Lubin traded, Hitmen improve to 3-0 and roster down to 30

The Calgary Hitmen have been busy since opening the pre-season last weekend with a pair of wins at the sixth annual Edmonton Oil Kings Pre-Season Invitational.

The club has traded 18-year-old defenceman Keaton Lubin to the Regina Pats in exchange for a conditional sixth round pick in the 2014 WHL Bantam Draft.  Lubin played just 14 games for the Hitmen last season battling through injury and ultimately a decision to play in the AJHL with his hometown Okotoks Oilers.  It's safe to say with an abundance of blue-liners on the roster something had to give and Lubin should get a great opportunity with the Pats to become an everyday WHL defenceman.

                                               Keaton Lubin is now a Regina Pat

The Hitmen continued their strong pre-season start Wednesday night in Taber by scoring twice in each period en-route to a 6-1 win over the Lethbridge Hurricanes.  Two players had especially strong performances.  20-year-old Alex Gogolev, who had 25 goals in his rookie season a year ago, had a five point performance with two goals and three assists.  Meanwhile 16-year-old rookie goalie Mack Shields, who won the back-up job to Chris Driedger out of training camp, made 38 saves to earn his second pre-season win in as many tries.  I know it's only pre-season but the youngsters numbers are staggering (2-0 1.00GAA .968%).

Here is the complete game summary which included a penalty filled third period:

Calgary Hitmen 6 at Lethbridge Hurricanes 1

Wednesday, September 5, 2012 - Taber, AB

Calgary 2 2 2 - 6
Lethbridge 1 0 0 - 1

1st Period
1, Lethbridge, Olynek 1 (Blomqvist), 5:00. 2,
Calgary, Padakin 1   9:05.
3, Calgary, Brassart 1 (Gogolev, Macek), 10:45 (PP).
Penalties-Lang Cal (holding), 6:50; Duke Let (checking from behind), 9:46; Humphries Cal (boarding), 14:43; Henry Cal (slashing), 19:26.

2nd Period
4, Calgary, Macek 2 (Gogolev, Samoridny), 11:23 (PP).
5, Calgary, Gogolev 1 (Kornelsen, Humphries), 13:31.
Penalties-Henry Cal (interference), 1:52; Kornelsen Cal (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 7:34; Harper Let (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 7:34; Blomqvist Let (holding), 10:52; Pilon Let (boarding), 13:55; Virtanen Cal (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 17:01; Harper Let (unsportsmanlike cnd.), 17:01; Humphries Cal (roughing), 17:34; Blomqvist Let (slashing, roughing), 17:34.

3rd Period
6, Calgary, Brassart 2 (Macek, Gogolev), 13:16 (PP).
7, Calgary, Gogolev 2 (Clayton), 19:13.
Penalties-Humphries Cal (cross checking), 1:10; Kornelsen Cal (tripping), 3:55; Calladine Cal (roughing), 9:22; Duke Let (roughing), 9:22; Watson Let (roughing), 9:22; Humphries Cal (slashing), 9:45; Henry Cal (major-fighting, game misconduct), 12:20; Galbraith Let (major-fighting, game misconduct), 12:20; Humphries Cal (major-fighting, game misconduct), 12:57; Virtanen Cal (roughing), 12:57; Hood Let (cross checking, roughing), 12:57; Wong Let (major-fighting, game misconduct), 12:57; Thrower Cal (instigator, major-fighting, game misconduct), 14:15; Watson Let (charging, major-fighting, game misconduct), 14:15; Helgesen Cal (major-fighting, game misconduct), 15:39; Hood Let (major-fighting, game misconduct), 15:39.

Shots on Goal-Calgary 5-20-7-32. Lethbridge 14-9-16-39.
Power Play Opportunities-Calgary 3 / 5; Lethbridge 0 / 7.
Goalies-Calgary, Shields 2-0-0-0 (39 shots-38 saves). Lethbridge, Kovacs 0-1-0-0 (17 shots-15 saves); Tai 0-0-0-0 (15 shots-11 saves).
Referees-Colin Stefanyk (14).
Linesmen-Matt Schoenroth (21).

