MONTREAL, QC – The Montreal Canadiens announced that 33 prospects will participate in the first of two development camp sessions, set to take place from June 5th – 9th at the Bell Sports Complex in Brossard, Quebec.
The list of participating players includes several players drafted by Montreal, players from the Bulldogs as well as players invited as try-outs. There are 11 players attending that played for the Bulldogs this past regular season and post-season: Alexander Avtsin, Hunter Bishop, Andrew Conboy, Peter Delmas, Gabriel Dumont, Andreas Engqvist, Dany Masse, Brendon Nash, Aaron Palushaj, Ian Schultz and Joe Stejskal.
The second part of the development camp, to include players to be selected at the 2011 NHL Entry Draft which will be held on June 24th and 25th in Minnesota, will take place from July 5th – 9th, also at the Bell Sports Complex in Brossard. The first edition of the Canadiens development camp took place in 2001.
The Canadiens prospects will first take to the ice on Sunday, June 5th, from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The development camp session consists of two on-ice trainings daily on both ice surfaces at the Bell Sports Complex (7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 3:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.) All practices are open to the public. Off-ice conditioning sessions are also scheduled each day.
14 of the 33 players at camp are Canadiens draft selections, including the club’s first selections from the past three NHL Entry Drafts: Jarred Tinordi (2010), Louis Leblanc (2009) and Danny Kristo (2008).
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'Dogs News
June 03, 2011
