59 Players To Attend 2008 Training Camp

RALEIGH, NC - Jim Rutherford, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced the schedule and roster for the team’s 2008 training camp. A total of 59 players are slated to attend this year’s training camp, which will be based in Raleigh.

The Hurricanes will open training camp with player physicals on Sept. 19, and then hit the ice for their first official practices at the RBC Center on Saturday, Sept. 20, beginning at 8 a.m. The following day, Sunday, Sept. 21, the team will host its annual Caniac Carnival at the RBC Center, the season kick-off event which includes rides, interactive games, a designated sports zone, a TNT Freestyle Motocross show, live music and an autograph session with select Hurricanes players and is capped by the Hurricanes’ Red/White scrimmage. The Caniac Carnival will also mark the first opportunity for fans to purchase the Hurricanes new alternate jersey, which will be revealed at a news conference on Sept. 10.

The Hurricanes open their six-game exhibition schedule on Wednesday, Sept. 24, when they host the Washington Capitals at the RBC Center at 7 p.m. Training camp concludes with a team practice on Thursday, Oct. 9 at the RBC Center, and Carolina opens their 2008-09 season on Oct. 10, when the Hurricanes host the Florida Panthers at the RBC Center at 7 p.m.

All training camp practices are open to the general public.

The Carolina Hurricanes open their regular season schedule on Friday, Oct. 10 against the Florida Panthers. For information on Hurricanes ticket packages, visit www.CarolinaHurricanes.com or call 1-866-NHL-CANES. Single-game Hurricanes tickets for October and November will go on sale on Sept. 21 in conjunction with the Caniac Carnival, and will be available at the Time Warner Cable Box Office at the RBC Center, CarolinaHurricanes.com and all Ticketmaster outlets.

2008 Carolina Hurricanes Training Camp Roster

Goaltenders
30 - Cam Ward - Carolina (NHL)
40 - David Leggio - Clarkson (ECAC) - Free Agent Tryout
49 - Michael Leighton - Carolina (NHL), Albany (AHL)
50 - Daniel Manzato - Albany (AHL), Las Vegas (ECHL), Charlotte (ECHL)
60 - Justin Peters - Albany (AHL), Florida (ECHL)
70 - Mike Murphy - Belleville (OHL)

Defense
Number - Name - 2007-08 Team
4 - Dennis Seidenberg - Carolina (NHL)
5 - Frantisek Kaberle - Carolina (NHL)
6 - Tim Gleason - Carolina (NHL)
7 - Niclas Wallin - Carolina (NHL)
22 - Josef Melichar - Linkoping (Sweden), C. Budejovice (Czech)
25 - Joni Pitkanen - Edmonton (NHL)
27 - Brett Carson - Albany (AHL)
29 - Bryan Rodney - Albany (AHL), Columbia (ECHL), Elmira (ECHL)
33 - Anton Babchuk - Avangard Omsk (Russia)
38 - Tim Conboy - Carolina (NHL), Albany (AHL)
43 - Noah Babin - Albany (AHL)
46 - Mark Flood - Albany (AHL)
47 - Michal Jordan - Windsor (OHL), Plymouth (OHL)
48 - Ryan McGinnis - Oshawa (OHL) - Free Agent Tryout
53 - Casey Borer - Carolina (NHL), Albany (AHL)
71 - Benn Olson - Seattle (WHL) - Free Agent Tryout
73 - Brett Bellemore - Plymouth (OHL), Albany (AHL)
77 - Joe Corvo - Carolina (NHL), Ottawa (NHL)

Forwards
Number - Name - 2007-08 Team
8 - Matt Cullen - Carolina (NHL)
11 - Justin Williams - Carolina (NHL)
12 - Eric Staal - Carolina (NHL)
13 - Ray Whitney - Carolina (NHL)
14 - Sergei Samsonov - Carolina (NHL)
15 - Tuomo Ruutu - Carolina (NHL)
16 - Brandon Sutter - Albany (AHL), Red Deer (WHL)
17 - Rod Brind'Amour - Carolina (NHL)
18 - Ryan Bayda - Carolina (NHL), Albany (AHL)
20 - Dan LaCouture - Lugano (Swiss) - Free Agent Tryout
23 - Zach Boychuk - Lethbridge (WHL)
24 - Scott Walker - Carolina (NHL)
28 - Wade Brookbank - Carolina (NHL), Albany (AHL)
31 - Robert Slaney - Cape Breton (QMJHL) - Signed by Albany
32 - Trevor Gillies - Albany (AHL)
34 - Joe Jensen - Carolina (NHL), Albany (AHL), W-B/Scranton (AHL), Wheeling (ECHL)
39 - Patrick Dwyer - Albany (AHL)
41 - Harrison Reed - Guelph (OHL), Sarnia (OHL)
44 - Patrick Eaves - Carolina (NHL), Ottawa (NHL)
51 - Ryan Weston - Boston University (HE), Albany (AHL) - FA Tryout
52 - Mike Angelidis - Albany (AHL)
54 - Stefan Chaput - Albany (AHL), Lewiston (QMJHL)
56 - Jakub Petruzalek - Albany (AHL)
57 - Drayson Bowman - Spokane (WHL)
58 - Chris Terry - Albany (AHL), Plymouth (OHL)
59 - Chad LaRose - Carolina (NHL)
61 - Samuel Morneau - Baie-Comeau (QMJHL)
63 - Dwight Helminen - JYP Jyvaskyla (Finland)
64 - Justin McCrae - Spokane (WHL), Saskatoon (WHL)
65 - Nick Dodge - Clarkson (ECAC)
67 - Jerome Samson - Albany (AHL)
72 - Nicolas Blanchard - Albany (AHL)
74 - Brett Theberge - Peterborough (OHL) - Free Agent Tryout
92 - Jeff O'Neill - Did not play - Free Agent Tryout

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2008-09 Albany River Rats season ticket packages are on sale now for the River Rats 16th season of operations in the American Hockey League; individual game tickets will go on sale on Saturday, September 6th at the Times Union Center Box Office. The primary affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes will play their season opener at home on Saturday, October 11th against the Bridgeport Sound Tigers at 7:00 pm at the Times Union Center. For more information please contact the Albany River Rats at (518) 487-2244 or online at www.albanyriverrats.com.


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Number - Name - 2007-08 Team