I should also mention the Hitmen pre-season roster has been trimmed from 36 players to 30.  The six players out are 15-year-old's Terrell Draude and Brennan Riddle along with Mark Logan, Braden Oleksyn, Travis Sanheim and Keaton Lubin (traded).

Fans in Calgary get their only chance to see the Hitmen in the pre-season Friday night at WinSport Canada’s Markin MacPhail Centre, 145 Canada Olympic Road SW.  Calgary takes on the Red Deer Rebels in a 7:00 p.m. start.  Doors open at 6:00 p.m.

Admission is $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for children and students.  Tickets are only available at the door.

Hitmen improve to 2-0 in pre-season

The Calgary Hitmen picked up their second win in as many days Sunday afternoon posting a 5-1 victory over the Swift Current Broncos in St. Albert, Alberta.

The win caps Calgary's weekend at the sixth annual Edmonton Oil Kings Pre-Season Invitational.

Mack Shields, a 16 year-old rookie goalie from Saskatoon, made 23 saves in his first career WHL pre-season start.

Ryley Bennefield led the Hitmen scoring attack with a pair of goals.  Bennefield played three games for the Portland Winterhawks last season.

Jaynen Rissling, Austin Calladine and Brooks Macek also scored for Calgary while Brady Brassart chipped in three assists.

Carson Samoridny, who had a pair of goals in Saturday's victory over Medicine Hat picked up an assist for his third point of the pre-season.

The Hitmen will now return to the practice ice in Calgary before their next pre-season game Wednesday night in Taber against the Lethbridge Hurricanes.  Game time is 7:00 p.m.

Swift Current Broncos 1 at Calgary Hitmen 5

Sunday, September 2, 2012 Servus Credit Union Place - St. Albert, AB

Swift Current 0 0 1 - 1
Calgary 2 0 3 - 5

1st Period
1, Calgary, Rissling 1 (Brassart, Peterson), 1:35.
2, Calgary, Bennefield 1 (Samoridny, Oleksyn), 14:49.
Penalties-Clayton Cal (boarding), 4:33; Cave S.c (hooking), 8:17.

2nd Period
No Scoring.
Penalties-Nedomlel S.c (roughing), 1:46; Roach Cal (holding), 7:06; Smith S.c (major-fighting, game misconduct), 14:31; Rissling Cal (major-fighting, game misconduct), 14:31; Virtanen Cal (slashing), 16:24; Mackay S.c (major-fighting, game misconduct), 19:49; Thrower Cal (major-fighting, game misconduct), 19:49.

3rd Period
3, Calgary, Calladine 1 (Brassart), 5:03.
4, Calgary, Bennefield 2 (Fluter, Roach), 12:36.
5, Swift Current, Heatherington 1 (Martin, Magnus), 13:36 (PP).
6, Calgary, Macek 1 (Brassart), 13:44.
Penalties-Calladine Cal (hooking), 1:11; Martin S.c (slashing), 5:29; Virtanen Cal (boarding), 13:29; Gonek S.c (tripping), 17:15.

Shots on Goal-Swift Current 9-8-7-24. Calgary 7-4-10-21.
Power Play Opportunities-Swift Current 1 / 5; Calgary 0 / 4.
Goalies-Swift Current, Bow 0-2-0-0 (21 shots-16 saves). Calgary, Shields 1-0-0-0 (24 shots-23 saves).
Referees-Colin Watt (72).
Linesmen-Chris Carlson (92).

Hitmen open the pre-season with a win

The 2012 WHL pre-season schedule began for Calgary Hitmen Saturday afternoon with a 3-1 win over the Medicine Hat Tigers.

Chris Driedger, an off season draft pick of the Ottawa Senators, made 34 saves including 20 in the third period.

