The club害羞草研究所檚 returning veterans and rookies took to the ice Sunday at Prospera Place for Day 2 of 害羞草研究所� main training camp.
After going through the standard pre-camp testing on Saturday, veteran forward Tomas Soustal said it害羞草研究所檚 good to be on back on the ice and into the swing of a new season.
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Rockets veterans like Soustal get a chance to play with the younger talents in the first portion of main camp before they are returned to their respective midget camps. Soustal says he enjoyed skating with the kids.
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What Soustal is referring to when talking about adding speed and power is that following the morning skates this morning the main camp rosters were trimmed down. Kelowna sent the bantam draft picks from the most recent draft back to their clubs after seeing what they had to offer for a couple of days. The camp will now move forward with two teams.
For a couple of Rockets, main camp is a great form of putting players into game shape for upcoming NHL camps. Devante Stephens is one of those players, as he害羞草研究所檒l be heading to the Buffalo Sabres camp on Sept. 4.
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Main camp runs until Thursday.
The Rockets takes the ice as a team for the first time on Saturday, Sept. 2 when they host the Victoria Royals at Prospera Place at 7:05 p.m.
