Blueshirts' roster set for Traverse City

 

Rangers' 22-member squad has 19 players who are team's NHL property

Monday, 07.26.2010 / 12:33 PM / Prospects Central New York Rangers

New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today the preliminary roster for the 2010 Traverse City Tournament in Traverse City, Michigan.

Defensemen Dylan McIlrath, left, and Ryan McDonagh will be teammates on the Rangers' 2010 Traverse City (Mich.) Prospects Tournament squad.

The annual prospect tournament is scheduled to begin on Sept. 11, when the Rangers’ prospects face-off against the Columbus Blue Jackets’ prospects. This marks the fifth consecutive year that a team of Rangers prospects will be going to Traverse City for the eight-team tournament.

A group of 22 prospects will represent the Rangers next month at the annual Traverse City Prospects Tournament, which the Blueshirts won in 2007.

Nineteen of the 22 members of the 2010 roster are players whose NHL rights are currently owned by the Rangers. Eleven players are Rangers draftees from the past two years, while eight others have already signed their first NHL contracts with the team.

Seventeen of the 22 players participated in the Rangers’ annual Prospect Development Camp earlier this summer. This includes 2010 draft picks Dylan McIlrath, Christian Thomas, Andrew Yogan, Jason Wilson and Randy McNaught.

Forward Evgeny Grachev, the Rangers’ 2008 third round selection, will be returning to the tournament for the third straight season. He will be joined by fellow 2008 third round draft pick, defenseman Tomas Kundratek, who was a member of the Rangers’ Traverse City team last summer.

Five players from the 2009 draft class – forwards Ryan Bourque, Ethan Werek and Roman Horak, defenseman Daniel Maggio and goaltender Scott Stajcer – are also back from the 2009 team, as is defenseman Sam Klassen.

Competing in the tournament’s “Gretzky Division”, the Rangers will play round-robin games against Carolina, Columbus and Minnesota, beginning with the Sept. 11 tilt against Columbus’ prospects. Their placement in the round-robin will determine who they face in the championship round that concludes the tournament.

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2010 NY RANGERS TRAVERSE CITY PROSPECTS TOURNAMENT ROSTER
Forwards
Player	POS.	HT	WT	Age	2008-09 Team (League)
Ryan Bourque	LW	5-9	171	19	Quebec (QMJHL)
Evgeny Grachev	RW	6-4	222	20	Hartford (AHL)
Roman Horak	C	6-0	175	19	Chilliwack (WHL)
Colin Martin	LW	6-2	206	19	London (OHL)
Chris McKelvie	RW	6-1	195	25	Bemidji State (CHA); Hartford (AHL)
Randy McNaught	RW	6-4	220	19	Saskatoon (WHL)
Brendan Shinnimin	C	5-10	176	19	Tri-City (WHL)
Derek Stepan	C	6-0	187	20	Wisconsin (WCHA)
Christian Thomas	RW	5-9	164	18	Oshawa (OHL)
Ethan Werek	C	6-1	195	19	Kingston (OHL)
Jason Wilson	LW	6-2	206	20	Owen Sound (OHL)
Andrew Yogan	LW	6-3	203	18	Erie (OHL)
Defensemen
Lee Baldwin	D	6-3	200	22	Alaska-Anchorage (WCHA); Hartford (AHL)
Sam Klassen	D	6-2	199	21	Saskatoon (WHL)
Tomas Kundratek	D	6-2	200	20	Medicine Hat (WHL)
Dan Maggio	D	6-3	202	19	Sudbury (OHL)
Brandon Manning	D	6-1	195	20	Chilliwack (WHL)
Dylan McIlrath	D	6-4	218	18	Moose Jaw (WHL)
Ryan McDonagh	D	6-1	222	21	Wisconsin (WCHA)
Jyri Niemi	D	6-2	208	20	Saskatoon (WHL)
Goaltenders
Scott Stajcer	G	6-3	200	19	Owen Sound (OHL)
Cam Talbot	G	6-3	205	23	Alabama-Huntsville (CHA); Hartford (AHL)

 

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Day	Date	Opponent	Time
Saturday	Sept. 11	Columbus Blue Jackets	3:30 p.m.
Sunday	Sept. 12	Carolina Hurricanes	5:30 p.m.
Tuesday	Sept. 14	Minnesota Wild	3:30 p.m.
Wednesday	Sept. 15	Placement Game (opponent TBD)	TBD

Hope NHL network carries the games.