Carson Samoridny had a pairr of goals to lead the scoring attack.  Both came in the third period snapping a 1-1 tie.  Samoridny is hoping to crack the Hitmen line-up as an 18-year-old after playing 33 games last season for the Everett Silvertips.

Travis Sanheim also scored for Calgary while Greg Chase chipped in a pair of assists.

Medicine Hat Tigers 1 at Calgary Hitmen 3

Saturday, September 1, 2012
Servus Credit Union Place - St. Albert, AB

Medicine Hat 1 0 0 - 1
Calgary 0 1 2 - 3

1st Period
1, Medicine Hat, Becker 1 (Owre), 4:53.
Penalties-Koules M.h (cross checking), 2:24; Gayle Cal (tripping), 10:57; Humphries Cal (tripping), 15:41; Hunker M.h (checking from behind), 17:59; Becker M.h (roughing), 20:00; Gayle Cal (hooking), 20:00.

2nd Period
2, Calgary, Sanheim 1 (Gayle, Fluter), 12:46.
Penalties-Samoridny Cal (hooking), 1:45; Koules M.h (slashing), 7:14; Kornelsen Cal (major - checking to the head, game misconduct), 14:39.

3rd Period
3, Calgary, Samoridny 1 (Gogolev, Chase), 1:08.
4, Calgary, Samoridny 2 (Chase, Humphries), 7:34 (PP).
Penalties-Hunker M.h (major-fighting, game misconduct), 5:34; Virtanen Cal (major-fighting, game misconduct), 5:34; Broadhead M.h (holding), 6:34; Lang Cal (high sticking), 16:15; Wozniak M.h (major-fighting, game misconduct), 19:57; Chase Cal (instigator, major-fighting, game misconduct, game misconduct), 19:57.

Shots on Goal-Medicine Hat 5-10-20-35. Calgary 7-7-10-24.
Power Play Opportunities-Medicine Hat 0 / 6; Calgary 1 / 4.
Goalies-Medicine Hat, MacAuley 0-0-0-0 (11 shots-11 saves); Robidoux 0-1-0-0 (13 shots-10 saves). Calgary, Driedger 1-0-0-0 (35 shots-34 saves).
Referees-Jon Stephenson (38).
Linesmen- , Derek Flad (102).

Calgary Hitmen pre-season roster

The Calgary Hitmen open their pre-season schedule this afternoon at the Edmonton pre-season tournament.

Following training camp last weekend, 36 players remain on the roster. 

Forwards
Elliott Peterson LW L 5'10 170 Jul. 20, 1995 Saskatoon, SK 
Alex Gogolev LW L 5'10 157 May. 18, 1992 Moscow, RU
Brooks Macek RW R 5'11 182 May. 15, 1992 Winnipeg, MB
Joe Kornelsen C L 6'1 190 Jan. 9, 1993 Abbotsford, BC
Dylan Fluter C R 5'9. 186 Feb. 1, 1994 Saskatoon, SK
Chase Clayton C L 5'10 169 May. 11, 1994 Abbotsford, BC
Cody Sylvester C L 5'11 180 Apr. 13, 1992 Kelowna, BC
Carson Samoridny RW R 6'3 205 Jun. 24, 1994 St. Albert, AB
Mark Logan LW L 5'11 186 Apr. 14, 1995 Calgary, AB 
Jake Virtanen LW R 6'1 180 Aug. 17, 1996 Abbotsford, BC
Calder Brooks LW L 5'10 172 Aug. 26, 1994 Emerald Park, SK
Danny Gayle LW L 5'10 175 Mar. 22, 1992 Calgary, AB
Victor Rask C L 6'1 192 Mar. 1, 1993 Leksand, SWE
Terrell Draude C L 6'2. 198 Mar. 21, 1997 Warman, SK 
Ryley Bennefield LW L 5'11 172 Mar. 30, 1994 Wetaskiwin, AB
Pavlo Padakin RW R 6'1. 183 Jun. 8, 1994 Kiev, UA 
Greg Chase C R 6'0 182 Jan. 1, 1995 Sherwood Park, AB
Chase Lang RW R 6'0 170 Sep. 13, 1996 Nanaimo, B.C 
Brady Brassart RW R 6'1 180 Jun. 15, 1993 Vernon, B.C
Braden Oleksyn LW L 5'10 175 Feb. 22, 1996 Saskatoon, SK 
Trevor Cheek LW L 6'2 205 Dec. 29, 1992 Vancouver, WA
Austin Calladine LW L 5'10 182 Dec. 21, 1995 Saskatoon, SK  

