The Washington Capitals announced Thursday afternoon that they will hold their rookie camp from Sept. 16 to Sept. 19. The first day of rookie camp will be held at MedStar Capitals Iceplex at 11:30 a.m., with goalie on-ice work and then practice soon to follow at noon. 

The sessions for the following three days will be held at McMullen Hockey Arena in Annapolis, Md. Though the full roster for rookie camp has yet to be revealed, the Capitals said that Hendrix Lapierre, Ivan Miroshnichenko, Andrew Cristall, Vincent Iorio and Alexander Suzdalev will be among the participants. All on-ice sessions will be open to the public and free of charge.

After rookie camp concludes, Washington’s 17th training camp will begin on Sept. 21 at MedStar Capitals Iceplex. All players, coaches and management will be available to the media for 2023 Media Day as well. Before training camp begins, the Capitals’ veteran players will conduct physicals and off-ice testing. That session will be unavailable to the media. The full training camp roster and schedule will be released at a later date.

All training camp sessions are free and open to the public.

Here is the full schedule:

Saturday, Sept. 16

Start of Capitals Rookie Camp

11:30 a.m. – Goalie Ice (MedStar Capitals Iceplex)

12-1:15 p.m. – Practice (MedStar Capitals Iceplex)

Sunday, Sept. 17

9 a.m. – Goalie ice (McMullen Hockey Arena)

9:30-10:45 a.m. – Practice (McMullen Hockey Arena)

Monday, Sept. 18

9 a.m. – Goalie ice (McMullen Hockey Arena)

9:30-10:45 a.m. – Practice (McMullen Hockey Arena)

Tuesday, Sept. 19

Final Day of Capitals Rookie Camp

9 a.m. – Goalie ice (McMullen Hockey Arena)

9:30-10:45 a.m. – Practice (McMullen Hockey Arena)

Thursday, Sept. 21

Start of NHL training camp (first on-ice session) and Media Day at MedStar Capitals Iceplex

Sunday, Sept. 24

Preseason opener versus the Buffalo Sabres at Capital One Arena

Friday, Oct. 13

Season opener versus the Pittsburgh Penguins at Capital One Arena

By Jacob Cheris