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Per the Washington Capitals:

A total of 68 players will be on the ice at Kettler Capitals Iceplex in the upcoming weeks for the 2007 Washington Capitals rookie camp and training camp, vice president and general manager George McPhee announced today.

Thirty rookies will participate in rookie camp, which begins this Saturday, Sept. 8, and runs through Wednesday, Sept. 12, when the rookies travel to Philadelphia to scrimmage the Flyers’ rookies.

Training camp begins Friday, Sept. 14 when 38 veterans - 24 of whom saw action for the Capitals last season - will join selected rookies to get ready for the upcoming 2007-08 NHL season. In between practices and off-ice workout sessions, the Capitals will play seven preseason games before camp wraps up with the Caps Care Golf Tournament on Monday, Oct. 1.

The public is welcome to attend every practice, free of charge, beginning Saturday, Sept. 8.

Full rosters after the break.

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2007 Washington Capitals Rookie Camp Roster

FORWARDS
#	Player	Ht.	Wt.	Shoots	Born	Birthplace	2006-07 Club(s)	League(s)
19	BACKSTROM, Nicklas	6-0	183	Left	11/23/87	Gavle, Sweden	Brynas	SEL
83	BEAGLE, Jay*	6-3	201	Right	10/16/85	Calgary, Alberta	UAA/Idaho	WCHA/ECHL
36	BOUCHARD, Francois*	6-1	187	Left	4/26/88	Sherbrooke, Quebec	Baie-Comeau	QMJHL
63	GORDON, Andrew	5-11	180	Right	12/13/85	Halifax, Nova Scotia	St. Cloud State	WCHA
65	GUERIN, Marty*	6-0	180	Right	5/25/83	Lansing, Michigan	Miami University	CCHA
61	JOUDREY, Andrew	5-11	191	Left	7/15/84	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Wisconsin/Hershey	WCHA/AHL
64	KRONICK, Dan*	6-4	215	Left	7/16/84	Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota	St. Cloud State	WCHA
58	LACROIX, Maxime*	6-0	180	Left	6/5/87	Quebec City, Quebec	Quebec	QMJHL
81	LEFFLER, Brett*	6-0	198	Right	5/19/89	Wynyard, Saskatchewan	Regina	WHL
86	LYNES, Luke*	6-0	195	Left	11/28/87	Rochester Hills, Michigan	Brampton	OHL
74	MAXWELL, Tommy*	6-2	200	Right	11/19/85	Spokane, Washington	Phoenix	ECHL
71	MORIN, Travis	6-2	195	Left	1/9/84	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Minn. St/South Carolina	WCHA/ECHL
85	PERREAULT, Mathieu*	5-8	151	Left	1/5/88	Drummondville, Quebec	Acadie-Bathurst	QMJHL
82	PINIZZOTTO, Steve	6-1	195	Right	4/26/84	Mississauga, Ontario	RIT/Hershey	Atlantic/AHL
67	TAYLOR, Justin*	5-11	180	Left	2/8/89	London, Ontario	Wellington	OPJHL
45	WERNER, Steve	6-0	197	Right	8/8/84	Washington, D.C.	Hershey/South Carolina	AHL/ECHL
57	WILSON, Kyle	6-0	200	Right	12/15/84	Oakville, Ontario	San Antonio	AHL
							South Carolina/Hershey	ECHL/AHL
DEFENSEMEN
47	ALZNER, Karl*	6-2	206	Left	9/24/88	Burnaby, British Columbia	Calgary	WHL
62	COLLINS, Sean	6-1	212	Right	10/30/83	Troy, Michigan	Ohio State/Hershey	CCHA/AHL
49	DOVGAN, Viktor	6-1	205	Left	2/27/87	Moscow, Russia	South Carolina/Hershey	ECHL/AHL
73	GODFREY, Josh*	6-0	197	Left	1/15/88	Collingwood, Ontario	Sault Ste. Marie	OHL
29	HUNT, Jamie	6-2	195	Left	4/20/84	Calgary, Alberta	Capitals/Hershey	NHL/AHL
42	LEPISTO, Sami	5-11	176	Left	10/17/84	Espoo, Finland	Jokerit	Finland
46	MCNEILL, Patrick	6-0	195	Left	3/17/87	Strathroy, Ontario	Saginaw	OHL
34	POKULOK, Sasha	6-5	220	Left	5/25/86	Montreal, Quebec	Hershey/South Carolina	AHL/ECHL
75	SEABROOK, Keith*	6-0	198	Right	8/2/88	Delta, British Columbia	U. of Denver	WCHA
89	SLOAN, Tyler*	6-3	205	Left	3/15/81	Calgary, Alberta	Hershey	AHL
GOALTENDERS
31	MACHESNEY, Daren	6-0	177	Left	12/13/86	Hamilton, Ontario	South Carolina/Hershey	ECHL/AHL
30	NEUVIRTH, Michal	6-1	197	Left	3/23/88	Usi Labem, Czech Republic	Plymouth	OHL
40	VARLAMOV, Simeon	6-1	183	Left	4/27/88	Samara, Russia	Yaroslavl	Russia

