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New York R RANGERS ANNOUNCE PRELIMINARY ROSTER FOR 2010 TRAVERSE CITY TOURNAMENT

The annual prospect tournament set to begin on September 11, 2010
 
New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today the preliminary roster for the 2010 Traverse City Tournament in Traverse City, Michigan. The annual prospect tournament is scheduled to begin on September 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 a September 11 tilt against Columbus’ prospects.  Their placement in the round-robin will determine who they face in the championship round that concludes the tournament.

 

2010 Traverse City Prospects Tournament

 

RANGERS SCHEDULE

 Day                        Date                              Opponent                                                   Time

Saturday              Sept. 11                        Rangers vs. Columbus                            3:30 p.m.

Sunday                 Sept. 12                        Rangers vs. Carolina                                5:30 p.m.

Tuesday               Sept. 14                        Rangers vs. Minnesota                          3:30 p.m.

Wednesday        Sept. 15                        Placement Game                                     TBD

 

2010 NY RANGERS TRAVERSE CITY PROSPECTS TOURNAMENT ROSTER

  

Forwards

Player                                               Pos.               Ht.            Wt.               Age            2009-10 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            171               19               Chilliwack (WHL) 

Colin Martin                                   LW                  6-2            206               19               London (OHL) 

Chris McKelvie                              RW                 6-1            195               25               Bemidji State Univ. (WCHA); 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               Univ. of 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) 

Defenseman 

Lee Baldwin                                    D                     6-4            205               21               Univ. of Alaska Anchorage (WCHA) 

Sam Klassen                                   D                     6-2            199               21               Saskatoon (WHL) 

Tomas Kundratek                        D                     6-2            200               20               Medicine Hat (WHL) 

Daniel Maggio                               D                     6-3            202               19               Sudbury (OHL) 

Brandon Manning                        D                     6-1            195               20               Chilliwack (WHL) 

Ryan McDonagh                           D                     6-1            222               21               Univ. of Wisconsin (WCHA) 

Dylan McIlrath                               D                     6-4            218               18               Moose Jaw (WHL) 

Jyri Niemi                                        D                     6-2            208               20               Saskatoon (WHL) 

Goaltenders 

Scott Stajcer                                   G                     6-3            200               19               Owen Sound (OHL) 

Cameron Talbot                            G                     6-4            205               23               Univ. of Alabama-Huntsville (CHA)

Mitch Beck

Mitch Beck was a standup comedian and radio personality for over 25 years. His passion for hockey started with Team USA in 1980 when they defeated the Soviets at Lake Placid. He has also worked in hockey as a coach and administrator. He also works for USA Hockey as a Coach Developer. Mitch has been reporting on the New York Rangers, and exclusively on the Hartford Wolf Pack since 2005.

Comments (1)

  • elsiesays:

    July 26, 2010 at 12:35 PM

    so has McKelvie already got a contract from HWP for this coming year?

    I thought all I’d seen so far was that he’d signed an ATO late last season.

    But this article says:”Nineteen of the 22 members of the 2010 roster are players whose NHL rights are currently owned by the Rangers. ” and there 3 pure undrafted tryouts – F’s Shinnimin, Martin and D-man Manning.

    and at http://buzzhockey.com/index.php?page=about&subpage=the_staff&cat_id=191 :
    “2010 was a pretty good year for Chris. He graduated from Bemidji State, was married in May of 2010 and signed a minor league pro contract with the Hartford Wolf Pack of AHL (minor league affiliate of the New York Rangers)”

    Obviously NYR have interest, he attended prospect camp as well as this TC invite.

    thx

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