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Flames Cuts - October 1st, 2001

The Calgary Flames chiseled their lineup down to 26 bodies on Monday, leaving 23 healthy players prepared to start the 2001-02 season on Wednesday against the Edmonton Oilers.

Five players have been assigned to the Saint John Flames of the American Hockey League, including; goaltender Kay Whitmore, defenceman Alan Letang and forwards Rico Fata, Jukka Hentunen and Jamie Wright.

The announcement is sure to lead to some surprised reactions.

Two players many had penciled into their starting lineups; Rico Fata and Jukka Hentunen, will start the season in the AHL and not with the parent Calgary Flames as expected. Fata had a solid yet unspectacular camp, as he showed a willingness to do the little things, but struggled to show up on the score sheet. Hentunen, a player many had as the Flames 2nd line right wing this season struggled to adapt to the North American sized rinks, and the associated physical play. Both could be seen again before the season winds on too far however.

As with any training camp the startling omissions come along with equally startling success stories, with this year being no different. Names on the roster that few expected at the start of camp would include journeyman minor leaguer Scott Nichol, who made the team with his fiesty play, and consistency. Chuck Kobasew, the Flames 19 year old first round draft choice appears to have made the team though no official word has been released on his contract. Kobasew scored five goals in six games through the preseason, and it looks like he'll launch his NHL career much sooner than expected.

The team that will take the lineup on Wednesday night will be markedly different than the Flames squad that played out the string this past April.

New Flames will include; staring goaltender Roman Turek, defencemen Jamie Allison and Bob Boughner, plus forwards Steve Begin, Craig Berube, Chuck Kobasew, Dean McAmmond and Rob Niedermayer. A total new face of count of an unbelievable eight.

I suppose nobody can accuse the Flames of standing still after a poor season.

Over the next few months the collective team will answer the question as to whether or not the changes have improved the hockey club.

Camp Roster (showing cuts)

Calgary Flames Training Camp Roster - October 2001

Goaltenders

 

Name

Hgt

Wgt

C

Pos.

Place of Birth

Birthdate

2000-01 Club

HRUDEY

Kelly

5.10

190

L

G

Edmonton, AB

Jan. 13, 1961

-

KRAHN

Brent

6.04

200

L

G

Winnipeg, MB

Apr. 2, 1982

Calgary (WHL)

SABOURIN

Dany

6.02

185

L

G

Val d'Or, PQ

Sept. 2, 1980

Saint John (AHL)

SZUPER

Levente

5.11

180

L

G

Budapest, Hungary

June 11, 1980

Saint John (AHL)

TUREK

Roman

6.03

215

R

G

Strakonice, Czech Republic

May 21, 1970

St. Louis (NHL)

VERNON

Mike

5.09

180

L

G

Calgary, Alberta

Feb. 24, 1963

Calgary (NHL)

WHITMORE

KAY

5.11

175

L

G

Sudbury, ON

Apr. 10, 1967

Boston (NHL)

Defencemen

 

Name

Hgt

Wgt

S

Pos

Place of Birth

Birthdate

2000-01 Club

ALLISON

Jamie

6.01

200

R

RD

Lindsay, ON

May 13, 1975

Chicago (NHL)

BOUGHNER

Bob

6.02

203

R

RD

Windsor, ON

Mar. 8, 1971

Pittsburgh (NHL)

BOYCHUK

David

6.04

220

L

LD

Edmonton, AB

July 16, 1981

Spokane (WHL)

DAVIS

Wade

6.04

185

R

RD

Kamloops, BC

April 13, 1982

Calgary (WHL)

DUPONT

Micki

5.09

180

R

RD

Calgary, AB

Apr. 15, 1980

Saint John  (AHL)

EAKINS

Dallas

6.02

195

L

LD

Dade City, FL

Feb. 27, 1967

Calgary (NHL)

FOSTER

Kurtis

6.05

205

R

RD

Carp, ON

Nov. 24, 1981

Peterborough (OHL)

GAUTHIER

Denis

6.02

210

L

LD

Montreal, PQ

Oct. 1, 1976

Calgary (NHL)

HENRY

Burke

6.03

195

L

LD

Ste. Rose, MB

Jan. 21, 1979

Hartford (AHL)

HOUSLEY

Phil

5.10

185

L

RD

St. Paul, MN

Mar. 9, 1964

Calgary (NHL)

HUNTZICKER

Dave

6.03

205

L

LD

Ann Arbour, MI

Sept. 15, 1976

U. of Michigan (CCHA)

KRAVCHUK

Igor

6.01

218

L

LD

Ufa, USSR

Sept. 13, 1966

Calgary (NHL)

LETANG

Alan

6.01

205

L

LD

Renfrew, ON

Sept. 4, 1975

Utah (IHL)

LYDMAN

Toni

6.01

200

L

LD

Lahti, Finland

Sept. 25, 1977

Calgary (NHL)

MONTADOR

Steve

6.00

200

R

RD

Lakefield, ON

Dec. 21, 1979

Saint John  (AHL)

