Training camp invites

Booba

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Two successful try-out for the IceCaps. St. John's also signed Nicolas Blanchard to a PTO.

The St. John’s IceCaps, American Hockey League affiliate of the Winnipeg Jets, announced today they have signed forwards Brandon MacLean, Ben Walker and Nicolas Blanchard to professional tryout contracts.
 

Booba

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AHL teams have finalized their rosters! Here are your latest updates!

Adirondack
According to theahl.com, Curtis Gedig was loaned to Colorado (ECHL) which likely means that he is signed to an AHL contract.
http://theahl.com/stats/transactions.php?f_season_id=48&f_team_id=400

Trevor Gilles appears on the Flames' final roster. He is either signed to an AHL contract or a PTO.
http://www.adirondackflames.com/team/roster/

Albany
Rod Pelley and Joe Faust have both made the team. Both are likely signed to AHL contracts. Pelley was the captain of the team last season so it seems only logical that he has signed something more substantial than a PTO.
http://www.thealbanydevils.com/team

However, no news on the Myles Bell front... It's quite hard to guess where he'll end up because Albany doesn't have an ECHL affiliate. Furthermore, as a 1993-born player, Bell is too old to return to the juniors.

Binghamton
Brad Mills has made the squad.
http://www.binghamtonsenators.com/news/?article_id=1899

Bridgeport
Colton Gillies and Justin Courtnall are both part of the final roster.
http://www.soundtigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=209706401&DB_OEM_ID=22700

Ross Johnston has been returned to his junior team. Sadly for them, Johnston got injured during the New York Islanders' camp.
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/Sports...y/1?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Since they don't appear on the final roster, we can assume that Tyler Shattock and Andrew Rowe were released.

Chicago
Gergo Nagy has a spot on the final roster!
http://www.chicagowolves.com/team/roster
Will he be the only Hungarian playing in the AHL this season? Probably! But the real question here is... Has he signed an AHL contract or a PTO?

Longtime Wolve Nathan Longpre and former Blackhawk Sheldon Brookbank don't appear on the roster. Neither does Brent Sopel.

Grand Rapids
Chris Bruton has made the team. Whether he is signed to an AHL contract or a PTO is left to be seen...

Corey Fienhage, Josh Holmstrom, Tom Serratore and Shane Sims' tenures at Grand Rapids' camp were probably really short because they weren't even mentioned in the 30-something paragraphs of this training camp review.

Hershey
This one flew under the radar...
@TheHersheyBears 3 oct.
RT @ScottStuccio: .@TheHersheyBears have released G Matt Tendler with the assignment of Philipp Grubauer today. #HBH

Lake Erie
Out of 18 free agents invited to camp, only Kenny Ryan and Reid Petryk made the team.
http://lakeeriemonsters.com/news/news/index.html?article_id=2392

Manchester
According to the Monarchs' coaching staff, goons are still cool! After a five-year exile in Europe, Josh Gratton is back in the AHL.
http://manchestermonarchs.com/team/players/

However, veteran goalkeeper Yann Danis might have to travel the other way if he wants to pursue his playing career.

Milwaukee
No signs of Mike Little on the final roster...
http://www.milwaukeeadmirals.com/team

Norfolk
Brendan Bell has made the team.
http://www.norfolkadmirals.com/team.php?id=roster

The other invites were released a few days ago
http://www.norfolkadmirals.com/release_story1.php?id=3267

Oklahoma
OKC had not spot for an invite on its roster.
http://www.okcbarons.com/index.cfm?fa=roster

Rochester
Rochester has confirmed that Akim Aliu will start the year with a PTO contract.

This will be Aliu's seventh AHL team since turning pro in 2009.

San Antonio
Byron Froese will start the year on SA's roster.
http://www.sarampage.com/features/?article_id=2793

Josh Brown was returned to Oshawa for his overager season.
http://oshawagenerals.com/article/josh-brown-returns-to-the-generals

Springfield
Josh Brittain was the last player cut from the Falcons' camp.
http://www.falconsahl.com/news/news/?article_id=364

Wilkes-Barres
There was no room for Nolan Schaefer on Wilkes-Barres' roster.
https://twitter.com/TLTomVenesky/status/518922775260856320

Worcester
Finally, Derek Deblois had a successful audition with the baby sharks.
http://www.sharksahl.com/team/Roster.asp
 
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However, no news on the Myles Bell front... It's quite hard to guess where he'll end up because Albany doesn't have an ECHL affiliate. Furthermore, as a 1993-born player, Bell is too old to return to the juniors.

