Capitals return Terik Parascak to Prince George

Following a win in Columbus, the Washington Capitals reduced their training camp roster to 30 players by returning Terik Parascak to his junior team as the forward will suit up for Prince George of the WHL.

The updated training camp roster can be found here.

The new roster consists of 16 forwards with Nicklas Backstrom and T.J. Oshie on LTIR, nine defensemen, and three goaltenders.

Forwards: Andrew Cristall, Nic Dowd, Pierre-Luc Dubois, Brandon Duhaime, Hendrix Lapierre, Andrew Mangiapane, Connor McMichael, Sonny Milano, Ivan Miroshnichenko, Alex Ovechkin, Aliaksei Protas, Taylor Raddysh, Mike Sgarbossa, Dylan Strome, Jakub Vrana, Tom Wilson

Defensemen: Alex Alexeyev, Ethen Bear, John Carlson, Jakob Chychrun, Martin Fehervary, Dylan McIlrath, Matt Roy, Rasmus Sandin, Trevor van Riemsdyk

Goaltenders: Charlie Lindgren, Hunter Shepard, Logan Thompson

The Caps are off today but will practice tomorrow and Thursday at 11:20 a.m. at OhioHealth Ice Haus before returning home.

Parascak heads to Prince George to suit up for the Cougars for a second season after playing in one preseason game recording a primary assist in a 6-2 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on September 22.

Parascak killed it in his debut season with the Cougars rising to the top of the team's lineup and making the 2024 CHL All Rookie Team. With 105 points in 68 games, equivalant to 43 goals and 62 assists, he led all CHL rookies in points, goals, and assists which earned him the nickname Super Rookie.

Give the kid props for remaining with the organization for this long and surviving the first two rounds of roster cuts as a way to get acclimated to his new team. It was a smart move on the part of Spencer Carbery to do that especially after not only his strong training camp but also his development and rookie camps as well.