MARTIN

Mike

6.02

205

R

RD

Stratford, ON

Oct. 27, 1976

Saint John  (AHL)

MORRIS

Derek

5.11

200

R

RD

Edmonton, AB

Sept. 24, 1978

Calgary (NHL)

MROZIK

Rick

6.02

185

L

LD

Duluth, MN

Jan. 2, 1975

Saint John  (AHL)

REGEHR

Robyn

6.02

210

L

LD

Recife, Brazil

Apr. 19, 1980

Calgary (NHL)

ROZAKOV

Roman

6.01

198

L

LD

Murmansk, USSR

Mar. 29, 1981

Metallurg (Russia)

WERENKA

Brad

6.01

225

L

LD

Two Hills, AB

Feb. 12, 1969

Calgary (NHL)

Forwards

 

Name

Hgt

Wgt

S

Pos

Place of Birth

Birthdate

2000-01 Club

BEGIN

Steve

5.11

190

L

C

Trois Rivieres, PQ

June 14, 1978

Saint John (AHL)

BEMBRIDGE

Garett

6.00

185

R

RW

Melfort, SK

July 6, 1981

Saskatoon (WHL)

BERUBE

Craig

6.01

205

L

LW

Calahoo, AB

December 17, 1965

Islanders (NHL)

BETTS

Blair

6.01

200

L

C

Edmonton, AB

Feb. 16, 1980

Saint John (AHL)

BOGLE

Andrew

6.00

198

R

F

Kingston, ON

Dec. 22, 1979

Michigan State (CCHA)

BOTTERILL

Jason

6.04

220

L

LW

Edmonton, AB

May 19, 1976

Saint John (AHL)

CHRISTIE

Ryan

6.03

200

L

LW

Beamsville, ON

July 3, 1978

Utah (IHL)

CLARK

Chris

6.00

200

R

RW

Manchester, CT

Mar. 8, 1976

St. Louis (NHL)

CONROY

Craig

6.02

197

R

C

Potsdam, NY

Sept. 4, 1971

St. Louis (NHL)

COWAN

Jeff

6.02

195

L

LW

Scarborough, ON

Sept. 27, 1976

Calgary (NHL)

FATA

Rico

5.11

200

L

RW

Sault Ste. Marie, ON

Feb. 12, 1980

Saint John (AHL)

HENTUNEN

Jukka

5.10

194

R

RW

Joroinen, Finland

May 3, 1974

Jokerit (FIN)

HAY

Dwayne

6.01

203

L

LW

London, ON

Feb. 11, 1977

Calgary (NHL)

IGINLA

Jarome

6.01

200

R

RW

Edmonton, AB

July 1, 1977

Calgary (NHL)

KOBASEW

Chuck

5.11

195

R

RW

Vancouver, BC

April 17, 1982

Boston College (HE)

LOWRY

Dave

6.01

200

L

LW

Sudbury, ON

Feb. 14, 1965

Calgary (NHL)

MATHER

Shawn

5.11

180

L

C

Chatham, ON

Mar. 11, 1980

Windsor (OHL)

McAMMOND

Dean

5.11

200

L

LW

Grand Cache, AB

June 15, 1973

Chi/Pha (NHL)

MITCHELL

Jeff

6.01

190

R

C/RW

Wayne, MI

May 16, 1975

Dayton (ECHL)

MOEN

Travis

6.02

200

L

LW

Swift Current, SK

April 6, 1982

Kelowna (WHL)

MORGAN

Jason

6.01

205

L

C

St. John's, NFLD

Oct. 9, 1976

Saint John (AHL)

MURRAY

Rob

6.01

185

R

C

Toronto, ON

Apr. 4, 1967

Philadelphia (AHL)

NIEDERMAYER

Rob

6.02

204

L

C

Cassiar, BC

Dec. 28, 1974

Florida (NHL)

NICHOL

Scott

5.08

160

R

C

Edmonton, AB

Dec. 31, 1974

Detroit (IHL)

PETROVICKY

Ronald

5.11

190

R

RW

Zilina, Slovakia

Feb. 15, 1977

Calgary (NHL)

SAPRYKIN

Oleg

6.00

195

L

LW

Moscow, Russia

Feb. 12, 1981

Calgary (NHL)

SAVARD

Marc

5.10

185

L

C

Ottawa, ON

July 17, 1977

Calgary (NHL)

STOLL

Jarrett

6.01

200

R

C

Melville, SK

June 24, 1982

Kootenay (WHL)

SHANTZ

Jeff

6.00

195

R

C

Duchess, AB

Oct. 10, 1973

Calgary (NHL)

SUTTER

Shaun

6.01

185

R

C

Red Deer, AB

June 2, 1980

Calgary (WHL)

WILM

Clarke

6.00

202

L

C

Central Butte, SK

Oct. 24, 1976

Calgary (NHL)

WRIGHT

Jamie

6.00

195

L

LW

Kitchener, ON

May 13, 1976

Dallas (NHL)