Blues invite 56 to Training Camp

The St. Louis Blues began preparations for the 2015-16 season on Saturday (Sept. 19) with 62 players on the ice, including 32 forwards, 17 defensemen, six goaltenders and seven other players on professional tryouts.

The players were divided into two groups scheduled to undergo practices and scrimmages on both Saturday and Sunday before preparing for its first pre-season-tests, a pair of split squad games against the Blue Jackets –one in Columbus and one at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis and both on Tuesday (Sept. 22).

Listed below are the players that started camp with the Blues in alphabetical order and by position.

Forwards — 32 

#42 David Backes; #49 Ivan Barbashev; #72 Cody Beach; #21 Patrick Berglund; #64 Samuel Blais; #28 Kyle Brodziak; #36 Troy Brouwer; #53 Patrick Cannone; #33 Jordan Caron; #57 Jaedon Descheneau; #76 Jacob Doty; #63 Liam Dunda; #15 Robby Fabbri; #65 Glenn Gawdin; #37 Justin Hodgman; #23 Dmitrij Jaskin; #32 Danny Kristo; #12 Jori Lehtera; #71 Adam Musil; #9 Steve Ott; #56 Magnus Paajarvi; #54 Zach Pochiro; #18 Ty Rattie; #75 Ryan Reaves; #17 Jaden Schwartz; #26 Paul Stastny; #20 Alexander Steen; #91 Vladimir Tarasenko; #70 Ryan Tesink; #67 Yannick Veilleux; #46 Jeremy Walsh; #52 C.J. Yakimowicz.

Defense – 18 

#51 Konrad Abeltshauser; #61 Andrew Benoit; #41 Robert Bortuzzo; #19 Jay Bouwmeester; #25 Chris Butler; #29 Vince Dunn; #62 Joel Edmundson; #4 Carl Gunarsson; #6 Peter Harrold; #48 Petteri Lindbohm; #78 Niko Mikkola; #55 Colton Parayko; #27 Alex Pietrangelo; #43 Jordan Schmalz; #68 Dmitri Sergeev; #22 Kevin Shattenkirk; #47 Thomas Vannelli.

Goaltenders – 6

#34 Jake Allen; #50 Jordan Binnington; #30 Phoenix Copley; #1 Brian Elliott; #35 Niklas Lundstrom; #45 Luke Opilka.

Professional Tryouts – 7

#59 Spencer Asuchak; #78 Stu Bickel; #93 Scott Gomez; #58 Eriah Hayes; #80 Zach O’Brien; #40 Evan Trupp; #39 Scottie Upshall