We’re camping! Saturday was the opening day of the Washington Capitals 2023 Rookie Camp, which runs through Tuesday. 21 Capitals prospects began on-ice workouts at MedStar Capitals Iceplex on Saturday, with camp moving to the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland on Sunday.
Vincent Iorio (#2), Alexander Suzdalev (#14), Andrew Cristall #28), Hendrix Lapierre (#29), Clay Stevenson (#33), Jon McDonald (#40), Patrick Thomas (#49), Henrik Rybinski (#58), Brett Hyland (#59), Antoine Keller (#60), Ivan Miroshnichenko (#63), Connor Hall (#68), Adam McCormick (#71), Nick Leivermann (#76), Mitchell Gibson (#78), Garin Bjorklund (#80), Spencer Meier (#81), Ryan Hofer (#84), Bogdan Trineyev (#88), Jake Karabela (#95) and Ryan Leibold (#97) all participated in today’s first day of rookie camp activities. Hershey Bears’ head coach Todd Nelson directed camp activities.
NoVa Caps’ Daniel Rankin was on hand to capture a few of the images from Saturday’s first day of camp. Be sure to check-out his Instagram page (here) and give him a follow.
All photos by Daniel Rankin
The Stingrays signed defenseman Bryce Montgomery to a contract for the 2023-24 season. Montgomery, 20, was selected by the Carolina Hurricanes in the sixth round (170th overall) of the 2021 NHL Entry Draft. In 2022-23, Montgomery played for the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders in the United States Hockey League where he tallied 18 points (7g-11a).
The Stingrays also re-signed forward Jarid Lukosevicius to a contract for the 2023-24 season. Lukosevicius, 28, tallied eight points (5g-3a) in five regular-season games with South Carolina last season before adding five points (4g-1a) in the team’s six game playoff series against the Florida Everblades. Lukosevicius has 163 games of AHL experience over five seasons split between the Grand Rapids Griffins, Abbotsford Canucks and Belleville Senators. He spent most of the 2022-23 season with the Senators, scoring 13 points (7g-6a) in 52 games.
Still no contract for Martin Has.
Video from day 2:
Video from day 2
Video from day 2