While the Flyers are getting well settled into their slate of preseason action up at the NHL level, we’re just a few days away from things kicking off for the Phantoms down in the American League. With their training camp set to open this weekend with their first day of on-ice work on Sunday, the Phantoms have announced the starting iteration of their camp roster. The main group is as follows:
Ben Meehan – D
Carson Golder – F
Tucker Robertson – F
Nick Capone – F
Massimo Rizzo – F
Emile Chouinard – D
Garrett Wilson – F
Cooper Marody – F
Carter Berger – D
Samu Tuomaala – F
Sawyer Boulton – F
Oscar Eklind – F
Zayde Wisdom – F
Yaniv Perets – G
Keith Petruzzelli – G
Additionally, the Phantoms have added the following players on a tryout basis:
Yvan Mongo – F
Wyllum Deveaux – F
Nolan Burke – F
Jacob Frasca – F
Artem Kulakov – D
Connor McMenamin – F
Jacob LeGuerrier – F
Jeremy Michel – F
Jack Page – D
Vincent Sevigny – D
Jordan Frasca – F
Vinnie Purpura – G
This brings their total roster for their camp, at least for the time being, to 27 players.
Now, as it stands, this roster is pretty heavy on tryout players as well as players who we might reasonably expect to fall on the bubble of a spot on the Phantoms’ final roster, who are competing more to make the positive impression necessary to put themselves on the map as the first necessary call-up, and light on players who will be playing in top roles for the team, and we can expect this to remain the case into at least next week, when they can get some further reinforcements, as they’re sure to get at least a few more players returned in the next round of cuts, and when some of the dinged up players (a Karsen Dorwart or an Oliver Bonk) are cleared to play and will be loaned down.
The Phantoms are set to kick off their preseason on the road in Hershey on Wednesday for their first of three scheduled games, before returning home for two final tune ups on Friday and Saturday, before they open their regular season on October 11. It’s a slower coming together of the AHL squad’s roster, but the first step is ahead.