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2007 Washington Capitals Training Camp Roster

FORWARDS
#	Player	Ht.	Wt.	Shoots	Born	Birthplace	2006-07 Club(s)	League(s)
24	BARNEY, Scott*	6-4	225	Right	11/27/79	Oshawa, Ontario	Grand Rapids/Hershey	AHL/AHL
56	BOURQUE, Chris	5-7	170	Left	1/29/86	Boston, Massachusetts	Hershey	AHL
10	BRADLEY, Matt	6-3	205	Right	6/13/78	Stittsville, Ontario	Capitals	NHL
87	BRASHEAR, Donald	6-2	235	Left	1/7/72	Bedford, Indiana	Capitals	NHL
17	CLARK, Chris	6-0	200	Right	3/8/76	South Windsor, Connecticut	Capitals	NHL
27	CLYMER, Ben	6-1	201	Right	4/11/78	Bloomington, Minnesota	Capitals	NHL
14	FEHR, Eric	6-4	204	Right	9/7/85	Winkler, Manitoba	Capitals/Hershey	NHL/AHL
43	FLEISCHMANN, Tomas*	6-1	188	Left	5/16/84	Koprivinice, Czech Republic	Capitals/Hershey	NHL/AHL
15	GORDON, Boyd	6-1	201	Right	10/19/83	Unity, Saskatchewan	Capitals	NHL
38	KLEPIS, Jakub*	6-0	200	Right	6/5/84	Prague, Czech Republic	Capitals/Hershey	NHL/AHL
25	KOZLOV, Viktor	6-4	232	Right	2/14/75	Togliatti, Russia	NY Islanders	NHL
21	LAICH, Brooks	6-2	208	Left	6/23/83	Wawota, Saskatchewan	Capitals	NHL
53	LAING, Quintin*	6-2	200	Left	6/8/79	Harris, Saskatchewan	Hershey	AHL
22	MORGAN, Jason	6-1	194	Left	10/9/76	St. John’s, Newfoundland	Minnesota/Houston	NHL/AHL
50	MOTZKO, Joe	6-0	196	Left	3/14/80	Bemidji, Minnesota	Columbus/Syracuse	NHL/AHL
							Anaheim/Portland	NHL/AHL
92	NYLANDER, Michael	6-1	195	Left	10/3/72	Stockholm, Sweden	NY Rangers	NHL
8	OVECHKIN, Alex	6-2	216	Right	9/17/85	Moscow, Russia	Capitals	NHL
18	PETTINGER, Matt	6-1	210	Left	10/22/80	Edmonton, Alberta	Capitals	NHL
54	POTULNY, Grant*	6-3	204	Left	3/4/80	Grand Forks, North Dakota	Binghamton	AHL
28	SEMIN, Alexander	6-0	181	Left	3/3/84	Krasjonarsk, Russia	Capitals	NHL
39	STECKEL, David	6-5	215	Left	3/15/82	Westbend, Wisconsin	Capitals/Hershey	NHL/AHL
16	SUTHERBY, Brian	6-3	205	Left	3/1/82	Edmonton, Alberta	Capitals	NHL
DEFENSEMEN
41	ARSENE, Dean	6-2	200	Left	7/20/80	Abbotsford, British Columbia	Hershey	AHL
78	BOUMEDIENNE, Josef	6-1	200	Left	1/12/78	Stockholm, Sweden	Karpat	Finland
44	EMINGER, Steve	6-2	217	Right	10/31/83	Woodbridge, Ontario	Capitals	NHL
4	ERSKINE, John	6-4	216	Left	6/26/80	Kingston, Ontario	Capitals/Hershey	NHL/AHL
52	GREEN, Mike	6-1	200	Right	10/12/85	Calgary, Alberta	Capitals/Hershey	NHL/AHL
23	JURCINA, Milan	6-4	233	Right	6/7/83	Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia	Boston/Capitals	NHL/NHL
76	MCALLISTER, Chris*	6-7	240	Left	8/16/75	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	Kalamazoo	IHL
79	MCNEILL, Grant*	6-2	215	Left	5/8/83	Vermillion, Alberta	Wheeling	ECHL
							Wilkes-Barre/Scranton	AHL
26	MORRISONN, Shaone	6-4	210	Left	12/23/82	Vancouver, British Columbia	Capitals	NHL
9	POLLOCK, Jame	6-3	208	Right	6/16/79	Quebec City, Quebec	Nurnberg	DEL
2	POTHIER, Brian	6-0	200	Right	4/15/77	New Bedford, Massachusetts	Ottawa	NHL
3	POTI, Tom	6-3	210	Left	3/22/77	Worcester, Massachusetts	NY Islanders	NHL
55	SCHULTZ, Jeff	6-6	215	Left	2/25/86	Calgary, Alberta	Capitals/Hershey	NHL/AHL
GOALTENDERS
35	CASSIVI, Frederic	6-4	220	Left	6/12/75	Sorel, Quebec	Capitals/Hershey	NHL/AHL
1	JOHNSON, Brent	6-3	196	Left	3/12/77	Farmington, Michigan	Capitals	NHL
37	KOLZIG, Olie	6-3	225	Left	4/6/70	Johannesburg, South Africa	Capitals	NHL

