Training Camp Day 2 Recap

Kamloops, BC – Day 2 of training camp is complete at the ISC and the Kamloops Blazers, who started with 94 players, are now down to 61 as camp enters Day 3 tomorrow. The rookie portion of camp has concluded as the six teams have been divided into three teams. Each team will practice once and play twice on Sunday.

In the games today, Colin Smith (1st round 2008) scored three goals, while Rhyse Dieno (list player) and Austin Evans each had a pair and led Team Blue to a 9-5 win over Team Black at the 9AM scrimmage this morning. Team Blue’s Troy Trombley (3rd round 2009) stopped 13 of 14 shots while, Team Black’s Kurtis Bond (7th round 2008) replied with a hat trick in a losing cause.

In the 11:45AM scrimmage, Team White hung on for a 6-5 win. Team White had six different goal scorers and had strong goaltending from John Keeney (list player) who stopped 27 of 32 shots. Seb Benjamin Lloyd led Team Orange with a couple of goals.

It was a battle of goaltenders in the first half of the 5:30PM game. Team Blue’s Troy Trombley (3rd round 2009) made 23 saves and shut out the Orange team in the first half of the game helping Team Blue to a 4-2 win. The offence was spread out, with 6 different goal scorers in the game.

The last game of the day at 7:15PM featured Team Black and Team White. Team White, led by Braden Crone with 2 goals, won 8-2. John Keeney (list player) was solid in net with 25 saves. 

SCRIMMAGE #3 at 9AM, Saturday, August 22, 2009

Team Blue 9, Team Black 5

Goal Scorers

Blue
Colin Smith (3), Rhyse Dieno (2), Austin Evans (2), Sion Park, Jason Austin

Black
Kurtis Bond (3), Thomas Carelton, Mitch VanTeeling

Goalies

Blue
Brennan Claypool 14/18, Troy Trombley 13/14

Black
Tyson Kleisinger 21/30

SCRIMMAGE #4 at 11:45AM, Saturday, August 22, 2009

Team White 6, Team Orange 5

Goal Scorers

White
Chase Souto, Dayson Desmarias, Jordan Beveridge, Curtis Gardipy, Brandon Morley, Stephen Ryan

Orange
Travis Blanleil, Seb Benjamin Lloyd (2), Logan McVeigh, Kyle Buffardi

Goalies

White
John Keeney 27/32

Orange
Kyle Baumgardner 12/15, Keenan Kostiuk 14/17

SCRIMMAGE #5 at  5:30PM, Saturday, August 22, 2009

Team Blue 4, Team Orange 2

Goal Scorers

Blue
Linden Springer, Colin Smith, Jason Austin, Rhyse Dieno

Orange
Max Mowat, Brett Roulston

Goalies

Blue
Troy Trombley 23/23, Brennan Claypool 9/11

Orange
Kyle Baumgardner 16/17, Keenan Kostiuk 11/14

SCRIMMAGE #6 at  7:15PM, Saturday, August 22, 2009

Team Black 2, Team White 8

Goal Scorers

Black
Tyson Witt, Gage Rapitta

White
Braden Crone (2), Stephen Ryan, Brandon Morley, Shane Poulsen, Chase Souto, JC Lipon, Colton Sparrow

Goalies

Black
Tyson Kleisinger 34/42

White
John Keeney 25/27

Tomorrow's Schedule