Capitals Release 2016-17 Training Camp Roster and Schedule

Tomorrow officially marks the start of fall. It also, fittingly enough, marks the official start of the Caps’ 2016 Training Camp, as (most of) the players will gather at Kettler for their annual physicals and other preliminary testing before finally hitting the ice on Friday.

All told, 65 Capitals, prospects and hopefuls will attend this year’s camp (38 forwards, 19 defensemen and 8 goalies), with participants initially divided into three teams: Red, White and Blue.

Here’s how they shake out:

WHITE TEAM			BLUE TEAM			RED TEAM
1	Jay Williams	G	4	Taylor Chorney	D	2	Matt Niskanen*	D
14	Justin Williams	RW	10	Brett Connolly	RW	8	Alex Ovechkin*	LW
20	Lars Eller	C	13	Jakub Vrana	LW	9	Dmitry Orlov*	D
21	Lucas Johansen	D	16	Stanislav Galiev	RW	17	Chris Bourque	RW
22	Madison Bowey	D	18	Chandler Stephenson	C	19	Nicklas Backstrom*	C
23	Zach Sill	LW	26	Daniel Winnik	LW	27	Karl Alzner	D
24	Riley Barber	RW	28	Paul Carey	C	31	Philipp Grubauer*	G
25	Ryan Bourque	LW	29	Christian Djoos	D	33	Parker Milner	G
34	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	38	Colby Williams	D	35	Joe Cannata	G
44	Brooks Orpik	D	40	Garrett Pilon	C	36	Connor Hobbs	D
46	Darren Dietz	D	41	Vitek Vanecek	G	39	Christian Thomas	RW
51	Hubert Labrie	D	42	Brad Malone	LW	43	Tom Wilson	RW
57	Nolan LaPorte	RW	48	Domenic Monardo	RW	47	Beck Malenstyn	LW
75	Tim McGauley	C	61	Dan DeSalvo	LW	50	Joey Leach	D
76	Garrett Mitchell	RW	81	Adam Carlson	G	55	Aaron Ness	D
79	Nathan Walker	LW	88	Nate Schmidt	D	59	Dylan Margonari	C
82	Zach Sanford	C	95	Dmitriy Zaitsev	D	65	Andre Burakovsky	LW
84	Drew MacIntyre	G				66	Dustin Gazley	LW
85	Josh Pitt	LW				70	Braden Holtby*	G
90	Marcus Johansson	LW				72	Travis Boyd	C
93	Steven McParland	LW				73	John Parker	RW
						74	John Carlson*	D
						77	T.J. Oshie*	RW
						78	Tyler Lewington	D
						83	Jay Beagle	C
						87	Liam O’Brien	LW
						92	Evgeny Kuznetsov*	C

* = Players currently attending the WCoH

Teams will get a new look on Monday when the first of the World Cup stragglers begin to head home, and as the Caps get ready for their first preseason action against the ‘Canes that evening, then daily after that as cuts are made.

On-ice workouts will commence on Friday, with all practice sessions and scrimmages free and open to the public. Opening weekend will look like this (and the full schedule can be found here):

Friday, September 23

9:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Group White practice (Arlington Rink)

10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Group White practice (Capitals Rink)

11:00 – 11:45 a.m. Group Red practice (Arlington Rink)

11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Group Red practice (Capitals Rink)

12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Group Blue practice (Arlington Rink)

1:15 p.m. – 2 p.m. Group Blue practice (Capitals Rink)

Saturday, September 24

9:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Group Blue practice (Arlington Rink)

10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Group Blue practice (Capitals Rink)

11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Group White practice (Arlington Rink)

11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Group White practice (Capitals Rink)

12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Group Red practice (Arlington Rink)

1:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Group Red practice (Capitals Rink)

Sunday, September 25

9:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Group Red practice (Arlington Rink)

10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Group Red practice (Capitals Rink)

11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Group Blue practice (Arlington Rink)

11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Group Blue practice (Capitals Rink)

12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Group White practice (Arlington Rink)

1:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Group White practice (Capitals Rink)

To paraphrase the great Thin Lizzy, the boys are (almost all sort of eventually) back in town!

Capitals Release 2016-17 Training Camp Roster and Schedule

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