rocket head coach Pascal Vincent says that AHL camp is expected to begin around October 1.
