RANGERS ANNOUNCE PRELIMINARY ROSTER FOR 2010 TRAVERSE CITY TOURNAMENT
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)
Comments (1)
elsiesays:
July 26, 2010 at 12:35 PMso 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