The Toronto Maple Leafs announced their 2016 rookie tournament roster today.
The Maple Leafs would-be headline performer is off playing against elite competition at the World Cup of Hockey, while their recent picks out of Europe this past draft also won’t be in attendance. Among the four 2016 draftees participating are Adam Brooks, Keaton Middleton, Jack Walker and Nicolas Mattinen.
The 2015 draft class is well represented: Mitch Marner, Travis Dermott, Jeremy Bracco, Andrew Nielsen, Martins Dzierkals, Dmytro Timashov, Stephen Desrocher, and Nikita Korostelev, for eight total.
There will be plenty of players on AHL contracts in attendance (eight), including recent signings Cason Hohmann and Jon Jutzi, and a lower than usual number of free agent invitees – just two in Tye Felhaber (an 18-year-old center with the Sagniaw Spirit and a former Pembroke Lumber King like Sheldon Keefe) and Tyler Wong, the former Lethbridge Hurricane who played a few games for the Marlies last season on an ATO.
The tournament runs Friday, September 16 to Sunday, September 18 at the Budweiser Gardens in London. Tickets are available at BudweiserGardens.com.
Date | Time | Opponent |
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Friday, September 16 | 7:00 p.m. | Ottawa |
Saturday, September 17 | 7:00 p.m. | Montreal |
Sunday, September 18 | 4:35 p.m. | Pittsburgh |
Toronto Maple Leafs 2016 Rookie Tournament Roster
courtesy of MapleLeafs.comPLAYER | POS | 2015-16 CLUB(S) | ACQUIRED |
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Antoine Bibeau | G | Toronto (AHL) | 172 overall (2013) |
Jeremy Bracco | F | Kitchener (OHL) / Boston College (Hockey East) | 61 overall (2015) |
Adam Brooks | F | Regina (WHL) | 92 overall (2016) |
Nikolas Brouillard | D | Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL) / Quebec (QMJHL) | Signed to AHL contract |
Tony Cameranesi | F | U. of Minnesota Duluth (NCHC) / Toronto (AHL) | 130 overall (2011) |
Travis Dermott | D | Erie (OHL) / Toronto (AHL) | 34 overall (2015) |
Stephen Desrocher | D | Kingston (OHL) / Oshawa (OHL) | 155 overall (2015) |
Martins Dzierkals | F | Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL) | 68 overall (2015) |
Tye Felhaber | F | Saginaw (OHL) | Free Agent Invite |
Frederik Gauthier | F | Toronto (AHL) / Toronto (NHL) | 21 overall (2013) |
Cason Hohmann | F | Elmira (ECHL) / Rochester (AHL) | Signed to AHL contract |
Justin Holl | D | Toronto (AHL) | Signed to NHL contract |
Andreas Johnson | F | Frolunda (SHL) / Toronto (AHL) | 202 overall (2013) |
Jon Jutzi | D | Minnesota State (WCHA) / Manitoba (AHL) | Signed to AHL contract |
Kasimir Kaskisuo | G | Minnesota-Duluth (NCHC) / Toronto (AHL) | Signed to NHL contract |
Nikita Korostelev | F | Sarnia (OHL) | 185 overall (2015) |
Tobias Lindberg | F | Toronto (AHL) / Binghamton (AHL) / Toronto (NHL) | Trade with OTT - 2/9/16 |
Mason Marchment | F | Mississauga (OHL) / Toronto (AHL) | Signed to AHL contract |
Mitch Marner | F | London (OHL) | 4 overall (2015) |
Nicolas Mattinen | D | London (OHL) | 179 overall (2016) |
Keaton Middleton | D | Saginaw (OHL) | 101 overall (2016) |
Trevor Moore | F | Denver (NCHC) | Signed to NHL contract |
Andrew Nielsen | D | Lethbrige (WHL) / Toronto (AHL) | 65 overall (2015) |
JJ Piccinich | F | London (OHL) | 103 overall (2014) |
Colin Smith | F | Toronto (AHL) / San Antonio (AHL) | Signed to AHL contract |
Ty Stanton | D | Medicine Hat (WHL) / Toronto (AHL) | Signed to AHL contract |
Dmytro Timashov | F | Quebec (QMJHL) / Shawinigan (QMJHL) | 125 overall (2015) |
Rinat Valiev | D | Toronto (AHL) / Toronto (NHL) | 68 overall (2014) |
Jack Walker | F | Victoria (WHL) | 152 overall (2016) |
Chase Witala | F | Prince George (WHL) / Toronto (AHL) | Signed to AHL contract |
Tyler Wong | F | Lethbridge (WHL) / Toronto (AHL) | Free Agent Invite |