Starting September 9th, and running through the 14th, the Montreal Canadiens will be hosting and taking part in a 4 team rookie tournament. The other teams participating will be the Ottawa Senators, Florida Panthers, and for the 1st time ever, the Toronto Maple Leafs. All games and practices will be held in the Sportplexe 4 Glaces, in Pierrefonds, QC, which also hosted the Canadiens Development Camp in early July.
24 players have been named to the Canadiens roster, 17 of which are actual prospects, while 7 tryout players have also been added to fill out the roster.
The following is the roster, sorted by position first, then by number, and finally, their status (prospect or tryout):
Goalies (3)
30-Loic Lacasse (prospect)
41-Jaroslav Halak (prospect)
75-Yann Danis (prospect)
Defence (7)
54-Jonathan Jolette (tryout)
57-Derick Martin (tryout)
67-Mark Flood (prospect)
68-Francois Caron (tryout)
80-Alex Dulac-Lemelin (prospect)
83-Andrew Archer (prospect)
87-James Sanford (tryout)
Centres (5)
25-Kyle Chipchura (prospect)
40-Maxim Lapierre (prospect)
45-Corey Locke (prospect)
53-Cory Urquhart (prospect)
78-Kevin Glode (tryout)
Left Wing (4)
47-Danny Stewart (prospect)
48-Michael Lambert (prospect)
61-Jimmy Bonneau (prospect)
70-Gregory Stewart (prospect)
Right Wing (5)
46-Andrei Kostitsyn (prospect)
62-Duncan Milroy (prospect)
72-Olivier Labelle (tryout)
84-Kevin Petit (tryout)
86-Jonathan Ferland (prospect)
It is also important to note that several actual Hab prospects are unable to attend the tournament because of various reasons (NCAA players must pay their own way, while teams overseas must allow the player to come over, this doesn’t always happen.)