The Canadian cut 27 players from his training camp at the end of Saturday’s match. These players must all report to the Laval Rocket camp, which will begin Tuesday.
On offense, Owen Beck, Jared Davidson, Sean Farrell, Riley Kidney, Filip Mesar, Jacob Perreault, Xavier Simoneau, Luke Tuch and Florian Xhekaj were cut. Beck was fighting with a handful of players (Oliver Kapanen, Alex Barré-Boulet, Michael Pezzetta) for the last available positions up front.
Defender William Trudeau and goalkeeper Connor Hughes were also transferred to the Rocket.
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William Trudeau at the Montreal Canadiens training camp in Brossard, September 19, 2024
Sixteen other players were cut, but only held American League contracts: forwards Vincent Arseneau, Alex Beaucage, Laurent Dauphin, Israel Mianscum, Logan Nijhoff, Jakov Novak and Charles Savoie, defensemen Zackary Hayes, Joshua Jacobs, Chris Jandric, Simon Motew, Jacob Paquette, Vincent Sévigny and Tyler Wotherspoon as well as goalkeepers Luke Cavallin and Hunter Jones.
This means that there are 18 attackers left, 10 defenders, including the injured Kaiden Guhle and David Reinbacher, and 3 goalkeepers.
The Canadian has training off on Sunday and camp will resume Monday in Brossard. The team must play two final preparatory matches, Tuesday and Saturday.