Isles Day-to-Day: Isles Open 2026 Training Camp

The New York Islanders kicked off the team's 2026 Training Camp on Thursday morning. 

See the full Training Camp roster here. 

See below for groups, notes and check back for photos, interviews and more throughout the day.

BLUE GROUP

The Blue Group was the first veteran group on the ice on Thursday.

Forwards
26 Mitchell Chaffee
53 Casey Cizikas
11 Anthony Duclair
18 Pierre Engvall
20 Matthew Highmore
92 Simon Holmstrom
14 Bo Horvat
52 Daylan Kuefler
25 Matt Luff
81 Ondrej Palat
21 Kyle Palmieri
78 Tomas Poletin
82 Luca Romano

Defensemen
77 Tony DeAngelo
71 Vladimir Dravecky
24 Scott Mayfield
28 Alexander Romanov
39 Calle Odelius
3 Adam Pelech
7 Marshall Warren

Goaltenders
41 Vitek Vanecek
40 Semyon Varlamov

BLUE LINES

Holmstrom - Horvat - Palmieri
Palat - Cizikas - Duclair
Engvall - Kuefler - Chaffee
Poletin - Romano - Luff

Pelech - DeAngelo
Romanov - Mayfield
Warren - Odelius
Dravecky

Varlamov
Vanecek

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WHITE GROUP

Forwards
57 Cole Eiserman
73 Victor Eklund
43 Liam Foudy
51 Emil Heineman
61 Joey Larson
63 Matias Maccelli
32 Kyle MacLean
44 Jean-Gabriel Pageau
76 Daniil Prokhorov
64 Calum Ritchie
10 Brayden Schenn
67 Gleb Veremyev

Defensemen
37 Kashawn Aitcheson
74 Ethan Bear
36 Isaiah George
4 Matt Kessel
42 Jesse Pulkkinen
6 Ryan Pulock
48 Matthew Schaefer

Goaltenders
60 Joshua Kotai
30 Ilya Sorokin
70 Henrik Tikkanen

WHITE LINES:

Maccelli - Ritchie - Schenn
Eklund - Pageau - Heineman
Eiserman - MacLean - Larson
Jefferies - Foudy - Prokhorov

Schaefer - Pulock
George - Kessel
Aitcheson - Bear
Pulkkinen

Sorokin
Kotai
Tikkanen

ORANGE GROUP

The Orange Group was the first group on the ice on Thursday. 

Forwards
55 Cameron Berg
56 Hunter Drew
59 Quinn Finley (non-contact jersey)
72 Jesse Nurmi
58 Cam Thiesing

Defensemen
 97 Ryan Healey
85 Luke Rowe
84 Brandon Scanlin

Goaltenders
50 Ryan Fanti
79 Burke Hood

NOTES

Mathew Barzal missed Thursday's skate and is expected to miss two weeks with knee inflammation. Read more from GM and EVP Mathieu Darche here.

Pierre Engvall, Kyle Palmieri, Alexander Romanov and Semyon Varlamov all joined the Isles for practice with the blue group. All four players are coming off of long term injuries.

Read more about Varlamov's injury recovery here.

Quinn Finley is still skating in a red non-contact jersey.