Five more players sent to Moose Training Camp
September 23, 2002 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Manitoba Moose News Release
Today the Vancouver Canucks announced that the Canucks have reduced their training camp roster to 37 players. The players assigned back to the Manitoba Moose were defenceman Justin Kurtz, Rene Vydareny and forwards Jason King, Denis Martynyuk and Herbert Vasiljevs.
This brings the total of players at the Moose training camp to 28. The camp will begin tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the Winnipeg Arena and will go till 4 p.m. Moose Assistant Coach Eric Crawford will be available to media prior to the start of camp.
#17 - JUSTIN KURTZ
Position: Defence Shoots: Left
Born: Jan. 14, 1977 Place: Winnipeg, MB
Height: 6' 0" Weight: 200 lbs.
2001-02 Team: Manitoba (AHL)/ Vancouver (NHL)
2001-02 Stats: 52 GP, 10-29-39 PTS, 64 PIM/ 27 GP, 3-5-8 PTS, 14 PIM
#32 - JASON KING
Position: Left Wing Shoots: Left
Born: Sept. 14, 1981 Place: Corner Brook, NF
Height: 6' 1" Weight: 195 lbs.
2001-02 Team: Halifax (QMJHL)
2001-02 Stats: 61 GP, 63-36-99 PTS, 39 PIM
#26 - DENIS MARTYNYUK
Position: Left Wing Shoots: Left
Born: July 26, 1979 Place: Kapfenburg, Austria
Height: 6' 3" Weight: 195 lbs.
2001-02 Team: Columbia (ECHL)/ Manitoba (AHL)
2001-02 Stats: 52 GP, 14-8-22 PTS, 42 PIM/ 15 GP, 1-2-3 PTS, 0 PIM
#29 - HERBERT VASILJEVS
Position: Right Wing Shoots: Right
Born: May 27 1976 Place: Riga, Latvia
Height: 5' 11" Weight: 185 lbs.
2001-02 Team: Manitoba (AHL)/ Vancouver (NHL)
2001-02 Stats: 18 GP, 3-2-5 PTS, 2 PIM/ 31 GP, 12-14-26 PTS, 10 PIM
#20 - RENE VYDARENY
Position: Defence Shoots: Left
Born: May 6, 1981 Place: Bratislava, Slovakia
Height: 6' 1" Weight: 200 lbs.
2001-02 Team: Manitoba (AHL)/ Columbia (ECHL)
2001-02 Stats: 61 GP, 3-11-14 PTS, 15 PIM/ 10 GP, 2-1-3 PTS, 9 PIM
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