Defencemen
Colby Harmsworth D L 5'10 174 May. 31, 1995 
Kenton Helgesen D L 6'3 185 Mar. 19, 1994 Fairview, AB
Peter Kosterman D L 6'4 204 Feb. 6, 1993 Calgary, AB
Spencer Humphries D R 6'2. 212 Apr. 30, 1992 Delta, BC
Keaton Lubin D L 6'0 192 Feb. 15, 1994 Okotoks, AB
Alex Roach D L 6'4 220 Apr. 19, 1993 Quensel, BC
Brennan Riddle D L 6'1. 170 Jul. 27, 1997 Balgonie, SK 
Travis Sanheim D L 6'1. 160 Mar. 29, 1996 Elkhorn, MB 
Jaynen Rissling D L 6'4 222 Sep. 21, 1993 Edmonton, AB
Darian Henry D R 6'4 165 Aug. 5, 1994 Strathmore, AB
Josh Thrower D R 6'0 190 Mar. 17, 1996 Squamish, BC
Ben Thomas D R 6'2 165 May. 18, 1996 Calgary, AB  

Goalies
Mack Shields G L 6'3 175 Feb. 13, 1995 Saskatoon, SK 
Chris Driedger G L 6'2. 186 May. 18, 1994 Winnipeg, MB

Team Black posts win in Hitmen Intra-Squad game

Jake Virtanen scored twice, including once into an empty net, as Team Black beat Team White 6-4 in Tuesday's Intra-Squad game marking an end to training camp.

Here is the summary:

Team Black 6 Team White 4

1st Period
1, Team Black: Calder Brooks 1 (Mark Logan, Brady Brassart) :20
2, Team White: Joey Kornelsen 1 (Trevor Cheek) 6:17
3, Team Black: Keaton Lubin 1 (Austin Calladine, Ryley Bennefield) 19:39 (PP)
Penalties-Team Black Ben Thomas (Delay of Game), 1:12; Team White Trevor Cheek (Roughing), 19:27

2nd Period
4, Team Black: Ben Thomas 1 (Ryley Bennefield) 3:10
5, Team White: Danny Gayle 1 (Marshall Donald) 7:29
Penalties-Team Black Josh Thrower (Hooking), 5:09; Team White Marshall Donald (Holding), 10:30; Team White Greg Chase (Interference), 14:10; Team Black Darian Henry (Cross-checking), 17:05; Team White Alex Gogolev (Roughing), 17:05

3rd Period
6, Team Black: Jake Virtanen 1 (Brooks Macek) 4:38
7, Team White: Greg Chase 1 (Peter Kosterman, Anthony Conti) 9:38
8, Team Black: Pavlo Padakin 1 (Austin Calladine, Terrell Draude) 13:06
9, Team White: Peter Kosterman 1 (Alex Gogolev, Danny Gayle) 18:46 (PP)
10, Team Black: Jake Virtanen 2 (unassisted) 19:35 (EN)
Penalties-Team Black Tyler Borstmayer (Fighting), 5:35; Team White Carter Coben (Fighting), 5:35; Team White Dylan Fluter (Tripping), 6:04; Team Black Darian Henry (Slashing), 14:56; Team Black Pavlo Padakin 16:44,

