Mooseheads at NHL camps

Many Halifax Mooseheads will be at NHL rookie camps starting this week. Most notably are the boys who played on the top line last season; Nathan MacKinnon, Jonathan Drouin and Marty Frk. Here are the boys, current and former Herd players, who are at rookie camps and where and what they will be doing. I'll keep you updated on how they do.

FRK
Now that Martin Frk has aged out of the juniors, he will look to make the team that drafted him 2 years ago in 2012; the Detroit Red Wings. In the NHL.com's 30 in 30, Frk was listed as the Red Wings 7th best prospect.  The NHL.com had this to say:

The Czech Republic native had a brilliant 2012-13 season with the Halifax Mooseheads of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League in which he tallied 84 points in 56 games and has the look of a future NHL power forward.

Every year, Detroit has a tournament with other teams in the NHL in Traverse City, Michigan. Marty will be one of 4 draft picks from the last four years who are in the tournament for the Wings. For a full roster click here. The tournament will feature 7 other teams; Dallas, Buffalo, Carolina, Minnesota, Columbus, St. Louis and the New York Rangers. It will begin on Wednesday and go until Monday September 9th. Frk and Detroit will play a game on Sept. 5th (vs. Minnesota), Sept. 6th (vs. Dallas) and Sept.9th (vs. St. Louis). Practices are open to the public free of charge while games are $10 per day.

RYAN
Andrew Ryan has been invited to Phildelphia Flyers' rookie camp. The camp will start on September 6th and will end on the 9th. Practices will be held at The Virtua Center Flyers Skate Zone from September 6-8. There will than be a rookie game against the Washington Capitals' rookies on the 9th in Arlington, Virginia at 3pm. For the full roster of draftees and invitees click here.

MURPHY
Matt Murphy will also be in Traverse City this week as an invitee of the St. Louis Blues. The standings and roster for the Blues can be found here. Murphy will battle against his former teammate on Sunday for the last round robin game. They will also play the Stars on Thursday and the Wild on Friday.

DROUIN
Jonathan Drouin will begin rookie camp with the other Tampa Bay Lightning rookies on September 4th. The 4 team six game tournament in Coral Springs will include the Bolts, the Florida Panthers, Nashville Predators and Boston Bruins. On September 4th, the Lightning will open their camp and practice on Thursday at Times Forum before starting the tournament on Friday. Tampa Bay plays Nashville on Friday, followed by Boston on Saturday and the first battle of Florida on Sunday. Admission is free to games but fans must pre-register and bring a ticket with them.

FUCALE
Well Zach Fucale is not having much of a summer this year. After helping the Mooseheads to the Memorial Cup at the end of May, Fucale was invited to Team Canada's goaltender camp in the middle of June, than drafted 36th overall in the NHL draft by the Montreal Canadiens on June 30th. At the beginning of August, he was invited to Team Canada's World Juniors camp and played in one of the pre-tournament games in Lake Placid. Finally he has been in the Mooseheads training camp. He will once again be back on the ice come Thursday when the Canadiens prospects camp gets underway in Brossard, QC. For the full roster click here.

MACAULAY
Despite being drafted in 2010 by the St. Louis Blues, Stephen MacAulay finds himself on a camp roster with Fucale and not Murphy. He is going to be in camp on an American Hockey League contract trying to make the big team instead of the medium one. It's possible that MacAulay will play a couple of games in the NHL and than be sent down to the Hamilton Bulldogs in the AHL.

WEEGAR
Mackenzie Weegar will join Drouin in Sunrise, Florida with the Panthers for prospects camp. The Cats will play Friday vs. Boston, Saturday vs. Nashville and Sunday vs. Tampa Bay. Florida's training camp begins Wednesday though with medical and physical testing being held at the BB&T Center that day. For full list of prospects click here.

FOURNIER
Stefan Fournier will join Fucale and MacAulay in Brossard this week. He has been invited to the camp as a free agent. If he doesn't make the Habs roster he will most likely be sent down to the Bulldogs as he is to old now for juniors. For full information about the camp click here.

MACKINNON
Nathan MacKinnon will start in the Colorado Avalanche rookie camp on September 8th. It will last until the 10th. Practices during rookie camp will be open to the public free of charge. Here is the full roster for training camp.

ABELTSHUASER
Konrad Abeltshauser will be in British Columbia this week playing with San Jose Sharks' rookies in the Young Stars Classic held by the Vancouver Canucks. A full roster can be found here. The Sharks and Canucks will also be joined by the Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers and Winnipeg Jets. The tournament starts September 5th to September 9th. San Jose will play against the Canucks on Thursday, the Jets on Friday and the Flames on Sept. 8th. Find the full schedule here.