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Amerks Announce 2018 Training Camp Roster

September 24, 2018 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Rochester Americans News Release


(Rochester, NY) --- The Rochester Americans announced today the opening day roster for the team's 2018 Training Camp, which begins today as the Amerks take the ice at 12:30 p.m. at Bill Gray's Iceplex on the campus of Monroe Community College. The week-long camp is both free and open to the public.

Forwards (11): Pascal Aquin, Eric Cornel, Vasily Glotov, Judd Peterson, Kevin Porter, Myles Powell, Tyler Randell, Wayne Simpson, Dalton Smith, Yannick Veilleux and Alex Wideman.

Defensemen (8): Arvin Atwal, Tobie Bisson, Anthony Florentino, Eric Knodel, Andrew MacWilliam, Nathan Paetsch, Zach Redmond and Devante Stephens.

Goaltenders (2): Michael Houser and Adam Wilcox.

Coaches and players will be made available to the media immediately following each practice session. The schedule for the first week of Amerks 2018 Training Camp is as follows (times and locations subject to change):

Monday, Sept. 24

Practice Session at 12:30 p.m. (Bill Gray's Iceplex)

Tuesday, Sept. 25

Group 1 Practice Session at 10:30 a.m. (Bill Gray's Iceplex)

Group 2 Practice Session at 12:00 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 26

Group 1 Practice Session at 10:30 a.m. (Bill Gray's Iceplex)

Group 2 Practice Session at 12:00 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 27

Morning Skate at 10:00 a.m. (Blue Cross Arena)

Non-Playing Group Practice Session at 11:00 a.m.

Home Preseason Game vs. Toronto Marlies at 7:05 p.m. (HarborCenter)

Friday, Sept. 28

Group 1 Practice Session at 10:30 a.m. (Blue Cross Arena)

Group 2 Practice Session at 12:00 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 29

Morning Skate at 10:00 a.m. (Blue Cross Arena)

Away Preseason Game at Toronto Marlies at 4:00 p.m. (Frank Doherty Arena)

Sunday, Sept. 30

Home Preseason Game vs. Syracuse Crunch at 5:05 p.m. (Gene Polisseni Center at RIT)

Rochester opens its 63rd American Hockey League season at home on Friday, Oct. 5 against the Charlotte Checkers at The Blue Cross Arena. Amerks 2018-19 Season Ticket Memberships, which start as low as just $12 per game, are on-sale now. Full-season ticket member benefits include, but are not limited to, Riverside Club VIP Room access with Amerks Alumni, family meet and greet and annual Skate with the Players event, an exclusive preseason Ice Breaker Party and Chalk Talk with the Amerks coaching staff, your very own Season Ticket Member ID and Discount Card and much more. For more information, visit www.amerks.com/seasontickets or call 1-855-GO-AMERKS.

ROCHESTER AMERICANS 2018-19 TRAINING CAMP ROSTER

# FORWARDS (11) POS HT WT S BIRTHPLACE BIRTHDATE 2017-18 TEAM GP G A PTS PIM

21 Aquin, Pascal* LW 6-2 202 L Le Gardeur, Quebec 7-3-97 Charlottetown Islanders (QMJHL) 59 24 19 43 67

20 Cornel, Eric RW 6-2 195 R Kemptville, Ontario 4-11-96 Rochester Americans (AHL) 61 9 9 18 25

17 Glotov, Vasily* C 5-10 175 L Barnaul, Russia 9-4-97 Rochester Americans (AHL) 1 0 0 0 0

Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL) 5 1 1 2 0

Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL) 64 29 14 43 24

25 Peterson, Judd* RW 6-0 190 R Duluth, Minnesota 9-27-93 Rochester Americans (AHL) 2 0 0 0 0

St. Cloud State (NCHC) 40 6 12 18 28

11 Porter, Kevin^ C 6-0 195 L Detroit, Michigan 3-12-86 Rochester Americans (AHL) 66 17 25 42 20

18 Powell, Myles* C 5-9 174 L Courtenay, British Columbia 7-24-94 Rochester Americans (AHL) 4 0 0 0 0

Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL) 5 1 2 3 0

R.I.T. (AHA) 37 13 26 39 20

64 Randell, Tyler^ RW 6-1 198 R Scarborough, Ontario 6-15-91 Belleville Senators (AHL) 57 3 5 8 94

10 Simpson, Wayne RW 5-11 194 R Boxborough, Massachusetts 11-19-89 Hershey Bears (AHL) 76 14 28 42 17

37 Smith, Dalton LW 6-2 210 L Oshawa, Ontario 6-30-92 Rochester Americans (AHL) 45 1 1 2 102

67 Veilleux, Yannick LW 6-2 210 L St-Hippolyte, Quebec 2-22-93 Laval Rocket (AHL) 52 3 4 7 78

Brampton Beast (ECHL) 3 0 3 3 4

40 Wideman, Alex RW 5-7 150 L St. Louis, Missouri 12-13-91 Rockford IceHogs (AHL) 13 0 0 0 2

Indy Fuel (ECHL) 53 16 32 48 43

# DEFENSEMEN (8) POS HT WT S BIRTHPLACE BIRTHDATE 2017-18 TEAM GP G A PTS PIM

38 Atwal, Arvin D 6-0 200 R Delta, British Columbia 11-26-95 Rochester Americans (AHL) 14 2 1 3 23

Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL) 27 3 8 11 57

7 Bisson, Tobie* D 6-3 193 L Rosemere, Quebec 2-1-97 Blainville-Boisbriand (QMJHL) 59 4 23 27 22

16 Florentino, Anthony D 6-1 210 R West Roxbury, Massachusetts 1-30-95 Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL) 42 2 7 9 21

55 Knodel, Eric^ D 6-6 225 L West Chester, Pennsylvania 6-8-90 Rochester Americans (AHL) 6 0 0 0 2

Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL) 57 13 39 52 16

2 MacWilliam, Andrew^ D 6-2 225 L Calgary, Alberta 3-25-90 Rochester Americans (AHL) 54 0 8 8 73

4 Paetsch, Nathan^ D 6-1 200 L LeRoy, Saskatchewan 3-30-83 Rochester Americans (AHL) 22 0 9 9 16

22 Redmond, Zach^ D 6-2 2-5 R Traverse City, Michigan 7-26-88 Buffalo Sabres (NHL) 3 0 0 0 2

Rochester Americans (AHL) 66 15 32 47 38

8 Stephens, Devante D 6-2 190 L Surrey, British Columbia 1-2-97 Rochester Americans (AHL) 6 0 0 0 7

Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL) 33 0 8 8 22

# GOALTENDERS (2) POS. HT WT C BIRTHPLACE BIRTHDATE 2017-18 TEAM GP W-L-OT GAA SP%

40 Houser, Michael G 6-2 192 L Youngstown, Ohio 9-13-92 Tucson Roadrunners (AHL) 1 0-0-0 0.00 1.000

Fort Wayne Komets (ECHL) 45 28-11-0 2.73 .909

32 Wilcox, Adam G 6-2 200 L South St. Paul, Minnesota 11-26-92 Buffalo Sabres (NHL) 1 0-1-0 0.00 1.000

Rochester Americans (AHL) 29 12-7-2 2.79 .903

S - Shoots | C - Catches

* Indicates rookie

^Indicates veteran




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