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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Training camp roster released
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Thrashers have invited 49 players to their camp, or just over twice as many as the Thrashers will keep on their 23-man roster. Camp starts Sept. 20 (physicals on Sept. 19).
FORWARDS (30)
No. Player Ht. Wt. S Born Birthplace Acquired
20 Armstrong, Colby 6-2 190 R 11/23/82 Llodminster, Saskatchewan Trade w/ PIT (2/26/08)
36 Boulton, Eric 6-1 220 L 8/17/76 Halifax, Nova Scotia Free Agent (8/8/05)
9 Christensen, Erik 6-1 210 L 12/17/83 Edmonton, Alberta Trade w/ PIT (2/26/08)
42 Crabb, Joey 6-1 190 R 4/3/83 Anchorage, Alaska Free Agent (8/31/06)
57 Esposito, Angelo 6-1 180 L 2/20/89 Montreal, Quebec Trade w/ PIT (2/26/08)
45 Hoffman, Mike 6-5 240 R 9/20/80 Weymouth, Massachussetts Free Agent (7/9/08)
43 Holzapfel, Riley 6-0 185 L 8/18/88 Regina, Saskatchewan Draft ’06 (2nd Rd, 43rd Over)
53 Kaip, Rylan 6-1 185 L 3/19/84 Wilcox, Saskatchewan Draft ’03 (9th Rd, 269th Over)
17 Kovalchuk, Ilya 6-1 220 R 4/15/83 Tver, Russia Draft ’01 (1st Rd, 1st Over)
13 Kozlov, Vyacheslav 5-10 190 L 5/3/72 Voskresensk, Russia Trade w/BUF (6/22/02)
29 Larsen, Brad 6-0 210 L 6/28/77 Nakusp, British Columbia Waivers from COL (2/25/04)
50 LaVallee, Jordan 6-3 225 L 5/11/86 Corvallis, Oregon Draft ’05 (4th Rd, 113th Over)
38 Lessard, Junior 6-0 195 R 5/26/80 St-Joseph-de-Beauce, Que. Free Agent (7/9/08)
10 Little, Bryan 5-11 190 R 11/12/87 Edmonton, Alberta Draft ’06 (1st Rd, 12th Over)
46 Machacek, Spencer 6-1 195 R 10/14/88 Lethbridge, Alberta Draft ’07 (3rd Rd, 67th Over)
41 Motzko, Joe 6-0 185 R 3/14/80 Bemidji, Minnesota Trade w/ WSH (2/26/08)
59 Paquette, Danick* 6-0 210 R 7/17/90 Montreal, Quebec Draft ’08 (3rd Rd, 64th Over)
54 Painchaud, Chad 6-1 185 L 5/27/86 Mississauga, Ontario Draft ’04 (4th Rd, 104th Over)
11 Perrin, Eric 5-9 180 L 11/1/75 Laval, Quebec Free Agent (7/1/07)
56 Pospisil, Tomas 6-0 180 R 8/25/87 Sumperk, Czech Republic Draft ’05 (5th Rd, 135th Over)
19 Reasoner, Marty 6-1 200 L 2/26/77 Honeoye Falls, New York Free Agent (7/17/08)
63 Siddall, Matt 6-1 210 R 9/24/84 North Vancouver, B.C. Draft ’04 (9th Rd, 270th Over)
23 Slater, Jim 6-0 195 L 12/9/82 Petoskey, Michigan Draft ’02 (1st Rd, 30th Over)
21 Sterling, Brett 5-7 180 L 4/24/84 Pasadena, California Draft ’03 (5th Rd, 145th Over)
40 Stevenson, Grant 5-11 170 R 10/15/81 Spruce Grove, Alberta Free Agent (7/9/08)
61 Stoesz, Myles 6-2 215 R 2/15/87 Steinbach, Manitoba Draft ’05 (7th Rd, 207th Over)
49 Stuart, Colin 6-2 205 L 7/8/82 Rochester, Minnesota Draft ’01 (5th Rd, 135th Over)
27 Thorburn, Chris 6-3 225 R 6/3/83 Sault St. Marie, Ontario Trade w/ PIT (6/22/07)
12 White, Todd 5-10 195 L 5/21/75 Kanata, Ontario Free Agent (7/1/07)
14 Williams, Jason 5-11 195 R 8/11/80 London, Ontario Free Agent (7/14/08)
DEFENSEMEN (14)
No. Player Ht. Wt. S Born Birthplace Acquired
44 Bogosian, Zach 6-2 200 L 7/15/90 Massena, New York Draft ’08 (1st Rd, 3rd Over)
55 Denny, Chad 6-3 230 L 3/27/87 Sydney, Nova Scotia Draft ’05 (2nd Rd, 49th Over)
39 Enstrom, Tobias 5-10 175 L 11/5/84 Nordingra, Sweden Draft ’03 (8th Rd, 239th Over)
2 Exelby, Garnet 6-1 210 L 8/16/81 Ste. Anne, Manitoba Draft ’99 (8th Rd, 217th Over)
6 Hainsey, Ron 6-3 210 L 3/24/81 Bolton, Connecticut Free Agent (7/2/08)
28 Havelid, Niclas 6-0 200 L 4/12/73 Stockholm, Sweden Trade w/ANA (6/26/04)
22 Klee, Ken 6-1 210 R 4/24/71 Indianapolis, Indiana Free Agent (7/2/07)
62 Kulda, Arturs 6-2 195 L 7/25/88 Riga, Latvia Draft ’06 (7th Rd, 200th Over)
51 Lehman, Scott 6-1 200 L 1/5/86 Windsor, Ontario Draft ’04 (3rd Rd, 76th Over)
52 Lewis, Grant 6-3 200 R 1/20/85 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Draft ’04 (2nd Rd, 40th Over)
47 Oystrick, Nathan 6-0 215 L 10/17/82 Regina, Saskatchewan Draft ’02 (7th Rd, 198th Over)
60 Postma, Paul* 6-3 175 R 2/22/89 Red Deer, Alberta Draft ’04 (4th Rd, 205th Over)
25 Rivers, Jamie** 6-1 205 L 3/16/78 Ottawa, Ontario N/A
48 Valabik, Boris 6-7 240 L 2/14/86 Nitra, Slovakia Draft ’04 (1st Rd, 10th Over)
GOALTENDERS (5)
No. Player Ht. Wt. C Born Birthplace Acquired
35 Carrozzi, Chris* 6-3 185 L 3/2/90 Ottawa, Ontario Draft ’08 (6th Rd, 154th Over)
1 Hedberg, Johan 6-0 185 L 5/5/73 Leksand, Sweden Free Agent (7/1/06)
32 Lehtonen, Kari 6-4 205 L 11/16/83 Helsinki, Finland Draft ’02 (1st Rd, 2nd Over)
33 Pavelec, Ondrej 6-2 200 L 8/31/87 Kladno, Czech Republic Draft ’05 (2nd Rd, 41st Over)
30 Turple, Dan 6-6 210 L 1/1/85 Hamilton, Ontario Draft ’04 (6th Rd, 186th Over)
- Unsigned players drafted by Atlanta
** - Signed to an American Hockey League contract by the Chicago Wolves
