The boys are back!
The Penguins will open 2024 training camp on the ice starting tomorrow and have announced their 69 player roster.
The Penguins have invited 69 players to their 2024.25 training camp presented by @UPMC.
— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) September 17, 2024
Training camp opens on Wednesday, September 18 at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex. All practices are free and open to the public.
Details and roster ⬇️ https://t.co/i9aK7Wp23I
From the team:
The training camp roster (click here) built by Dubas and his staff includes 38 forwards, 25 defensemen and six goaltenders. Four additional players, Beau Jelsma, Jagger Joshua, Matt Nieto and Taylor Gauthier, are attending training camp but are injured and not medically cleared to participate.
Training camp opens on Wednesday, September 18 at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex. All practices at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex are free and open to the public.
Head Coach Mike Sullivan’s roster includes 25 players who skated in at least one game with Pittsburgh last season. Familiar faces on this year’s training camp roster include forwards Bryan Rust, Michael Bunting and Rickard Rakell, defensemen Erik Karlsson and Marcus Pettersson and goaltenders Tristan Jarry and Alex Nedeljkovic.
Captain Sidney Crosby, who is entering his franchise-record 20th season, and alternate captains Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang are returning for their 19th season as teammates, the most among any trio of teammates in major North American professional sports history.
The Penguins added plenty of newcomers this season, including free-agent signings Anthony Beauvillier, Blake Lizotte, Sebastian Aho and Matt Grzelcyk, as well as trade acquisitions Kevin Hayes and Cody Glass.
Also attending Pittsburgh’s training camp are newly-acquired forward Rutger McGroarty, defenseman Owen Pickering (21st overall, 2022) and Pittsburgh’s top-two draft picks this past June, Harrison Brunicke (45th overall) and Tanner Howe (46th overall).
Attending Pittsburgh’s training camp on a professional tryout contract is defenseman Nikolai Knyzhov.
The initial roster is as follows, the team has not yet given the splits of how they will start off in three groups.
Forwards (38)
NHL Contracts: Noel Acciari, Corey Andonovski, Raivis Ansons, Anthony Beauviller, Emil Bemstrom, Tristan Broz, Michael Bunting, Sidney Crosby, Lars Eller, Cody Glass, Jonathan Gruden, Kevin Hayes, Tanner Howe, Boko Imama, Marc Johnstone, Joona Koppanen, Ville Koivunen, Blake Lizotte, Bennett MacArthur, Evgeni Malkin, Rutger McGroarty, Drew O’Connor, Vasily Ponomarev, Sam Poulin, Jesse Puljujarvi, Valtteri Puustinen, Rickard Rakell, Bryan Rust
AHL Contracts: Atley Calvert, Avery Hayes, Sam Houde, Jimmy Huntington, Logan Pietila
Unsigned draft pick: Cooper Foster
UFA Invites: Jack Beck, Justin Cloutier, Mathieu De St. Phalle, Gabe Klassen
Defense (25)
NHL Contracts: Sebastian Aho, Isaac Belliveau, Harrison Brunicke, Ryan Graves, Matt Grzelcyk, Mac Hollowell, Erik Karlsson, Filip Kral, Kris Letang, John Ludvig, Marcus Pettersson, Owen Pickering, Emil Pieniniemi, Ryan Shea, Jack St. Ivany
AHL Contract: Scooter Brickley, Nathan Clurman, Justin Lee, Mats Lindgren, Dan Renouf, Philip Waugh
Unsigned draft pick: Finn Harding
UFA Invites: Caeden Carlisle, Donovan McCoy
Professional Tryout: Nikolai Knyzhov
Goalies (6)
NHL Contracts: Joel Blomoqvist, Tristan Jarry, Filip Larsson, Sergei Murashov, Alex Nedeljkovic
UFA Invite: Charlie Schnekel
Related: Pens’ 2024 training camp practice schedule
The team begins with three days of practice and then gears up for the exhibition opener this Saturday night in Buffalo. They will have to cut down to 23 NHL roster players in less than three weeks for the start of the 2024-25 season.
