Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Sabres announce Development Camp roster

The Buffalo Sabres have released the 40-man roster for their 2013 Development Camp. The camp, which runs from July 10-12, features a total of 36 Sabres picks and/or players on their first contracts, as well as four undrafted invites. Joel Armia and Johan Larsson had prior commitments and have been excused from attending. Both Armia and Larsson have spent time in Buffalo this offseason.



As far as undrafted invitations, Lake Superior State defender Kevin Czuczman will be attendance for a second-straight year. OJHL Most Valuable Player Tyler Gjurich of the Buffalo Jr. Sabres will be skating prior to joining the University of Maine. Forward Andrew Black of the EJHL's Jersey Hitmen will be on the ice. The EJHL's Player of the Year, Black is committed to Colgate University. Eden, NY native Alex Iafallo will follow up his successful season with the Fargo Force (USHL) before heading west to NCAA power Minnesota-Duluth.

Alex Lepkowski, who was a fifth round pick of the Sabres in 2011 but went unsigned, will also be in attendance.

Complete roster below for those who can't view the snapshot:

FORWARD (23)
Bailey, Justin RW 6-3 186 R Buffalo, New York 7-1-95 Kitchener (OHL)
Baptiste, Nicholas RW 6-0 189 R Ottawa, Ontario 8-4-95 Sudbury (OHL)
Black, Andrew F 6-0 185 R Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 11-11-92 Jersey (EJHL)
Catenacci, Daniel C 5-10 191 L Richmond Hill, Ontario 3-9-93 Owen Sound (OHL)/Rochester (AHL)
Compher, J.T. LW 5-10 184 R Northbrook, Illinois 10-12-93 USA U-18 (USHL)
Girgensons, Zemgus C 6-1 198 L Riga, Latvia 1-5-94 Rochester (AHL)
Gjurich, Tyler F 5-10 190 R Hatfield, Pennsylvania 5-24-92 Buffalo (OJHL)
Grigorenko, Mikhail C 6-3 212 L Khabarovsk, Russia 5-16-94 Quebec (QMJHL)/Buffalo (NHL)
Hurley, Connor C 6-1 174 L Eagan, Minnesota 9-15-95 Edina (USHS)/Muskegon (USHL)
Iafallo, Alex C 6-0 176 L Eden, New York 12-21-93 Fargo (USHL)
Isackson, Christian RW 6-2 190 R Pine City, Minnesota 1-20-92 U. of Minnesota (WCHA)
Jacobs, Colin C 6-1 215 R Coppell, Texas 1-20-93 Prince George (WHL)/Rochester (AHL)
Kea, Justin C 6-4 206 L Woodville, Ontario 2-7-94 Saginaw (OHL)
Locke, Eric C 5-10 184 L Mount Holly, New Jersey 11-1-93 Saginaw (OHL)
Malone, Sean C 5-11 183 L Buffalo, New York 4-30-95 USA U-18 (USHL)
Navin, Brad C 6-2 190 L Waupaca, Wisconsin 6-5-92 U. of Wisconsin (WCHA)
Nelson, Logan C 6-1 179 R Rogers, Minnesota 9-9-93 Victoria (WHL)
Parker, Jonathan RW 5-10 195 R Solana Beach, California 9-25-91 Rochester (AHL)
Peterson, Judd RW 6-0 194 R Duluth, Minnesota 9-27-93 Cedar Rapids (USHL)
Possler, Gustav RW 6-0 183 L Södertälje, Sweden 11-11-94 MODO Jr. (SWE-Jr.)
Schaller, Tim C 6-2 210 L Merrimack, New Hampshire 11-16-90 Providence (H-East)
Sundher, Kevin C 6-0 177 L Surrey, British Columbia 1-18-92 Rochester (AHL)
Varone, Phil C 5-10 185 L Vaughan, Ontario 12-4-90 Rochester (AHL)

DEFENSE (12)
Austin, Brady D 6-4 234 L Bobcaygeon, Ontario 6-16-93 Belleville (OHL)
Czuczman, Kevin D 6-3 204 L Port Elgin, Ontario 1-9-91 Lake Superior State U. (CCHA)
Flortentino, Anthony D 6-1 227 R Boston, Massachusetts 1-30-95 South Kent (USHS)
Gauthier-Leduc, Jerome D 6-2 194 R Quebec City, Quebec 7-30-92 Rochester (AHL)
Lepkowski, Alex D 6-4 202 L West Seneca, New York 4-8-93 Barrie (OHL)
MacKenzie, Matt D 6-2 212 R New Westminster, British Columbia 10-15-91 Rochester (AHL)
McCabe, Jake D 6-1 203 L Eau Claire, Wisconsin 10-12-93 U. of Wisconsin (WCHA)
McNabb, Brayden D 6-5 212 L Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 1-21-91 Rochester (AHL)
Pysyk, Mark D 6-1 188 R Sherwood Park, Alberta 1-11-92 Rochester (AHL)/Buffalo (NHL)
Ristolainen, Rasmus D 6-4 207 R Turku, Finland 10-27-94 TPS (SM-liiga)
Ruhwedel, Chad D 5-11 180 R San Diego, California 5-7-90 UMass-Lowell (H-East)/Buffalo (NHL)
Zadorov, Nikita D 6-5 221 L Moscow, Russia 4-15-95 London (OHL)

GOALTENDER (5)
Knapp, Connor G 6-5 215 L York, New York 5-1-90 Rochester (AHL)/Greenville (ECHL)
Lieuwen, Nathan G 6-5 192 L Abbotsford, British Columbia 8-8-91 Rochester (AHL)/Greenville (ECHL)
Makarov, Andrey G 6-1 193 L Kazan, Russia 4-20-93 Saskatoon (WHL)
Petersen, Cal G 6-2 183 R Waterloo, Iowa 10-19-94 Waterloo (USHL)
Ullmark, Linus G 6-3 198 L Lugnvik, Sweden 7-31-93 MODO Jr. (Swe-Jr.)/MODO (SEL)