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Lightning training camp rosters set

The Lightning announced yesterday the makeup of it’s roster for training camp. Camp gets underway on Friday at the St. Pete Times Forum before public events on Saturday and Sunday at the Ice Sports Forum in Brandon.

Between September 17th and the close of camp the Bolts will have to whittle down the roster of 54 players to 23 or under.  Key battles loom not between one or two single players but entire groupings of talent — while we wonder who will be the #6-#8 defensemen (as is the stated plan by the team), the real question mark on everyone’s mind (and it has been for a good portion of the off-season) is the makeup of the lower lines.  This is where GM Steve Yzerman created the most competition.

Indeed, depth of players who will make up the bottom two pairs is at it’s deepest in recent memory. Sean Bergenheim, Dominic Moore, Nate Thompson, Chris Durno, Teddy Purcell, Paul Szczechura, Blair Jones, Dana Tyrell, Marc-Antoine Pouliot, Johan Harju, Eric Perrin, Niklas Persson, James Wright, Adam Hall… These are just some of players who will be trying to cement roles on the bottom two lines.

While it’s perceived that Nate Thompson and Dominic Moore are locks for the bottom-6 center roles, anything can happen in camp that changes this.

Below the jump you’ll find the complete roster for the Lightning’s camp.  I aplogize before hand for formatting issues, as you will see the forwards are not as neatly aligned as the defense/goaltenders are.

FORWARDS (32)

No. Name HT WT DOB Born Acquired 2009-10 Club

59 ANGELIDIS, Mike 6-1 200 6/27/85 Woodbridge, Ontario FA (8/3/10) Albany (AHL)
15 ASHTON, Carter 6-3 220 4/1/91 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan ’09 Draft (1st Rd) Lethbridge/Regina (WHL), Norfolk (AHL)
10 BERGENHEIM, Sean 5-10 205 2/8/84 Helsinki, Finland FA (8/17/10) NY Islanders (NHL)
67 BERRY, Alex 6-2 212 3/6/86 Danvers, Massachusetts Trade w/TOR (8/27/10) Toronto (AHL), Reading (ECHL)
14 CONNOLLY, Brett 6-2 191 5/2/92 Prince George, British Columbia ’10 Draft (1st Rd) Prince George (WHL)
9 DOWNIE, Steve 6-0 200 4/3/87 Newmarket, Ontario Trade w/PHI (11/7/08) Tampa Bay (NHL)
37 DURNO, Chris 6-4 205 10/31/80 Scarborough, Ontario FA (7/25/10) Colorado (NHL), Lake Erie (AHL)
74 FADDEN, Mitch 5-11 192 4/3/88 Victoria, British Columbia ’07 Draft (4th Rd) Norfolk (AHL)
65 FORNATARO, Matt 6-0 190 6/6/85 Calgary, Alberta Invitee Houston/Norfolk (AHL)
29 FRITZ, Mitch 6-8 258 11/24/80 Osoyoos, British Columbia FA (9/30/09) Norfolk (AHL)
12 GAGNE, Simon 6-0 195 2/29/80 Ste. Foy, Quebec Trade w/ PHI (7/19/10) Philadelphia (NHL)
55 GILIATI, Stefano 5-11 200 10/7/87 Montreal, Quebec Trade w/TOR (8/27/10) Reading (ECHL), Toronto (AHL)
18 HALL, Adam 6-3 206 8/14/80 Kalamazoo, Michigan FA (7/1/08) Norfolk (AHL)
24 HARJU, Johan 6-3 205 5/15/86 Overtornea, Sweden ’07 Draft (6th Rd) Moscow (KHL)
47 HUTCHINGS, Alex 5-10 186 11/7/90 Burlington, Ontario ’09 Draft (4th Rd) Barrie (OHL)
49 JONES, Blair 6-3 216 9/27/86 Central Butte, Saskatchewan ’05 Draft (4th Rd) Norfolk (AHL)
4 LECAVALIER, Vincent 6-4 223 4/21/80 Ile Bizard, Quebec ’98 Draft (1st Rd) Tampa Bay (NHL)
6 MALONE, Ryan 6-4 220 12/1/79 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Trade w/PIT (6/28/08) Tampa Bay (NHL)
52 MARKS, Tim 6-2 217 1/27/85 Brownville, New York Invitee Norfolk (AHL)
19 MOORE, Dominic 6-0 196 8/3/80 Thornhill, Ontario FA (7/30/10) Florida/Montreal (NHL)
71 PANIK, Richard 6-2 212 2/7/91 Martin, Slovakia ’09 Draft (2nd Rd) Windsor/Belleville (OHL)
11 PERRIN, Eric 5-9 176 11/1/75 Laval, Quebec Invitee Omsk (KHL)
23 PERSSON, Niklas 6-2 205 3/26/79 Osmo, Sweden FA (7/2/10) Neftekhimik (KHL)
34 POULIOT, Marc 6-1 195 5/22/85 Quebec City, Quebec FA (7/23/10) Edmonton (NHL), Springfield (AHL)
16 PURCELL, Teddy 6-2 198 9/8/85 St. John’s, Newfoundland Trade w/ LAK (3/3/10) Los Angeles/Tampa Bay (NHL)
46 SIMEK, Juraj 6-1 190 9/29/87 Presov, Slovakia Trade w/VAN (10/6/08) Norfolk (AHL)
26 ST. LOUIS, Martin 5-9 177 6/18/75 Laval, Quebec FA (6/31/00) Tampa Bay (NHL)
91 STAMKOS, Steven 6-1 196 2/7/90 Markham, Ontario ’08 Draft (1st Rd) Tampa Bay (NHL)
38 SZCZECHURA, Paul 5-10 184 11/30/85 Brantford, Ontario FA (4/23/08) Tampa Bay (NHL), Norfolk (AHL)
44 THOMPSON, Nate 6-0 207 10/5/84 Anchorage, Alaska Waiver Claim (1/21/10) NY Islanders/Tampa Bay (NHL) 42 TYRELL, Dana 5-10 184 4/23/89 Airdrie, Alberta ’07 Draft (2nd Rd) Norfolk (AHL)
43 WRIGHT, James 6-4 204 3/24/90 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan ’08 Draft (4th Rd) Tampa Bay (NHL), Vancouver (WHL)

Defense

DEFENSEMEN (17) No. Name 50 BARBERIO, Mark 73 BUEKEBOOM, Brock 7 CLARK, Brett 75 GUDAS, Radko 77 HEDMAN, Victor

HT 6-1 6-1 6-0 6-0 6-6

WT 195 202 195 202 230

DOB 3/23/90 4/1/92 12/23/76 6/5/90 12/18/90

Born Montreal, Quebec Greenwich, Connecticut Wanella, Saskatchewan Kladno, Czech Republic Ornskoldsvik, Sweden

Acquired ’08 Draft (6th Rd) ’10 Draft (3rd Rd) FA (7/5/10) ’10 Draft (3rd Rd) ’09 Draft (1st Rd)

2009-10 Club Moncton (QMJHL) Sault Ste. Marie (OHL) Colorado (NHL) Everett (WHL) Tampa Bay (NHL)

58 8

JACKSON, Scott JONES, Randy

6-4 6-2

229 200

2/5/87 7/23/81

Salmon Arm, British Columbia Quispamsis, New Brunswick

FA (7/3/08) FA (8/25/10)

Norfolk (AHL), Tampa Bay (NHL) Los Angeles (NHL), Adirondack (AHL)

13 39 56

KUBINA, Pavel LUNDIN, Mike MIHALIK, Vladimir

6-4 6-2 6-7

250 197 244

4/15/77 9/24/84 1/29/87

Celadna, Czech Republic Burnsville, Minnesota Presov, Slovakia

FA (7/2/10) ’04 Draft (4th Rd) ’05 Draft (1st Rd)

Atlanta (NHL) Tampa Bay (NHL), Norfolk (AHL) Norfolk (AHL), Tampa Bay (NHL)

5 51 28 32 48

OHLUND, Mattias QUICK, Kevin ROY, Mathieu SMABY, Matt VERNACE, Michael

6-4 6-0 6-2 6-4 6-2

225 180 210 240 210

9/9/76 3/29/88 8/10/83 10/14/84 5/26/86

Pitea, Sweden Buffalo, New York St. Georges, Quebec Minneapolis, Minnesota Toronto, Ontario

FA (7/1/09) ’06 Draft (3rd Rd) FA (7/29/10) ’03 Draft (2nd Rd) FA (7/29/10)

Tampa Bay (NHL) Norfolk (AHL) Columbus (NHL), Syrc/Rchtr (AHL) Tampa Bay (NHL), Norfolk (AHL) Chicago/Hamilton (AHL)

3 76

WISHART, Ty ZAHN, Teigan

6-5 6-1

220 208

5/19/88 1/4/90

Comox, British Columbia Regina, Saskatchewan

Trade w/SJS (7/4/08) ’10 Draft (5th Rd)

Norfolk (AHL) Saskatoon (WHL)

GOALTENDERS (5) No. Name 30 DESJARDINS, Cedrick

HT 6-0

WT 194

DOB 9/30/85

Born Edmundston, New Brunswick

Acquired Trade w/MTL (8/16/10)

2009-10 Club Hamilton (AHL)

33 31 41 40

ELLIS, Dan JANUS, Jaroslav SMITH, Mike TOKARSKI, Dustin

6-0 6-0 6-4 6-0

193 191 219 197

6/19/80 9/21/89 3/22/82 9/16/89

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Presov, Slovakia Kingston, Ontario Humboldt, Saskatchewan

FA (7/1/10) ’09 Draft (6th Rd) Trade w/DAL (2/26/08) ’08 Draft (5th Rd)

Nashville (NHL) Erie (OHL), Norfolk (AHL) Tampa Bay (NHL) Norfolk (AHL)

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