Washington Capitals announce 2024 Training Camp roster and schedule

The Washington Capitals announced their 72-man roster and the full schedule for their 2024 Training Camp on Monday. The first official, non-testing day of camp is set for September 19.

Spencer Carbery will take command of his second camp on the ice at MedStar Capitals Iceplex.

The roster consists of 41 forwards, 24 defensemen, and seven goalies. The players will initially be divided into three separate squads (Group A, Group B, and Group C) for skates on varying schedules.

Capitals 2024 Training Camp roster

Forwards

#19 Nicklas Backstrom
#28 Andrew Cristall
#46 Grant Cruikshank
#26 Nic Dowd
#72 Pierrick Dubé
#80 Pierre-Luc Dubois
#22 Brandon Duhaime
#53 Ethen Frank
#71 Zac Funk
#84 Ryan Hofer
#59 Brett Hyland
#29 Hendrix Lapierre
#55 Alex Limoges
#88 Andrew Mangiapane
#73 Eriks Mateiko
#24 Connor McMichael
#15 Sonny Milano
#63 Ivan Miroshnichenko
#93 Justin Nachbaur
#77 TJ Oshie
#8 Alex Ovechkin
#18 Terik Parascak
#64 Luke Philp
#21 Aliaksei Protas
#62 Ilya Protas
#16 Taylor Raddysh
#89 Garrett Roe
#58 Henrik Rybinski
#96 Brennan Saulnier
#23 Michael Sgarbossa
#81 Spencer Smallman
#17 Dylan Strome
#98 Matthew Strome
#61 Riley Sutter
#91 Alexander Suzdalev
#49 Patrick Thomas
#87 Bogdan Trineyev
#13 Jakub Vrana
#14 Tyler Weiss
#50 Oasiz Wiesblatt
#43 Tom Wilson

Defensemen

#95 Ayodele Adeniye
#27 Alex Alexeyev
#54 Cam Allen
#25 Ethan Bear
#74 John Carlson
#6 Jakob Chychrun
#86 Logan Day
#42 Martin Fehervary
#4 Hardy Häman Aktell
#20 Brad Hunt
#2 Vincent Iorio
#97 Jayden Lee
#76 Nick Leivermann
#94 Jake Massie
#40 Jon McDonald
#52 Dylan McIlrath
#45 Leon Muggli
#51 Aaron Ness
#83 Dmitry Osipov
#56 Chase Priskie
#3 Matt Roy
#38 Rasmus Sandin
#90 Hudson Thornton
#57 Trevor van Riemsdyk

Goaltenders

#68 Garin Bjorklund
#1 Seth Eisele
#78 Mitchell Gibson
#79 Charlie Lindgren
#31 Hunter Shepard
#33 Clay Stevenson
#48 Logan Thompson

16 of the 20 players who attended Rookie Camp this past week in Annapolis, MD, will also participate in the main camp with the Capitals. Highlights include the team’s 2024 first-round draft selection Terik Parascak, Andrew Cristall, Zac Funk, Alexander Suzdalev, Cam Allen, and Leon Muggli.

New faces like Pierre-Luc Dubois, Brandon Duhaime, Andrew Mangiapane, Taylor Raddysh, Matt Roy, Jakob Chychurn, and Logan Thompson will make their first appearances at a camp after being acquired during the offseason. They’ll join players battling for an NHL roster spot, like Pierrick Dubé, Ethen Frank, Alex Limoges, Ivan Miroshnichenko, Riley Sutter, Bogdan Trineyev, and Jakub Vrana.

Mike Vecchione is the lone Hershey Bears contracted player not attending the camp. Per Hershey’s Zack Fisch, Vecchione and Washington agreed to have him come directly to Hershey’s camp to be ready for the season there.

The Capitals also provided the schedule for the first six days of camp.

Per the team, this year’s Training Camp will last 22 days. The Capitals will play six preseason games against four opponents, starting on September 22 at home against the Philadelphia Flyers. Opening Night for the regular season is also at home on October 12 against the New Jersey Devils.

Here’s the team’s press release:

Capitals Announce 2024-25 Training Camp Schedule and Roster

Caps will hold Media Day on Sept. 19 at MedStar Capitals Iceplex

On-ice practices at MedStar Capitals Iceplex are open to the public and free of charge

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals will begin their 2024-25 Training Camp, in partnership with MedStar Health, at MedStar Capitals Iceplex with Caps Media Day on Thursday, Sept. 19, senior vice president and general manager Chris Patrick announced today.

This marks the Capitals’ 18th training camp at MedStar Capitals Iceplex, the Metro-accessible, inside-the-Beltway practice facility that features two NHL-sized rinks. All on-ice sessions will be open to the public and free of charge.

Washington’s training camp will include 41 forwards, 24 defensemen and seven goalies, and will be broken up into three squads (Group A, Group B and Group C) and their schedules will vary.