Ottawa Senators to hold annual development camp from July 2 to July 6

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators announced today the schedule and list of 36 players attending the team's annual development camp which will take place from Sunday, July 2, to Thursday, July 6, at Canadian Tire Centre and Bell Sensplex. The club has invited four goaltenders, 14 defencemen and 18 forwards. Each of the camp's on-ice sessions will be open to the public. For a copy of the Development Camp roster, please click here.

Four of the club's five selections from the 2023 NHL Draft, held this past weekend in Nashville, will attend this year's camp. Local fans will get their first chance to welcome Hoyt Stanley, a defenceman from Victoria in the British Columbia Hockey League who the Senators selected with their fourth-round selection at last weekend's draft (108th overall). Fifth-round selection defenceman Matthew Andonovski (Kitchener, OHL) along with seventh-round picks Owen Beckner (Salmon Arm, BCHL) and Nicholas VanTassell (Green Bay, USHL) will also make their first appearance in Senators' colours.

It will also mark the first camp appearance for 2020 second-round pick, defenceman Tyler Kleven (North Dakota, NCHC) who appeared in eight regular season games with the Senators last season recording two assists.

The camp will begin on Sunday at 9 a.m. with medicals and fitness testing taking place at Canadian Tire Centre. Senators' prospects will take to the ice at Bell Sensplex on each of the five days. The camp will focus on both off-ice and on-ice training and is being led by the Senators' player development coach Shean Donovan in conjunction with members of the Senators coaching staff including head coach D.J. Smith, goaltending coach Zac Bierk, conditioning coach Rob Mouland and University of Guelph head coach Shawn Camp.

The camp's 3-on-3 tournament returns to Bell Sensplex on Thursday, July 6, at 3:30 p.m. The tournament will give fans the chance to see the future of the hockey club up-close in a competitive environment. The event will begin at 3 p.m. and is open to the public.

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