As hockey season continues to inch closer for the professional ranks, the Griffins are moving forward with their own training camp.
The Wings’ AHL affiliate released their training camp roster today. Thirty-one players will be in Grand Rapids starting on Monday, Oct. 1, and skating through Friday, Oct. 5. The camp will conclude with a scrimmage before the two preseason games against Lake Erie on Saturday, Oct. 6, in Toledo, and Sunday, Oct. 7, at Yost Ice Arena.
Here is the list of players participating in the Griffins’ camp; asterisks denotes players who have been invited on a tryout basis.
Goaltenders
- Charlie Effinger*
- Tom McCollum
- Petr Mrazek
- Jordan Pearce
Defensemen
- Adam Almquist
- Chad Billins
- Kyle Bushee*
- Brennan Evans
- Gleason Fournier
- Brian Lashoff
- Max Nicastro
- Nathan Paetsch
- Brendan Smith
Forwards
- Joakim Andersson
- Louis-Marc Aubry
- Mitch Callahan
- Max Campbell*
- Willie Coetzee
- Landon Ferraro
- Luke Glendening
- Triston Grant
- Jeff Hoggan*
- Tomas Jurco
- Eric Kattelus*
- Joey Martin*
- Andrej Nestrasil
- Gustav Nyquist
- Francis Pare
- Trevor Parkes
- Brent Raedeke
- Riley Sheahan
Note: Tomas Tatar is currently playing with SHK 37 Piestany in Slovakia, but he will rejoin the Griffins before the team’s first game.