The Abbotsford Heat released their 44-player training camp roster on Tuesday.
In camp are 25 forwards, 15 defencemen and four goalies, and they've been divided into two teams – red and black – for split-squad practices. The camp culminates with an intrasquad game at the Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre on Friday, Oct. 5 (7 p.m. start).
Fourteen players are in camp on a tryout basis, with defenceman Steve McCarthy being the biggest name among them. The Trail, B.C. native has 302 NHL games on his resumé with the Chicago Blackhawks, Vancouver Canucks and Atlanta Thrashers, and he spent last season with Zurich of the Swiss A League.
Abbotsford native Mark Isherwood is also in camp. The 23-year-old defenceman helped the ECHL's Alaska Aces to a Kelly Cup title in 2010-11, and was named to the league's all-rookie team. He played for Cortina SG in Italy last season.
The training camp practice teams are as follows.
RED TEAM
Forwards
Adam Estoclet
Ben Street
Lance Bouma
Greg Nemisz
Ben Walter
Roman Horak
Ryan Howse
Akim Aliu
Gaelen Patterson
Sven Baertschi
Tyler Ruegsegger
Brett Olson
Defencemen
T.J. Brodie
Joe Callahan
Chris Breen
Nick Tuzzolino
Mark Isherwood
Jamie Fritsch
Dave Cowan
Goalies
Danny Taylor
Grant Rollheiser
BLACK TEAM
Forwards
Krys Kolanos
Paul Byron
Quintin Laing
Carter Bancks
Dustin Sylvester
Max Reinhart
Michael Ferland
Mitch Wahl
David Eddy
Bryan Cameron
Jordan Kremyr
Kael Mouillierat
Garry Nunn
Defencemen
Joe Piskula
James Martin
Brady Lamb
Zach McKelvie
Steve McCarthy
Drew MacKenzie
Peter Merth
Dennis Urban
Goalies
Barry Brust
Alex Evin