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Rosters as of Sept. 4, 2007.
Select rookies will participate in training camp as well.
* Indicates players not under contract with the Capitals as of Sept. 4, 2007.

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2007 Washington Capitals Rookie Camp Roster - sorted by number

#	P	Player	Ht.	Wt.	Shoots	Born	Birthplace	2006-07 Club(s)	League(s)
19	F	BACKSTROM, Nicklas	6-0	183	Left	11/23/87	Gavle, Sweden	Brynas	SEL
29	D	HUNT, Jamie	6-2	195	Left	4/20/84	Calgary, Alberta	Capitals/Hershey	NHL/AHL
30	G	NEUVIRTH, Michal	6-1	197	Left	3/23/88	Usi Labem, Czech Republic	Plymouth	OHL
31	G	MACHESNEY, Daren	6-0	177	Left	12/13/86	Hamilton, Ontario	South Carolina/Hershey	ECHL/AHL
34	D	POKULOK, Sasha	6-5	220	Left	5/25/86	Montreal, Quebec	Hershey/South Carolina	AHL/ECHL
36	F	BOUCHARD, Francois*	6-1	187	Left	4/26/88	Sherbrooke, Quebec	Baie-Comeau	QMJHL
40	G	VARLAMOV, Simeon	6-1	183	Left	4/27/88	Samara, Russia	Yaroslavl	Russia
42	D	LEPISTO, Sami	5-11	176	Left	10/17/84	Espoo, Finland	Jokerit	Finland
45	F	WERNER, Steve	6-0	197	Right	8/8/84	Washington, D.C.	Hershey/South Carolina	AHL/ECHL
46	D	MCNEILL, Patrick	6-0	195	Left	3/17/87	Strathroy, Ontario	Saginaw	OHL
47	D	ALZNER, Karl*	6-2	206	Left	9/24/88	Burnaby, British Columbia	Calgary	WHL
49	D	DOVGAN, Viktor	6-1	205	Left	2/27/87	Moscow, Russia	South Carolina/Hershey	ECHL/AHL
57	F	WILSON, Kyle	6-0	200	Right	12/15/84	Oakville, Ontario	San Antonio South Carolina/Hershey	AHL ECHL/AHL
58	F	LACROIX, Maxime*	6-0	180	Left	6/5/87	Quebec City, Quebec	Quebec	QMJHL
61	F	JOUDREY, Andrew	5-11	191	Left	7/15/84	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Wisconsin/Hershey	WCHA/AHL
62	D	COLLINS, Sean	6-1	212	Right	10/30/83	Troy, Michigan	Ohio State/Hershey	CCHA/AHL
