Each of the club's eight selections from the 2018 NHL Draft, held this past weekend in Dallas, will attend this year's camp. Local fans will get their first chance to welcome Brady Tkachuk, a forward from the NCAA's Boston University Terriers, and defenceman Jacob Bernard-Docker, a member of the Alberta Junior Hockey League's Okotoks Oilers, who the Senators selected with their first-round picks last weekend (fourth and 26th overall, respectively).
The development camp, which focuses on off-ice and on-ice training, is being led by Senators player development coach Shean Donovan in conjunction with members of the Senators coaching staff including head coach Guy Boucher, associate coach Marc Crawford, assistant coaches Rob Cookson and Martin Raymond, goaltending coach Pierre Groulx, conditioning coach Chris Schwarz, goaltending development coach Kory Cooper and University of Guelph head coach Shawn Camp.
The annual evening scrimmage will take place, for the first time, at the Richcraft Sensplex (811 Shefford Rd., Gloucester, Ont.) on Friday, June 29, at 6 p.m. The scrimmage provides the Senators' prospects with the opportunity to showcase their respective talent in a game setting (three 20-minute periods), while allowing fans the chance to see the future of the hockey club up-close.
Highlights of the Senators development camp schedule:
On-ice schedule at the Bell Sensplex:
Please note that the times listed above are subject to change. Daily media availability and schedule updates will be available via the team's media information line (613-599-0275), the club's website (
www.ottawasenators.com
) and via some of the team's social media platforms (Twitter -
