It may not be preseason (have to wait for Tuesday) but all hands were on deck in Coral Springs for the official opening of the Panthers‘ 2010 Training Camp at Saveology IcePlex.
Didn’t make it personally due to whatever it was I ended up involved in, but all accounts sent my way appear rather positive, as should be the case on Day One. Lots of pictures and videos at the club’s site, so do check out the festivities.
We’ll be in town for Sunday’s “Hockey Day in South Florida”, though; with a little luck the official LBC photographic gear will operate a little more efficiently than at the first rookie game. Probably just down a quart of 20-weight, so stay tuned later in the day for pictures. Looking particularly forward to the scrimmage at 2pm; rosters as follow (and interesting pairs in goal):
TEAM A
F: Higgins – Matthias – Stillman
Grabner – Santorelli – Bernier
McFarland – Reasoner – Bitz
McArdle – Timmins – Thomas
Berger – Duco
D: Allen – Gudbranson
Robak – Paetsch
Ellerby – Callahan
Caruso – Wideman
G: Vokoun – Markstrom
TEAM B
F: Booth – Weiss – Frolik
Olesz – Reinprecht – Dvorak
Howden – Arnason – Repik
Grant – Foster – Dadonov
Wilson – Durocher – Peters
D: Kulikov – McCabe
Garrison – Petrovic
Wilson – Weaver
Comrie – Kostka
G: Clemmensen – Plante
Deep down I was hoping for a Gudbranson – Hotel Kulifornia duo; evidently not to be yet. Meantime, catch what’s left of the Airplane! marathon on AMC, and peruse this blog entry at On Frozen Pond; fascinating stuff on Olesz from GR: