Tampa Bay Lightning training camp schedule and roster

by Erik Erlendsson | @Erik_Erlendsson | Like us on Facebook
Sept. 13, 2017

TAMPA – As the recovery from Hurricane Irma continues and life starts to return to a normal pace, the Tampa Bay Lightning expect to stay right on task with training camp, which opens on Thursday.

The team released the schedule for the first five days of camp which leads right up to the first preseason game, as well as the 64-player roster. Four of the opening five days will be open to the public, with three days at the Ice Sports Forum in Brandon plus Saturday’s Fan Fest at Amalie Arena.

Here is the schedule of events for training camp, which opens with media day on Thursday at Amalie Arena, which is not open to the public, so we’ll start with Friday’s schedule:

>b>Friday at Ice Sports Forum in Brandon

Team Andreychuk: 8:40 a.m to 9:40 a.m. practice on South Rink; 9:45 a.m. to 10:25 a.m. on North Rink

Team Lecavalier: 10:40 a.m. to 11:40 a.m. practice on South Rink; 11:55 a.m. to 12:25 p.m. scrimmage vs Team St. Louis on North rink

Team St. Louis: 11:55 a.m. to 12:25 p.m. scrimmage against Team Lecavalier on North Rink; 12:40 p.m. – 1:40 p.m. on South rink

Saturday at Amalie Arena for Fan Fest Doors open for season ticket members at 8:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m. for the general public. Must have a ticket to attend, which can be acquired for free on the team website

Team Andreychuk: 9 a.m. to 10:25 a.m. practice, 10:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Fan Fest activities

Team Lecavalier: 11 a.m. to 12:25 p.m. practice, 12:45 p.m to 1:45 p.m. Fan Fest activities

Team St. Louis: 12:45 p.m. to 1:30 p.m Fan Fest activities; 2:20 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. practice

Sunday at Ice Sports Forum in Brandon

Team St. Louis: 8:45 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. practice on South rink; 9:50 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. practice on North rink

Team Andreychuk: 10:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. practice on South Rink; 11:55 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. scrimmage against Team Lecavalier on North rink

Team Lecavalier: 11:55 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. scrimmage against Team Andreychuk on North rink; 12:45 – 1:45 practice on South rink

Monday at Ice Sports Forum in Brandon

Team Lecavalier: 8:40 a.m. to 9:40 a.m. practice on South rink; 9:45 a.m. to 10:25 a.m. practice on North rink

Team St. Louis: 10:40 a.m. to 11:40 a.m. practice on South rink; 11:55 a.m to 12:25 p.m. scrimmage against Team Andreychuk on North rink

Team Andreychuk: 11:55 a.m. to 12:25 p.m. scrimmage against Team St. Louis on North rink; 12:40 p.m to 1:40 p.m practice on South rink

Tuesday Non-game group in Brandon 11 a.m to 11:45 a.m. followed by scrimmage at noon on north rink. Preseason game against Carolina at 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday at Ice Sports Forum in Brandon Non-game group practice at 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. followed by 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. scrimmage on the North rink. Preseason game at Carolina at 7 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 21 Day off

Friday, Sept. 22 Game group skates at 10:15 a.m. at Amalie Arena; Non-game group skates at 11:30 a.m. at Amalie Arena. Preseason game against Nashville at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 23 Day off

Sunday, Sept. 24 Non-game group practice at Amalie Arena 10:45 a.m. to 11:45. Preseason game against Florida at 4 p.m.

Roster

Group breakdowns are below the roster

Forwards (with jersey number)

15 Michael Bournival

23 J.T. Brown

24 Ryan Callahan

71 Anthony Cirelli

19 Cory Conacher

92 Shane Conacher*

22 Erik Condra

57 Cam Darcy

61 Gabriel Dumont

73 Adam Erne

65 Alex Gallant^

37 Yanni Gourde

60 Kevin Hancock*

39 Brian Hart

48 Brett Howden

9 Tyler Johnson

7 Mathieu Joseph

41 Boris Katchouk

17 Alex Killorn

86 Nikita Kucherov

14 Chris Kunitz

36 Alexey Lipanov

58 Kevin Lynch^

44 Tye McGinn

90 Vladislav Namestnikov

18 Ondrej Palat

13 Cedric Paquette

34 Christopher Paquette

63 Matthew Peca

21 Brayden Point

46 Taylor Raddysh

42 Otto Somppi

91 Steven Stamkos

67 Mitchell Stephens

47 Jonne Tammela

54 Carter Verhaeghe

79 Alexander Volkov

38 Dennis Yan

Defensemen

53 Mat Bodie

81 Erik Cernak

55 Braydon Coburn

59 Jake Dotchin

52 Cal Foote

5 Dan Girardi

43 Libor Hajek

77 Victor Hedman

29 Slater Koekkoek

74 Dominik Masin

2 Jamie McBain

3 Reid McNeil*

98 Mikhail Sergachev

76 Oleg Sosunov

64 Matt Spencer

6 Anton Stralman

62 Andrej Sustr

56 Ben Thomas

75 Daniel Walcott

Goaltenders

31 Peter Budaj

1 Connor Ingram

49 Michael Leighton

32 Joseph Raaymakers*

35 Nick Riopel^

88 Andrei Vasilevskiy

*-denotes free agent invitee

^-denotes under AHL contract

All times are subject to change without notice

Group breakdowns

Team Andreychuk

Fwds: Brown, Callahan, Cirelli, Howden, Joseph, Kucherov, Kunitz, McGinn, Namestnikov, Peca, Stamkos, Yan. Defense: Coburn, Dotchin, Foote, Girardi, Hajek, McBain, Sergachev. Goalies: Leighton, Vasilevskiy

Team St. Louis

Fwds: Bournival, Cory Conacher, Dumont, Erne, Gourde, Johnson, Killorn, Palat, Cedric Paquette, POint, Raddysh, Stephens. Defense: Hedman, Koekkoek, Masin, Stralman, Sustr, Thomas. Goalies: Budaj, Ingram

Team Lecavalier

Fwds: Shane Conacher, Darcy, Gallant, Hancock, Hart, Katchouk, Lipanov, Lynch, Chris Paquette, Verhaeghe, Volkov. Defense Bodie, Cernak, McNeil, Sosunov, Spencer, Walcott. Goalies Raaymakers, Riopel.

Injured: Condra, Somppi, Tammela