Traverse City Tournament roster announced

RedWingsCentral.com has just posted the rosters for the 8 teams participating in the annual Traverse City Tournament.

In addition to the Jackest the other teams participating are the Atlanta Thrashers, Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild, New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues and Tampa Bay Lightning.

The Jackets roster is as follows:

NO. PROSPECT NAME POS HT WT DRAFTED 2007-08 TEAM
FORWARDS
69 Matt Calvert LW 5.09 164 CLB-08 (5-127) Brandon (WHL)
65 * Keegan Dansereau RW 5.11 190 — Swift Current (WHL)
59 * Devin DiDiomete LW 5.11 200 CGY-06 (7-187) Sarnia (OHL)
87 * Erik Felde LW 5.11 185 — Swift Current (WHL)
28 Nikita Filatov LW 6.00 172 CLB-08 (1-6) CSKA Moscow (Rus)
86 John Hughes C 5.10 175 — Brampton (OHL)
81 * Brandon Mashinter LW 6.03 212 — Kitchener (OHL)
43 Maksim Mayorov RW 6.02 187 CLB-07 (4-94) AK Bars Kazan (RUS)
84 Brian McGuirk LW 5.11 190 CLB-04 (8-231) Boston (NCAA)
72 * Andrew Merrett RW 6.02 190 — Niagra (OHL)
76 * Neal Prokop C 6.03 199 — Moose Jaw (WHL)
85 * Antoine Roussel LW 5.11 175 — Chicoutimi (QMJHL)
93 Jakub Voracek RW 6.02 190 CLB-07 (1-7) Halifax (QMJHL)
90 * Blair Yaworski C 6.02 195 — Yale (NCAA)
DEFENSEMEN
80 * Pascal Amyot D 6.03 202 — Saint John's (QMJHL)
44 Grant Clitsome D 5.11 206 CLB-04 (9-271) Clarkson (NCAA)
73 Steven Delisle D 6.06 209 CLB-08 (4-107) Gatineau (QMJHL)
52 Nick Holden D 6.03 195 — Chilliwack (WHL)
74 Robert Page D 6.02 203 CLB-04 (6-167) Yale (NCAA)
46 Andrei Plekhanov D 6.01 187 CLB-04 (3-96) Syracuse (AHL)
63 Brent Regner D 5.11 175 CLB-08 (5-137) Vancouver (WHL)
70 * Matt Russo D 6.01 170 — Mississauga (OHL)
GOALTENDERS
66 * Sebastian Dahm G 5.11 175 — Niagra (OHL)
34 Dan Lacosta G 6.01 186 CLB-04 (3-93) Syracuse (AHL)
60 * Ryan Mior G 5.11 181 — Gatineau (QMJHL)

The Jackets schedule is as follows:

Saturday, Sept. 13
3:30 p.m. Minnesota vs. Columbus

Sunday, Sept. 14
6 p.m. Columbus vs. Dallas

Tuesday, Sept. 16
2:30 p.m. Columbus vs. St. Louis


Lots of undrated free agents in the mix - 12 to be exact - but there are exciting young players there as well in Filatov, Voracek, Mayorov, Holden, Ciltsome, Plekhanov and LaCosta. 2008 draft picks Matt Calvert, Steven Delisle and Brent Regner will also be attending. In fact there will be 12 draft picks total.

So 12 picks and 12 undrafted free agents -- sounds about right!

I think the Jackets match up well against the other rosters and for me anyways it will be extremely exciting to see how a guy like Filatov performs at this camp.

For those interested in attending -- according to Google Maps -- its a 429 mile drive (7+ hours) from Columbus OH up to Traverse City MI. Its $5 per day to attend the games.

Hey to see Filatov make his North American debut that just might be worth it.

Click here to see the tourney home page will full rosters and schedules.

Discuss - anyone going out there?

-LTL