Breaking down the Capitals rookie camp roster
The Washington Capitals will hold a rookie camp from September 16th through 19th at MedStar Capitals Iceplex in Arlington. Sessions will be free and open to the public.
There will be a total of 18 players including 12 Caps draft picks. Breaking it further down there will be 11 forwards, five defensemen and two goaltenders.
The roster
Forwards
Ethen Frank
Haakon Hanelt
Ryan Hofer
Bear Hughes
Jake Karabela
Hendrix Lapierre
Peter Laviolette
Julian Napravnik
Ludwig Persson
Henrik Rybinski
Alexander Suzdalev
Defensemen
Martin Has
Vincent Iorio
Dru Krebs
Benton Maass
Simon Motew
Goaltenders
Garin Bjorklund
Clay Stevenson
As you can see a lot of these players were participants in the summer development camp including the head coach’s son. During the 2021-22 regular season, Capitals rookies combined for 32 goals and 65 points, tied for fifth and 11th in the NHL, respectively.
Here is the schedule if you plan on coming out to MedStar for rookie camp:
Thursday September 15: Player physicals/testing-CLOSED/No media availability
Friday September 16: 12:30 Goalies on ice, 12:45-2 All players on ice
Saturday September 17: 9 a.m. Goalies on ice, 9:15-10:30 a.m. All players on ice
Sunday September 18: 9-9:30 On ice testing, 9:45-10:30 All players on ice
Monday September 19: 12:30 Goalies on ice, 12:45-2 All players on ice
Wednesday September 21: CLOSED for player physicals and testing
Thursday September 22: Start of training camp and media day
The players I’d be excited to see if I came out to rookie camp are Hendrix Lapierre, Vincent Iorio, Dru Krebs, and Peter Laviolette (the son). Laviolette was a free agent invite just like at development camp.
Hendrix Lapierre could really benefit from this camp just like he did during last year’s rookie camp and training camp. He hopes to stick around the NHL roster a little longer than he did last year after scoring in his NHL debut on opening night.
light. Must Read. For The First Time In A Long Time The Washington Capitals Have Questions At Center
Hockey will be here before we know it and we cannot wait.