Prospect camp ended for the young Isles hopefuls Saturday. For a select few of the 45 or so on hand, the next two months will be a prelude to the full training camp.
Mathew Barzal and Anthony Beauvillier got their first taste of Islanders life this week. The team's two first-round selections from two weeks ago already had each other to lean on before this week even began -- they were linemates and roommates for Canada at the Under-18 World tournament in Switzerland in April, where they earned bronze medals.
So they were roomies again this past week, though not linemates: Barzal centered 2014 first-rounder Michael Dal Colle and Sebastian Collberg, while Beauvillier centered Josh Ho-Sang, the other 2014 first-rounder, and Ross Johnston.