Sunday, June 28, 2009

Campin' Out

"New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club will hold the 2009 Prospect Development Camp, Monday, June 29th – Friday, July 3rd, at the Madison Square Garden Training Center. The camp will bring together the team’s 2009 Draft Picks and other top prospects."

The following players are expected to attend the camp:

PLAYER PLACE OF BIRTH BIRTHDATE 2008-09 TEAM
FORWARDS:
Bourque, Ryan Beverly, Massachusetts 1/3/1991 USA U-18 (USDP)
Campbell, Max Strathroy, Ontario 12/21/1988 Western Michigan (CCHA)
Chappell, Chris Pickering, Ontario 3/21/1988 Saginaw (OHL)
Crowder, Paul Victoria, BC 2/12/1985 Hartford (AHL)
Cunningham, Craig Trail, BC 9/3/1990 Vancouver (WHL)
Daavettila, Trent Howell, Michigan 9/3/1984 Kalamazoo (IHL)
Grachev, Evgeny Khabarovsk, Russia 2/21/1990 Brampton (OHL)
Kreider, Chris Boxford, Massachusetts 4/30/1991 Andover (HS-MA)
Maccarone, Matt Whitby, Ontario 3/23/1984 Tulsa (CHL)
Pither, Luke Burketon, Ontario 4/26/1989 Guelph (OHL)
Soryal, Justin Newmarket, Ontario 6/29/1987 Hartford (AHL)
Stepan, Derek Hastings, Minnesota 6/18/1990 U. of Wisconsin (NCAA)
Werek, Ethan Markham, Ontario 6/7/1991 Kingston (OHL)

DEFENSEMEN:
Curadi, Luke West Point, New York 5/14/1991 Hartford (ATLH)
Del Zotto, Michael Stouffville, Ontario 6/24/1990 London (OHL)
Dowzak, Tysen Fergus Falls, Minnesota 3/8/1988 Hartford (AHL)
Gaulton, Mitch St. Catharines, Ontario 4/25/1990 Erie (OHL)
Gilroy, Matt North Bellmore, NY 7/20/1984 Boston Univ. (NCAA)
Heikkinen, Ilkka Rauma, Finland 11/13/1984 HIFK Helsinki (SM-liiga)
Klassen, Samuel Watrous, Saskatoon 1/1/1989 Saskatoon (WHL)
Kundratek, Tomas Jrinec, Czech Republic 12/26/1989 Medicine Hat (WHL)
Maggio, Daniel Windsor, Ontario 3/4/1991 Sudbury (OHL)

GOALTENDERS:
Kinkaid, Keith Farmingdale, New York 7/4/1989 Des Moines (USHL)
Scrivens, Ben Spruce Grove, Alberta 9/11/1986 Cornell (NCAA)
Stajcer, Scott Cambridge, Ontario 6/14/1991 Owen Sound (OHL)
Yonkman, Travis Saskatoon, Saskatoon 4/17/1988 Swift Current (WHL)

Wouldn't something like this be perfect p.r. for the franchise to invite season ticket holders and bloggers to? Seems it would be ideal to draw interest and at least attempt to prove that the general manager isn't a complete fool...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I agree it would be a good idea to allow fans into main camp for certain sessions, but this camp is intended to give some young guys a taste of the NHL experience under controlled circumstances...some of them will never play pro so it serves NO purpose for fans to be inside the laboratory.