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Just got back from our family trip and am (almost) ready to get back into the new season.
The Avalanche announced that 59 players, including 23 who took part in rookie camp, will participate in training camp. Veterans report for medical and physical testing Thursday at the Pepsi Center, and on-ice sessions led by first-year coach
Jared Bednar begin Friday at the South Suburban Family Sports Center in Centennial, Colo.
On-ice sessions are free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis.
Here's the
CAMP ROSTER.
Here's the
NUMERICAL ROSTER.
Forwards
Gabriel Bourque, Rene Bourque and
Jiri Tlusty will be in camp on professional tryouts.
The six Avalanche players taking part in the World Cup of Hockey will arrive after their teams have played their final games. They are
Matt Duchene (Canada),
Erik Johnson (United States),
Gabriel Landeskog and
Carl Soderberg (Sweden),
Nathan MacKinnon (North America) and
Semyon Varlamov (Russia).
The schedule:
Thursday: Veterans report to Pepsi Center.
Friday: On-ice sessions at Family Sports, First group 8:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.; second group 10:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Saturday: On-ice sessions at Family Sports, First group 8:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.; second group 10:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Sunday: Burgundy and White game at Magness Arena, University of Denver, 3 p.m.
The Avalanche open a six-game preseason schedule Tuesday at Minnesota. They play Dallas at the Pepsi Center on Wednesday.