Thursday, July 14, 2011

TRAINING CAMP SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED

Press Release

The Oakville Blades will hit the ice on Monday August 16th 2011 at 4:00 PM to open their 2011 training camp at the Sixteen Mile Sports Complex (SMSC) in Oakville, ON.

The team expects to return up to 14 players from their 2010-2011 squad, including 5 of their top 10 scorers from last year. Those players provided more than half the Blades offence last year - 116 of the team's 212 goals, 21 of 36 PP goals and 19 of 30 game-winning goals. Kyle Blaney (Burlington, ON) and Tyler Karius (Oakville, ON) both had 20-goal seasons while Stefan Thompson (Waterloo, ON) had 12 in 28 games after coming over from Cobourg in a mid-season trade.

1993-born Braedan Russell (Oakville, ON) and 1992-born Brandon Denham (Milton, ON) chipped in with 37-point and 32-point seasons, respectively.

In addition, the team expects back 4 of the top 6 D from 2010-2011 and also goaltender James Prigione (Guelph, ON) who was 9-1-0-0 last year with a 2.41 GAA and 0.914 SV%.

The schedule below lists only the on-ice sessions for August, prior to the team switching to their regular season practice schedule and also will have exhibition games added later in the month of July/early August.

Training Camp Schedule:

Monday August 15th - 4:00 to 6:00 PM (SMSC)

Tuesday August 16th - 4:00 to 6:00 PM (SMSC)

Wednesday August 17th - 4:00 to 6:00 PM (SMSC)

Thursday August 18th - 4:00 to 6:00 PM (SMSC)

Monday August 22nd - 4:00 to 6:00 PM (SMSC)

Tuesday August 23rd - 4:00 to 6:00 PM (SMSC)

Wednesday August 24th - Golf Tournament @ Royal Ontario Golf Club (Milton, ON)

Thursday August 25th - 4:00 to 6:00 PM (SMSC)

Monday August 29th - 4:00 to 6:00 PM (SMSC)

Tuesday August 30th - 4:00 to 6:00 PM (SMSC)

(Nathan can be reached at fourniern@students.nescom.edu)

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