Albany Devils Set Opening Night Roster

Published on October 8, 2015 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Albany Devils News Release


ALBANY, NY - The Albany Devils have released their 2015-16 Opening Night Roster. The announcement was made by General  Manager Tom Fitzgerald Thursday. The Devils begin the season on the road Saturday at 7:05 pm against the Binghamton  Senators.

The 2015-16 roster consists of 27 players, including four goaltenders, eight defensemen and 15 forwards. The lineup includes  15 players who have played at least one game for Albany during the 2014-15 season. The roster includes eight rookies, two  players who have rejoined the organization and four newcomers.

2015?16 Albany Devils Opening Night Roster

Goaltenders   2014?15 Stats

# Name Ht. Wt. C. Birth Place Born 2014?15 Club GP W L OT GA SO GAA

31 Scott Wedgewood 6?2 190 L Etobicoke, ON 8/14/92 Albany (AHL) 36 13 14 6 92 2 2.74

39 Doug Carr 6?2 200 L Hanover, MA 3/12/89 Colorado (ECHL) 22 10 10 0 55 1 2.65

             Adirondack (AHL) 13 4 3 0 29 0 3.30

40 Yann Danis 6?0 185 L Lafontaine, QC 6/21/81 Norfolk (AHL) 11 5 6 0 29 2 2.72

             Hartford (AHL) 24 12 7 4 56 2 2.35

41 Ken Appleby 6?5 215 L North Bay, ON 4/10/95 Oshawa (OHL) 50 38 7 4 102 6 2.08

Defensemen 2014?15 Stats

# Name Pos. Ht. Wt. S. Birth Place Born 2014?15 Club GP G A P PIM

2 Seth Helgeson D 6?4 215 L Faribault, MN 10/8/90 Albany (AHL) 49 2 10 12 58

                 New Jersey (NHL) 22 0 2 2 18

7 Brandon Burlon D 6?0 190 L Nobleton, ON 3/5/90 Albany (AHL) 72 8 28 36 93

8 Dan Kelly D 6?1 210 L Morrisonville, NY 5/17/89 Albany (AHL) 64 1 10 11 130

17 Marc?Andre Gragnani D 6?2 200 L Montreal, QC 3/11/87 Bern (Swi.) 49 8 29 37 18

24 Reece Scarlett D 6?1 175 R Edmonton, AB 3/31/93 Albany (AHL) 57 2 23 25 27

29 Raman Hrabarenka D 6?4 230 R Mogilev, Belarus 8/24/92 Albany (AHL) 47 9 18 27 26

                 New Jersey (NHL) 1 0 0 0 0

23 Vojtech Mozik D 6?3 200 R Praha, Czech Rep. 12/26/92 HC Plzen (Czech Rep.) 51 10 19 29 94

33 Corbin McPherson D 6?5 220 R Folsom, CA 9/7/88 Albany (AHL) 73 1 8 9 68

Forwards   2014?15 Stats

# Name Pos. Ht. Wt. S. Birth Place Born 2014?15 Club GP G A P PIM

9 Joseph Blandisi C 6?0 200 L Markham, ON 7/18/94 Barrie (OHL) 68 52 60 112 126

10 Rod Pelly C 6?0 205 L Kitimat, BC 9/1/84 Albany (AHL) 70 7 6 13 65

11 Blake Coleman C 5?11 200 L Plano, TX 11/28/91 Miami (NCHC) 37 20 17 37 99

12 Max Novak C 6?0 190 R Oak Ridge, NJ 4/15/91 Union (ECAC) 35 10 18 28 12

13 Jim O'Brien C 6?3 195 R Maplewood, MN 1/29/89 Novokuznetsk (KHL) 22 2 10 12 30

                 Hershey (AHL) 32 10 19 29 26

15 Paul Thompson RW 6?1 205 R Methuen, MA 11/30/88 Albany (AHL) 73 33 22 55 67

16 Chris McKelvie RW 6?1 195 L New Brighton, MN 2/22/85 Albany (AHL) 56 3 5 8 74

18 Blake Pietila LW 5?11 200 L Milford, MI 2/20/93 Michigan Tech (WCHA) 40 14 16 30 56

19 Mike Sislo RW 5?11 190 R Superior, WI 1/20/88 Albany (AHL) 65 20 20 40 53

              New Jersey (NHL) 10 0 1 1 2

21 Graham Black C 6?0 185 L Regina, SK 1/13/93 Albany (AHL) 46 7 7 14 16

22 Ryan Kujawinski C 6?2 205 L Kirkland Lake, ON 3/30/95 Kingston (OHL) 27 13 10 23 18

              North Bay (OHL) 34 21 15 36 12

25 Corey Tropp RW 6?0 185 R Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 7/25/89 Columbus (NHL) 61 1 7 8 76

26 Ben Thomson LW 6?3 205 L Brampton, ON 1/16/93 Albany (AHL) 67 8 8 16 97

28 Matt Lorito C 5?9 165 L Oakville, ON 7/3/90 Brown (ECAC) 29 11 12 23 8

              Albany (AHL) 11 3 9 12 2

32 P.L. Letourneau?Leblond RW 6?2 215 L Levis, QC 6/4/85 WB/Scranton (AHL) 55 2 4 6 241

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