Following my sojourn to Pennsylvania for hockey, there was some intense work to be done to earn the trip, hence the lack of updates here this week.
Texas has spent the week doing hard work themselves. They solidified their opening roster for this Saturday's game against San Antonio and that wasn't without a few surprises along the way.
First of all, here is the final roster that Texas announced today:
Forwards:
#8 Cory Kane
#9 Remi Elie
#10 Justin Dowling
#11 Branden Troock
#14 Gemel Smith
#16 Curtis McKenzie
#19 Brendan Ranford
#21 Cole Ully
#23 Travis Morin (C)
#24 Derek Hulak
#27 Greg Rallo (A)
#28 Matej Stransky
#29 Radek Faksa
#34 Devin Shore
#38 Jason Dickinson
Defensemen:
#3 Esa Lindell
#4 Stephen Johns
#5 Mattias Backman
#6 Julius Honka
#12 Jesse Blacker
#17 Ludwig Bystrom
#22 Brennan Evans (A)
#26 Matt Mangene
Goaltenders:
#33 Maxime Lagace
#40 John MuseSome notes for me include:
- Curtis McKenzie is back in Cedar Park after it looked liek he was a lock to make the roster in Dallas.