Any word of a CIS commitment?
 

Booba

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Jared Gomes was released from his try-out with Hamilton.
http://hamiltonbulldogs.com/pressbox/news/?article_id=871

Sheldon Brookbank has opted to continue his career in Europe.
@BrianSandalow
Sheldon Brookbank's tryout ended and he's gone overseas. #Blackhawks #ChicagoWolves

Brent Sopel has finally been added to Chicago's roster. The veteran dman signed a one year AHL contract.
http://www.chicagowolves.com/news/releases/4178-wolves-add-sopel-and-longpre-before-opening-night
The weird association between Nathan Longpre and the Chicago Wolves also continues with Longpre signing a PTO contract!

It seems that Longpre always need to prove his worth to the organisation as he has already been loaned twice to other AHL teams by Chicago and, furthermore, the Wolves seem to prefer signing him to PTO contracts rather than to give him the security of a full year contract.

However, as opposed to Taylor Swift and her exes and despite the challenges, they somehow always end up getting back together.

Any word of a CIS commitment?

It's a possibility (that I hadn't think about)! However, my guess is that Albany is trying to find him a place to play in the ECHL.
 
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Providence: The P-Bruins aren't very good when it comes to releasing information about their roster, however it has been confirmed that Andrew Cherniwchan, Cory Kane and Ben Youds have made the team!

Here is some additional info that was tweeted by @MarkDivver.

-Only PTOs to make P-Bruins cut to this point (october 5) are Andrew Cherniwchan and Spencer Asuchak.
-Andrew Cherniwchan doesn't have a contract yet, but I'll be surprised if @AHLBruins start season without him. Did a nice job last year.
-Tryouts Parker Milner, Cody Sylvester, Bryce Aneloski released by @AHLBruins after last night's game.

Thanks to Mark Divver, we now know that Andrew Cherniwchan will start the year with a PTO and that Spencer Asuchak and Parker Miller attended Providence's camp but they did not make the team. We can also deduce that Cory Kane and Ben Youds have signed AHL contracts.

Portland : Mark Anthoine, Corey Trivino and Saverio Posa were released a few days.
http://www.pressherald.com/2014/10/07/sports-digest-54/

Springfield : Corey Cowick and Domenic Monardo have made the opening night roster.

Toronto : Brady Vail, Brendan Mikkelson and Blake Kessel have made the final cut. They are all signed to AHL contracts

Utica : Invites Travis Ehrhardt, Carter Bancks and Wacey Hamilton appear on the final roster.

Lake Erie : C.J. Severyn was assigned to Fort Wayne by Lake Erie was means that he is signed to an AHL contract.
http://www.komets.com/news_stats/news_releases/index.html?article_id=23
 
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Booba

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Training camp recap

Signed AHL contract (AHL SPC) :
Adirondack : Curtis Gedig Assigned to Colorado, ECHL)
Binghamton : Ty Wishart (Assigned to Evansville, ECHL)
Bridgeport : Lukas Sutter
Chicago : Brent Sopel
Grand Rapids : Scott Czarnowczan (Assigned to Toledo, ECHL),
Iowa : Olivier Archambault (Assigned to Alaska, ECHL),
Lake Erie : C.J. Severyn (Assigned to Fort Wayne, ECHL)
Providence : Cory Kane, Ben Youds
Rochester : Nick Tuzzolino (Assigned to Elmira, ECHL)
Springfield : Brett Ponich, Scott Munroe (Assigned to Kalamazoo, ECHL), Isaac MacLeod (Assigned to Kalamazoo, ECHL)
Texas : Mike Dalhuisen (Assigned to Idaho, ECHL)
Toronto : Stefan Della Rovere (Assigned to Orlando, ECHL), Brendan Mikkelson , Brady Vail and Blake Kessel
Utica : Curtis Valk (Assigned to Kalamazoo, ECHL)
Wilkes-Barres : Tyler Murovich (Assigned to Wheeling, ECHL)

