The New Mexico Goatheads have announced their inaugural training camp roster ahead of the franchise’s first season of professional hockey.
Training Camp (presented by Pack Your Maxx) officially opens Monday, Oct. 5, with on-ice activities beginning Tuesday, Oct. 6. The Goatheads will have 10 days of preparation before Opening Night on Friday, Oct. 16 against the Idaho Steelheads at the Rio Rancho Events Center.
A total of 26 players will participate in camp, including 15 forwards, eight defensemen and three goaltenders, as Head Coach Zack Stortini and his staff begin the process of building the franchise’s first Opening Night roster.
The training camp roster features players signed by New Mexico throughout the offseason, players competing on Professional Tryouts and six players assigned to the Goatheads from the Colorado Eagles.
FORWARDS
#11 Grant Ahcan
#15 Briley Wood
#18 Cameron Buhl
#19 Jake Chiasson
#21 Artem Pugachev
#25 Graeme McCrory
#27 Lynden Breen
#28 German YavaÅŸ
#41 Tyler Drevitch
#47 Connor Szmul
#49 Maksim Barbashev
#75 Francesco Arcuri
#82 Evan Friesen
#83 Rilen Kovacevic
#88 Dakota Seaman
DEFENSEMEN
#2 Trevor Zins
#4 Chris Hedden
#5 Derek Daschke
#7 Noah Barlage
#10 Brandon Chabrier
#22 Emmett Serensits
#44 Aaron Chiarot
#51 Edvin Nilsson
GOALTENDERS
#32 Hunter Miska
#33 Brian Wilson
#40 Isaiah Saville
The inaugural camp roster brings together a mix of established professional experience and young players looking to take the next step in their careers. Several members of the group enter camp after spending time at the AHL level during the preseason.
Ahcan, Barlage, Barbashev, Breen and Chiasson participated in training camp with the Colorado Eagles, while Seaman and Wood attended camp with the Manitoba Moose. Ahcan, Barbashev and Chiasson also participated in Colorado Avalanche Rookie Camp earlier in the preseason.
Arcuri, Friesen, Hedden, Kovacevic, Miska and Saville were assigned to New Mexico from the Colorado Eagles following AHL training camp, adding six players to the Goatheads training camp roster.
The group will now come together in New Mexico as Stortini and the Goatheads coaching staff begin evaluating players and preparing for the franchise’s inaugural season.
The Goatheads drop the puck on their inaugural regular season Friday, Oct. 16, against the Idaho Steelheads at the Rio Rancho Events Center.
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