Capitals Announce Rookie Camp Schedule and Roster

ARLINGTON, Va. – Capitals rookies will take to the ice at Kettler Capitals Iceplex next week for the 2011 Washington Capitals rookie camp, vice president and general manager George McPhee announced today.

Several players will participate in rookie camp, which begins Sunday, Sept. 11, with a 10:30 a.m. practice and runs through Thursday, Sept. 15, when the Caps rookies face off against the Philadelphia Flyers’ rookies at 5 p.m. at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.

The public is welcome to attend every practice, free of charge, beginning Sunday, Sept. 11.

Head coach Bruce Boudreau and players will be made available to the media following the on-ice session of each day (approximate times listed on the next page). Please make player requests to a member of the Caps media relations staff.

Note: A complete rookie camp roster and schedule follows on the next page. Veterans will report to training camp on Friday, Sept. 16 for physicals and fitness testing. The first practice session and media availability will take place on Saturday, Sept. 17 at Kettler Capitals Iceplex. A training camp roster and schedule will be released at a later date.

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#	Player	Ht.	Wt.	Shoots	Born	Birthplace	2010-12 Club(s)	League(s)
89	DE KASTROZZA, David*	6’3”	201	Right	10/20/86	Toms River, New Jersey	South Carolina/Hershey	ECHL/AHL
50	EAKIN, Cody	5’11”	179	Left	5/25/91	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Swift Current/Kootenay	WHL
88	EDMONDSON, Reid*	6’2”	194	Left	4/30/88	Richmond, British Columbia	Laredo	CHL
61	ELLIOT, Mitch*	6’5”	217	Left	7/15/93	Prince George, British Columbia	Seattle	WHL
95	FRAZEE, Thomas*	6’4”	205	Right	3/31/90	N. Vancouver, British Columbia	Regina/Kamloops	WHL
49	GALIEV, Stanislav	6’1”	188	Right	1/17/92	Moscow, Russia	Saint John	QMJHL
87	HENLEY, Samuel*	6’3”	175	Left	7/25/93	Val d’Or, Quebec	Lewiston	QMJHL
73	LOCKHART, Luke*	5’10”	182	Right	11/1/92	Burnaby, British Columbia	Seattle	WHL
76	MITCHELL, Garrett	5’11”	195	Right	9/2/91	Regina, Saskatchewan	Regina/Hershey	WHL/AHL
54	PAQUETTE, Danick	5’11”	201	Right	7/17/90	Montreal, Quebec	Gwinnett	ECHL
63	ROSS, Garrett*	6’0”	170	Left	5/26/92	Dearborn Heights, Michigan	Saginaw	OHL
33	SJOGREN, Mattias	6’1”	209	Left	11/27/87	Landskrona, Sweden	Farjestad	SEL
96	STEFISHEN, Taylor	6’0”	185	Right	8/15/90	N. Vancouver, British Columbia	Prince George	WHL
Defensemen
65	CARRIER, Samuel	6’1”	186	Right	4/28/92	Varennes, Quebec	Lewiston	QMJHL
68	FLEMMING, Brett	5’11”	184	Right	2/26/91	Regina, Saskatchewan	Mississauga	OHL
97	LUDWIG, Tyler*	6’1”	205	Left	5/24/85	Colleyville, Texas	Idaho	ECHL
94	OLIGNY, Jimmy*	5’10”	190	Left	4/30/93	St. Michel, Quebec	P.E.I.	QMJHL
81	ORLOV, Dmitry	6’0”	197	Left	7/23/91	Novokuznetsk, Russia	Novokuznetsk/Hershey	KHL/AHL
66	STEVENSON, Dustin	6’5”	220	Left	8/12/89	Gull Lake, Saskatchewan	South Carolina	ECHL
98	TABISZ, Nick*	5’11”	178	Right	6/1/87	Kettering, Ohio	St. Norbert/South Carolina	NCAA Div. III/ECHL
47	WIETECHA, Scott*	6’1”	201	Right	10/19/87	Wolverine Lake, Michigan	Ferris State/Elmira	CCHA/ECHL
Goaltenders
78	ANDERSON, Brandon	6’0”	163	Left	7/13/92	Langley, British Columbia	Lethbridge	WHL
31	GRUBAUER, Philipp	6’0”	180	Left	11/25/91	Rosenheim, Germany	Kingston	OHL
40	SOBERG, Steffen	5’11”	176	Left	8/6/93	Oslo, Norway	Manglerud	Norway/td>
Rosters as of Sept. 7, 2011
* Tryout Agreement

2011 Washington Capitals Rookie Camp Numerical Roster

31	Philipp Grubauer	G
33	Mattias Sjogren	C/RW
40	Steffen Soberg	G
47	Scott Wietecha	D
49	Stanislav Galiev	C/LW
50	Cody Eakin	C/LW
54	Danick Paquette	RW
61	Mitch Elliot	LW
63	Garrett Ross	LW
65	Samuel Carrier	D
66	Dustin Stevenson	D
68	Brett Flemming	D
73	Luke Lockhart	RW
76	Garrett Mitchell	RW
78	Brandon Anderson	G
81	Dmitry Orlov	D
87	Samuel Henley	LW
88	Reid Edmondson	F
89	David De Kastrozza	RW/LW
94	Jimmy Oligny	D
95	Thomas Frazee	C
96	Taylor Stefishen	LW
97	Tyler Ludwig	D
98	Nick Tabisz	D

2011 Washington Capitals Rookie Camp Schedule

Day	Time	Event	Media Availability
Sunday, Sept. 11	10:30 A.M. – 11:30A.M. 11:45 A.M. – 1 P.M.	Practice On-Ice Testing	11:45 A.M.
Monday, Sept. 12	10:30 A.M. – 12 P.M.	Practice	12:30 P.M.
Tuesday, Sept. 13	10:30 A.M. – 12 P.M.	Practice	11:45 A.M.
Wednesday, Sept. 14	10:30 A.M. – 12 P.M. 11:45 A.M. – 1 P.M.	Practice Scrimmage	1 P.M.
Thursday, Sept. 15	5 P.M.	Game at Philadelphia Flyers, Wells Fargo Center	Post-Game