Signed a PTO contract :
Chicago : Nathan Longpre and Matt Register
Hamilton : Sahir Gill
Iowa : Jake Parenteau and Jay Gregoire
Providence : Andrew Cherniwchan
Rochester : Akim Aliu
St. John's : Brandon MacLean and Ben Walker
Uitca : *Ryan Jones

*Jones did not participate to Utica's camp

Made the opening-night roster (Either signed to an AHL SPC or a PTO) :
Adirondack : Trevor Gillies and Dustin Stevenson
Albany : Joe Faust and Rod Pelley
Binghamton : Brad Mills
Bridgeport : Justin Courtnall and Colton Gillies
Chicago : Gergo Nagy
Grand Rapids : Chris Bruton
Lake Erie : Kenny Ryan and Reid Petryk
Manchester : Josh Gratton
Norfolk : Brendan Bell
Portland : Matt Kassian
San Antonio Byron Froese
Springfield : Corey Cowick and Domenic Monardo
Utica : Travis Ehrhardt, Carter Bancks and Wacey Hamilton
Worcester : Derek Deblois
 
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Sounds like St. John's IceCaps training camp invitee RD Zach Bell has been signed to an AHL deal.

http://www.ontarioreign.com/news/teamnews/?article_id=2293

The Ontario Reign, four-time Pacific Division Champions and proud affiliate of the NHL’s 2014 Stanley Cup Champion Los Angeles Kings and Winnipeg Jets, have announced that rookie defenseman Zach Bell has been assigned to the club from the St. John's IceCaps of the American Hockey League.
 

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Training camp recap

Signed AHL contract (AHL SPC) :
Adirondack : Curtis Gedig Assigned to Colorado, ECHL)
Binghamton : Ty Wishart (Assigned to Evansville, ECHL)
Bridgeport : Lukas Sutter
Chicago : Brent Sopel
Grand Rapids : Scott Czarnowczan (Assigned to Toledo, ECHL),
Iowa : Olivier Archambault (Assigned to Alaska, ECHL),
Lake Erie : C.J. Severyn (Assigned to Fort Wayne, ECHL)
Providence : Cory Kane, Ben Youds
Rochester : Nick Tuzzolino (Assigned to Elmira, ECHL)
Springfield : Brett Ponich, Scott Munroe (Assigned to Kalamazoo, ECHL), Isaac MacLeod (Assigned to Kalamazoo, ECHL)
Texas : Mike Dalhuisen (Assigned to Idaho, ECHL)
Toronto : Stefan Della Rovere (Assigned to Orlando, ECHL), Brendan Mikkelson , Brady Vail and Blake Kessel
Utica : Curtis Valk (Assigned to Kalamazoo, ECHL)
Wilkes-Barres : Tyler Murovich (Assigned to Wheeling, ECHL)

Signed a PTO contract :
Chicago : Nathan Longpre and Matt Register
Hamilton : Sahir Gill
Iowa : Jake Parenteau and Jay Gregoire
Providence : Andrew Cherniwchan
Rochester : Akim Aliu
St. John's : Brandon MacLean and Ben Walker
Uitca : *Ryan Jones

*Jones did not participate to Utica's camp

Made the opening-night roster (Either signed to an AHL SPC or a PTO) :
Adirondack : Trevor Gillies and Dustin Stevenson
Albany : Joe Faust and Rod Pelley
Binghamton : Brad Mills
Bridgeport : Justin Courtnall and Colton Gillies
Chicago : Gergo Nagy
Grand Rapids : Chris Bruton
Lake Erie : Kenny Ryan and Reid Petryk
Manchester : Josh Gratton
Norfolk : Brendan Bell
Portland : Matt Kassian
San Antonio Byron Froese
Springfield : Corey Cowick and Domenic Monardo
Utica : Travis Ehrhardt, Carter Bancks and Wacey Hamilton
Worcester : Derek Deblois

Awesome job! Kudos.

Really anxious to see what Ty Wishart, Curtis Valk, Akim Aliu and Gergo Nagy do!
 

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