55 players remain in Calgary Flames training camp after opening round of cuts

The Calgary Flames trimmed their training camp roster by nine players on Tuesday, reducing their total group to 55 players. The march towards the opening of the regular season continues.

The Flames have to file a cap compliant roster of between 20 to 23 players with the league’s central registry by 3 p.m. MT on Mon., Oct. 9. The regular season waiver period begins on Sept. 28, and Calgary Wranglers camp is expected to open in early October.

Here’s who remains in camp.

Goaltenders (6)

Cuts: Jari Kykkanen (released from try-out on Sept. 26)

Vladar and Wolf have both played full pre-season games, while Markstrom has played two periods and Dansk has played one. Murphy and Radomsky haven’t gotten game action in yet, though Murphy dressed as Vladar’s backup in Seattle.

Defensemen (18)

Cuts: Charles Cote, Tyson Galloway, Quinn Mantei and Donovan McCoy (released from try-outs on Sept. 26)

Kylington (undisclosed) has yet to participate in camp, while Gilbert (upper body) left the pre-season opener against Vancouver. Aside from Kylington, every blueliner remaining in camp has played a pre-season game. Hanifin and Solovyov have each played in two.

Forwards (31)

Cuts: Nathan Peer, Nathan Pilling and Oliver Tulk (released from try-outs on Sept. 26), Jaden Lipinski (assigned to Vancouver, WHL, on Sept. 26)

Pelletier (upper body) left Monday’s game with Seattle due to injury. Of the forwards left in game, Duarte, Gallant, Kerins, McLain and Nikolaev haven’t dressed for a pre-season game yet. Everybody else has played in at least one. Coronato, Dube, Ruzicka, Hunt, Zary, Jones, Sharangovich, Klapka and Pospisil have all played in two.