Rangers cut 13 players; roster down to 48 as preseason begins
The New York Rangers pared their roster by 13 players on Saturday, leaving 48 remaining as they prepare for their preseason opener against the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center on Sunday afternoon.
Eight of the 13 players cut from the camp roster are headed for training camp with the Hartford Wolf Pack, the Rangers’ affiliate in the American Hockey League. The most notable were goaltenders Hugo Ollas and Callum Tung, who split the two rookie games the Rangers played against the Philadelphia Flyers’ rookies in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The Blueshirts lost 4-3 in overtime with Ollas in goal on Friday, then won 5-2 with Tung in net the next night.
The other players headed for training camp with the Wolf Pack include forwards Gavin Hain, Kyle Jackson, Zakary Karpa and Sullivan Mack, as well as defenseman Chris Merisier-Ortiz and Cooper Moore.
Three other players, forward Raoul Boilard and defensemen Artem Gonchar and Evan Passmore, will return to their respective junior teams. Boilard scored a goal in the rookie game last Friday.
Two other defenseman, Tim Lovell and Corbin Vaughan, were released from their amateur tryouts. Vaughan got some notoriety by engaging in a scrap with Flyers rookie Sawyer Boulton in the second rookie game.
The 48 players remaining in training camp break down as follows:
Forwards (28): Nathan Aspinall, Brett Berard, Anton Blidh, Brendan Brisson, Jonny Brodzinski, Sam Carrick, Jaroslav Chmelar, Will Cuylle, Justin Dowling, Adam Edstrom, Trey Fix-Wolansky, Noah Laba, Alexis Lafreniere, Bryce McConnell-Barker, J.T. Miller, Brennan Othmann, Artemi Panarin, Juuso Parssinen, Gabe Perreault, Taylor Raddysh, Matt Rempe, Dylan Roobroeck, Conor Sheary, Adam Sykora, Carey Terrance, Vincent Trocheck, Kalle Vaisanen, Mika Zibanejad
Defensemen (16): Will Borgen, Jackson Dorrington, Casey Fitzgerald, Adam Fox, Vladislav Gavrikov, Blake Hillman, Connor Mackey, Case McCarthy, Scott Morrow, Derrick Pouliot, Matthew Robertson, Brandon Scanlin, Braden Schneider, Carson Soucy, Andrej Sustr, Urho Vaakanainen
Goaltenders (4): Talyn Boyko, Dylan Garand, Jonathan Quick, Igor Shesterkin.
Sunday’s game against the Devils is the first of six preseason contests before the regular season begins Oct. 7 against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Madison Square Garden.
