Fighting Saints Release 2021-22 30-Man Roster
Published on September 1, 2021 under United States Hockey League (USHL)
Dubuque Fighting Saints News Release
DUBUQUE, Iowa - The Dubuque Fighting Saints, led by general manager Kalle Larsson and head coach Greg Brown, have released the team's 30-man roster in conjunction with the USHL.
The Fighting Saints' 2021-22 30-man roster is as follows:
POSITION NAME PREVIOUS TEAM DATE OF BIRTH
Forward Nikita Borodayenko Spartak Moscow Jr. 06/17/02
Forward Michael Burchill Detroit Compuware U15 04/29/05
Defense Max Burkholder Dubuque Fighting Saints 08/08/03
Forward Kenny Connors Dubuque Fighting Saints 03/10/03
Forward Mikey DeAngelo Chicago Mission U16 11/19/04
Defense Zane Demsey Dubuque Fighting Saints 11/04/01
Forward Jaxson Ezman Janesville Jets 12/22/02
Defense Michael Feenstra Dubuque Fighting Saints 04/03/01
Goaltender Paxton Geisel St. Cloud Norsemen 01/18/04
Forward William Hallén Frölunda J20 04/15/02
Forward Stephen Halliday Dubuque Fighting Saints 07/02/02
Forward Justin Janicke USA NTDP U18s 06/30/03
Forward Andrew King Neponset Valley River Rats U18 04/28/03
Forward Peter Kramer Thayer Academy 08/08/02
Defense Axel Kumlin Frölunda J20 02/23/02
Forward Connor Kurth Dubuque Fighting Saints 07/30/03
Forward Tristan Lemyre Dubuque Fighting Saints 01/15/01
Forward Gabriel Lundberg Frölunda J20 02/08/02
Defense Christopher Lynch Färjestad J20 04/25/02
Forward Max Montes Dubuque Fighting Saints 09/01/03
Forward Shawn O'Donnell Pittsburgh Penguins U18 06/21/03
Defense Lucas Ölvestad Djurgården J20 03/19/02
Defense Austin Oravetz Pittsburgh Penguins U18 09/26/03
Defense Riley Rosenthal Dubuque Fighting Saints 12/10/03
Forward Samu Salminen Jokerit U20 04/09/03
Forward (Carter) Primo Self Dubuque Fighting Saints 11/27/01
Defense Samuel Sjölund AIK J20 05/19/01
Forward Ryan St. Louis USA NTDP U18s 06/13/03
Forward Riley Stuart Dubuque Fighting Saints 01/17/02
Goaltender Philip Svedebäck Växjö J20 05/28/02
The 30-man roster includes 11 full time returners (Burkholder, Connors, Demsey, Feenstra, Halliday, Kurth, Lemyre, Montes, Rosenthal, Self, Stuart), and two players who played part of the season for the Fighting Saints (Oravetz, DeAngelo) during the 2020-21 season. Combined, the returners sport 745 games' worth of USHL experience.
The Saints will see a completely new look in net, with Boston Bruins prospect Philip Svedebäck and 2022 NHL Draft prospect Paxton Geisel battling for ice time in between the pipes.
Svedebäck, 19, spent most of the season with the Växjö Lakers U20 club last season, where he posted a 5-6-0 record, a 3.47 GAA and a .912 save percentage. He also played two games at the third tier professional level in Sweden with Hammarby IF. Boston selected the 6'3" netminder in the fourth round, 117th overall, in the 2021 NHL Draft.
Geisel, 17, comes off of a season with the North American Hockey League's St. Cloud Norsemen. It was there that he racked up NAHL All-Central Division Rookie honors. The Denver commit played in 40 games, put together a 14-22-0 record, a 3.37 GAA and a .892 save percentage. Geisel is a product of the Dallas Stars Elite program.
Dubuque will see a decidedly international flavor to the roster this season. Svedebäck, along with William Hallén, Axel Kumlin, Gabriel Lundberg, Christopher Lynch, Lucas Ölvestad and Samuel Sjölund, all have Swedish ties. The Fighting Saints also bring in Russian sniper Nikita Borodayenko, who put up back-to-back double-digit goal scoring seasons in Russia's top junior league, the MHL.
The 2021-22 preseason gets underway Friday, September 10 at 7:05 p.m. against the Green Bay Gamblers, beginning a four-game preseason slate ahead of Opening Night, presented by MidWestOne Bank on Friday, October 9, also against the Gamblers.
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