Lightning Announce Rookie Camp Roster

The roster for the Tampa Bay Lightning rookie camp has been announced. The prospect tournament will be held September 13-16 at the Ford Ice Center in Antioch, Tennessee. The 24 prospects will report to the Tampa Bay Times Forum on September 11th for testing and schedules.

Out of the 24 players there are 13 forwards, nine defensemen, and two goaltenders. Six of the seven 2014 draft picks including goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy, Cody Kunyk, Slater Koekkoek, and Dominik Masin will be in attendance. Fan favourites joining in on the tournament also include Jonathan Drouin, Adam Erne, Anthony DeAngelo, Dylan Blujus, and goalie Kristers Gudlevskis.

Gudlevskis turned heads last season being the only player to ever skate in an ECHL (Florida Everblades), AHL (Syracuse Crunch), NHL (Tampa Bay Lightning), Olympic games (Latvia), and IIHF World Championship (Latvia) all in the same season. In the Olympic quarterfinals, Gudlevskis stopped an astounding 55 out of 57 shots against team Canada, getting him noted for his high performance by the Canadian media following the game. All eyes will be on him during the tournament and the preseason to see where he goes.

The Boston Bruins, Nashville Predators, and cross-state rivals the Florida Panthers will also be participating in the Prospect Tournament.

Roster Breadown: (via Lightning) 

How Acquired:

1^st Round:         4 (Drouin, DeAngelo, Koekkoek, Vasilevskiy)

2^nd Round:         3 (Erne, Blujus, Masin)

3^rd Round:         2 (Point, Richard)

4^th Round:         2 (Paquette, Thomas)

5^th Round:         2 (Nesterov, Gudlevskis)

6^th Round:         3 (Digiacinto, Ikonen, Dotchin)

7^th Round:         2 (Darcy, Vermin)

Free Agent:       2 (Kunyk, Sergeev)

Trade:               1 (Costello)

Invitee:              3 (Aviani, Maclise, Curran)

By Draft Year:

2014:                6 (Darcy, Digiacinto, Point, DeAngelo, Masin, Thomas)

2013:                5 (Drouin, Erne, Ikonen, Vermin, Gudlevskis)

2012:                6 (Paquette, Richard, Blujus, Dotchin, Koekkoek, Vasilevskiy)

2011:                1 (Nesterov)

Number of players who played at least one game in the AHL last season: 8 (Erne, Ikonen, Paquette, Richard, Vermin, Nesterov, Sergeev, Gudlevskis)

Number of players who played at least one game in the NHL last season: 3 (Kunyk, Paquette, Gudlevskis)

2014 LIGHTNING ROOKIE CAMP AND PROSPECT TOURNAMENT ROSTER