Below is the list of players traveling to St. Louis tomorrow and on to North Bay on Monday for the first two pre-season games of the season. 25 players are making the trip. Most will play both nights and some will play one game or the other. An advance party from the team is going to North Bay early to participate in some of the Kraft Hockeyville festivities on Sunday and Monday. Rumor has it that the CBC Sports site will be streaming Monday night's pre-season game in North Bay. Whether it will be available to non-Canadian IP addresses remains to be seen but we'll post an update if we find out more details.

Forwards

9          Dupuis, Pascal                   RW
10        Krog, Jason                          C
11        Perrin, Eric                           C
12        White, Todd                         C
17        Kovalchuk, Ilya                  LW
23        Slater, Jim                            C
26        Bartovic, Milan                   RW
27        Thorburn, Chris                 RW
42        Crabb, Joey                       LW
43        Giroux, Alexandre                 C
44        Little, Bryan                          C
46        Schultz, Jesse                    RW
49        Stuart, Colin                       LW
53        Sterling, Brett                        C
56        Pospisil, Tomas                  LW
64        Holzapfel, Riley                      C

Defense

2          Exelby, Garnet                     D
7          Popovic, Mark                       D
8          Kwiatkowski, Joel                 D
22        Klee, Ken                              D
39        Pilar, Karel                            D
47        Oystrick, Nathan                   D
48        Valabik, Boris                        D

Goaltenders

1          Hedberg, Johan                     G

33        Pavelec, Ondrej                     G

Any of the players that aren't traveling tomorrow and on Monday are scheduled to practice on both days in Duluth. Jerseys will not be available for purchase on Sunday but you can get them downtown at the Philips Arena Team Gear II store from Monday to Saturday between 10 am and 5 pm.

Today was a normal day at camp. We found out that Brad Larsen will be off his skates for a few days as he recovers form back spasms. Grant Lewis is also out of commision with a bruised hip. Neither ailment is particularly serious but Lewis certainly would have benefitted from more time to showcase his skills and practice with the other players. Hopefully both players can get back to work soon.

Hartley is thoroughly impressed with the physical condition of the players in camp. Usually a small number of players lag behind in the fitness and conditioning testing- the lost ducks as Hartley calls them-  but this year everyone is bunched close together. That allows the coaches to go straight into systems drills without having to worrying about getting the participants into shape. Everyone showed up for camp ready to go. To hear all of Hartley's comments click the Podcast player link below:

 Coach Bob Hartley- Training Camp- Sept. 15  

The mood in the locker room was upbeat, though the players were clearly worn out form today's practice that ended with everyone skating mountains. That was followed by a 30 minute workout in the weight room, so they were wiped out by the time they hit the showers. About half a dozen players lingered in the locker room and kept an eye on the TV as Michigan State and Pittsburgh faced off on the football field. Jim Slater wasn't too thrilled when Pitt tied things up, but Brett Sterling didn't seem to mind one bit. He'll be watching the USC/Nebraska game tonight.