Shots on Goal-Team Black 15-8-16-39. Team White 7-13-16-36
Power Play Opportunities-Team Black 1/4; Team White 1/4.
Goalies-Team Black, Jacob Ruissen (15 shots-13 saves); Mack Shields 1-0-0-0 (21 shots-19 saves). Team White, Evan Johnson (16 shots-13 saves); Chris Driedger 0-1-0-0 (22 shots-20 saves)

            Danny Gayle and Books Macek look on during post Intra-Squad Game shootout

                                             Keaton Lubin buckles up for the game

Josh Thrower serves a penalty

The Hitmen will now play a six game exhiition schedule with only one game in Calgary (Sept. 7th vs. RD @ WinSport).  It all begins Saturday, September 1st at the 6th Annual Edmonton Oil Kings Pre-Season Tournament in St. Albert when the Hitmen face the Medicine Hat Tigers at Servus Credit Union Place.  Game time is 3:00 p.m.  The tournament wraps up Sunday at 3:00 p.m. when Calgary meets Swift Current.

Monday Scrimmages

The Calgary Hitmen main camp roster has been cut from four teams down to three leaving 62 players divided into three teams.  In Monday's first scrimmage (2-30 min periods with the last 10 mins of period two stop time) a shootout was needed to decide the winner.  Here is the summary

Team White 4 Team Black 3 (Shootout)

1st Period
Team White: Carter Suski (Pavlo Padakin) 9:36
Team White: Trevor Cheek (Carter Suski, Riley Derlago) 25:30

2nd Period
Team Black: Carter Coben (Nicco Marcanato, Daylon Creasy) 5:21
Team Black: Calder Brooks (Austin Calladine) 17:33
Team White: Carson Samoridny (Matt Foster, Hudson Morrison) 20:34
Team Black: Mark Logan (Calder Brooks) 27:19

Shootout
Team White:
Carson Samoridny-Goal
Pavlo Padakin-Goal
Terrell Draude-No Goal
Matt Foster-Game Winning Goal

Team Black:
Cody Sylvester-No Goal
Garrett Johnston-Goal
Austin Calladine-No Goal

Goalies: 
Team White: Kyle Michalovsky 30mins 15/15, Evan Johnson 30mins 14/17
Team Black: Mack Shields 30mins 14/16, Jacob Ruissen 30mins 16/17

The second game of the day also needed a shootout to decide the winner.  Here is the summary.

Team Red 6 Team Black 5 (Shootout)

1st Period
Team Black: Alex Roach (Darian Henry) :20
Team Red: Dylan Fluter (Danny Gayle) 1:05
Team Red: Josh Smith (Chase Clayton) 12:11

2nd Period
Team Black: Darian Henry (Austin Calladine, Calder Brooks) 3:08
Team Red: Anthony Conti (Cameron Preymack) 14:00
Team Red: Chase Clayton (Spencer Humphries) 19:19
Team Black: Daylon Creasy (unassisted) 20:29
Team Red: Greg Chase (Keegan Thompson, Marshall Donald) 24:24
Team Black: Brooks Macek (Calder Brooks, Keaton Lubin) 29:43
Team Black: Brooks Macek (2) (Ryley Bennefield, Keaton Lubin) 29:42

Shootout
Team Red:
Nick Anderson-No Goal
Anthony Conti-No Goal
Josh Smith-No Goal
Cameron Preymack-No Goal
Alex Gogolev-Game Winning Goal

Team Black:
Keaton Lubin-No Goal
Daylon Creasy-No Goal
Matt MacLeod-No Goal
Tayler Balog-No Goal
Ryley Bennefield-No Goal

Goalies: 
Team Red: Chris Driedger 30mins 9/10, Cole Forbes 30mins 11/15
Team Black: Jacob Ruissen 30mins 12/14, Mack Shields 28:48 8/11

                                     Alex Gogolev who scored the shootout winner

The final game of the day did not need a shootout but instead saw a shutout.  Here is the summary.

