Penguins announce training camp roster

The Pittsburgh Penguins announced the roster for their upcoming training camp which opens Wednesday in Cranberry.

In total, 69 players were invited: 38 forwards, 25 defensemen and six goaltenders.

Four additional players are not medically cleared to participate: forwards Beau Jelsma, Jagger Joshua and Matt Nieto as well as goaltender Taylor Gauthier.

Nieto is approximately four months removed from knee surgery. The team initially offered a time frame of six to seven months for recovery.

Jagger is signed to an American Hockey League contract with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.

Gauthier is in the final year of a three-year entry-level contract, and Jelsma was signed to an amateur tryout agreement with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in April. Both players skated for the Penguins team in the Prospect Challenge hosted by the Buffalo Sabres this weekend.

The roster broken down by position:

Forwards – Noel Acciari, Corey Andonovski, Raivis Ansons, Anthony Beauvillier, Jack Beck, Emil Bemstrom, Tristan Broz, Michael Bunting, Atley Calvert, Justin Cloutier, Sidney Crosby, Mathieu De St. Phalle, Lars Eller, Cooper Foster, Cody Glass, Jonathan Gruden, Avery Hayes, Kevin Hayes, Sam Houde, Tanner Howe, Jimmy Huntington, Boko Imama, Marc Johnstone, Gabe Klassen, Ville Koivunen, Joona Koppanen, Blake Lizotte, Bennett MacArthur, Evgeni Malkin, Rutger McGroarty, Drew O’Connor, Logan Pietilla, Vasily Ponomarev, Sam Poulin, Jesse Puljujarvi, Valtteri Puustinen, Rickard Rakell, Bryan Rust

Defensemen – Sebastien Aho, Isaac Belliveau, Scooter Brickey, Harrison Brunicke, Caeden Carlisle, Nathan Clurman, Ryan Graves, Matt Grzelcyk, Finn Harding, Mac Hollowell, Erik Karlsson, Nikolai Knyzhov, Filip Kral, Justin Lee, Kris Letang, Mats Lindgren, John Ludvig, Donovan McCoy, Marcus Pettersson, Owen Pickering, Emil Pieniniemi, Daniel Renouf, Ryan Shea, Jack St. Ivany, Philip Waugh

Goaltenders – Joel Blomqvist, Tristan Jarry, Filip Larsson, Sergei Murashov, Alex Nedeljkovic, Charlie Schenkel

Notes:

• Knyzhov is signed to a professional tryout agreement

• Beck, Brickey, Calvert, De St. Phalle, Avery Hayes, Houde, Klassen, Lee, Lingren, Pietilla, Renouf, and Waugh are signed to AHL contracts with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.

• Carlisle, Cloutier, McCoy and Schenkel participated in the Prospect Challenge event as invitees.