Team White 4 Team Red 0

1st Period
Team White: Tyler Borstmayer (Jaynen Rissling, Trevor Cheek) 11:38
Team White: Pavlo Padakin (Colby Harmsworth) 27:16

2nd Period
Team White: Jaynen Rissling (Brady Brassart, Victor Rask) 15:05
Team White: Riley Derlago (Trevor Cheek) 28:34

Goalies: 
Team White: Evan Johnson 30mins 7/7, Kyle Michalovsky 30mins 21/21
Team Red: Cole Forbes 30mins 12/14, Chris Driedger 30mins 17/19

                          Jaynen Rissling had a goal and an assist in Team White's win

The annual Black vs. White Intra-Squad game goes Tuesday from 11 to 1:30 at Don Hartman North East Sportsplex.  Admission is FREE!

Sunday Afternoon Main Camp Scrimmage Results

The two Sunday afternoon scrimmages are now in the books.  They played two 30 minute periods, with the final 10 minutes of the second period stop time.  Here are the summaries.

Team Red 5 Team Black 4

1st Period
Team Red: Carson Samoridny (Jake Virtanen, Spencer Humphries) 2:16
Team Red: Carson Samoridny (2) (Chase Clayton, Tyler Chavez-Leech) 7:30
Team Red: Mark Logan (Maverick Rafter, Nolan Parrington) 8:58

2nd Period
Team Red: Chase Clayton (Penalty Shot) 14:09
Team Black: Elliot Peterson (Keegan Milligan, Carter Coben) 14:29
Team Black: Greg Chase (Penalty Shot) 17:19
Team Red: Maverick Rafter (Chase Clayton, Austin Calladine) 28:54
Team Black: Pavlo Padakin (Trevor Cheek) 23:29
Team Black: Alex Gogolev (Ryan Duret) 24:18

Goalies: 
Team Red:  Jacob Ruissen 30mins 12/12, Mack Shields 30mins 6/10
Team Black: Cole Forbes 30mins 13/16, Evan Johnson 30mins 18/20

                  Chase Clayton and Brady Brassart share a laugh during Team Red's victory

Team White 4 Team Copper 0

1st Period
Team White: Carter Suski (victor Rask) 5:47

2nd Period
Team White: Hudson Morrison (unassisted) 17:50
Team White: Victor Rask (unassisted) 20:52
Team White: Logan Franz (Devin Nemes, Taylor Balog) 23:00

Goalies: 
Team White: Kyle Michalovsky 30mins 12/12, Gavin Klassen 30mins 7/7
Team Copper: Chris Driedger 30mins 14/15, Carson Franks 30mins 16/19

                  Scouts Rich Dusevic and Joe Kazeil helped guide Team White to victory

Junior Hockey Junies Golf Tournament

I just talked to Santa from the Junior Hockey Junkies and this is the last weekend to sign up for their upcoming golf tournament.  Here is the info!

The Junior Hockey Junkies extend a cordial invitation to all you avid golfers to join us for our 8th Annual JHJ Lost Ball Open Golf Tournament to take place on Saturday September 08 at the Silverwing Golf Course (http://www.silverwinggolf.com/golf/proto/silverwinggolf/index.htm). This will be a great way to close out the 2012 golf season and start talking about Hitmen hockey. If you are interested in taking part in this fun tournament please reply to this e-mail or call our Junior Hockey Junkies information line at 403-236-7560.

Tournament Details
Date:  Saturday September 08
Location:  Silverwing Golf Course (http://www.silverwinggolf.com/golf/proto/silverwinggolf/contact/contact.htm)
 Cost:  $115 per player [includes 18 Holes of golf, Power GPS Carts, Dinner & Prizes]

Also if you are interested in donating any prizes for the tournament they would be greatly appreciated. Please send tournament chairman Mike de Sa
Email to mailto:stickem@jrhockeyjunkies.com with all the details of your donation.

Sunday Morning Main Camp Scrimmage Results

Main camp scrimmages kicked this morning with a pair of games.  Both were two 30 minutes straight time periods.  Here are the results.

Team Black 4 Team White 2

1st Period
No Scoring

2nd Period
Team White: Victor Rask (unassisted) 7:40
Team Black: Alex Farquhar (Alex Gogolev) 10:42
Team Black: Greg Chase (Trevor Cheek) 14:38
Team Black: Dylan Flutter (Trevor Cheek) 18:28
Team White: Matt McLeod (Danny Gayle) 19:15
Team Black: Alex Gogolev (Greg Chase) 27:03

Goalies: 
Team Black: Evan Johnson 30mins 16/16, Cole Forbes 30mins 9/11
Team White: Gavin Klassen 30mins 17/17, Kyle Michalovsky 30mins 9/13

Team Red 4  Team Copper 1

1st period
Team Red: Mark Logan (unassisted) 2:56
Team Red: Jake Virtanen (unassisted) 22:30
Team Red: Chase Clayton (unassisted) 26:56

2nd period
Team Red:  Jake Virtanen (2) (unassisted) 18:40
Team Copper: Riley Derlago (Loch Morrison) 22:20

Goalies:
Team Red: Mack Shields 30mins 12/12, Jacob Ruissen 30mins 13/14
Team Copper: Carson Franks 30mins 12/15, Chris Driedger 30mins 20/21

There are two more scrimmages this afternoon.  Scoring summaries will be posted after the second game.

Hitmen Main Camp Fitness Test

Calgary Hitmen Main Camp kicked off Friday night with registration and fitness testing.  Over 50 players were tested in five different categories conducted by Hitmen strength and conditioning coach Sean Hope-Ross and the National Sports Development staff.  They included the following:  155lb Bench Press, Chin Ups, Curl Ups, Broad Jump and Beep-Test.
Here were the leaders in each category:

Bench Press
Spencer Humphries 25 reps

Chin Ups
Cameron Preymack 22

Broad Jump
Cody Sylvester 285 centimetres

Curl Ups (Also known as Sit-ups)
Paul Biegel 99

Beep-Test (An endurance running test)
Jacob Ruissen Stage 12.5

                                                Brady Brassart runs the beep test

                                               Peter Kosterman in the Curl-Up Test

                                              Greg Chase in the Broad Jump Test

A total of 26 rookies, who were not fitness tested for a second time, have been invited to main camp. 

Scrimmages begin Sunday morning at 8:30 with a total of 81 players split into four teams.  I'll be at all main camp scrimmages posting scoring summaries.

All on-ice sessions, including the Intra-Squad Game, are free and open to the public. Rosters will be available at the Don Hartman North East Sportsplex.

Calgary Hitmen 2012 Main Camp Itinerary
Sunday, August 26
8:30AM - 10:00AM    Game 1 (White vs. Black)
10:15AM - 11:45AM    Game 2 (Red vs. Copper)
1:00PM - 3:00PM    Game 3 (Red vs. Black)
3:15PM - 5:15PM    Game 4 (Copper vs. White)
Monday, August 27
9:00AM - 10:30AM    Game 5 (Black vs. White)
12:00PM - 1:30PM    Game 6 (Red vs. Black)
3:00PM - 4:30PM    Game 7 (Red vs. White)
Tuesday, August 28
11:00AM - 1:30PM    Annual Intra-Squad Game (Black vs. White)

Following Training Camp, the Hitmen will play a total of six pre-season games with the only local game taking place at WinSport (C.O.P.) on Friday, September 7 at 7:00 p.m. versus the Red Deer Rebels.  On Saturday, September 22, Calgary hosts division rival Kootenay Ice for the 2012-13 Adrenalin Source For Sports Home Opener.  Game time is 7:00 p.m. at the Scotiabank Saddledome.