63	F	GORDON, Andrew	5-11	180	Right	12/13/85	Halifax, Nova Scotia	St. Cloud State	WCHA
64	F	KRONICK, Dan*	6-4	215	Left	7/16/84	Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota	St. Cloud State	WCHA
65	F	GUERIN, Marty*	6-0	180	Right	5/25/83	Lansing, Michigan	Miami University	CCHA
67	F	TAYLOR, Justin*	5-11	180	Left	2/8/89	London, Ontario	Wellington	OPJHL
71	F	MORIN, Travis	6-2	195	Left	1/9/84	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Minn. St /South Carolina	WCHA/ECHL
73	D	GODFREY, Josh*	6-0	197	Left	1/15/88	Collingwood, Ontario	Sault Ste. Marie	OHL
74	F	MAXWELL, Tommy*	6-2	200	Right	11/19/85	Spokane, Washington	Phoenix	ECHL
75	D	SEABROOK, Keith*	6-0	198	Right	8/2/88	Delta,British Columbia	U. of Denver	WCHA
81	F	LEFFLER, Brett*	6-0	198	Right	5/19/89	Wynyard, Saskatchewan	Regina	WHL
82	F	PINIZZOTTO, Steve	6-1	195	Right	4/26/84	Mississauga, Ontario	RIT/Hershey	Atlantic/AHL
83	F	BEAGLE, Jay*	6-3	201	Right	10/16/85	Calgary, Alberta	UAA/Idaho	WCHA/ECHL
85	F	PERREAULT, Mathieu*	5-8	151	Left	1/5/88	Drummondville, Quebec	Acadie-Bathurst	QMJHL
86	F	LYNES, Luke*	6-0	195	Left	11/28/87	Rochester Hills, Michigan	Brampton	OHL
89	D	SLOAN, Tyler*	6-3	205	Left	3/15/81	Calgary, Alberta	Hershey	AHL

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2007 Washington Capitals Training Camp Roster - sorted by number

#	P	Player	Ht.	Wt.	Shoots	Born	Birthplace	2006-07 Club(s)	League(s)
1	G	JOHNSON, Brent	6-3	196	Left	3/12/77	Farmington, Michigan	Capitals	NHL
2	D	POTHIER, Brian	6-0	200	Right	4/15/77	New Bedford, Massachusetts	Ottawa	NHL
3	D	POTI, Tom	6-3	210	Left	3/22/77	Worcester, Massachusetts	NY Islanders	NHL
4	D	ERSKINE, John	6-4	216	Left	6/26/80	Kingston, Ontario	Capitals/Hershey	NHL/AHL
8	F	OVECHKIN, Alex	6-2	216	Right	9/17/85	Moscow, Russia	Capitals	NHL
9	D	POLLOCK, Jame	6-3	208	Right	6/16/79	Quebec City, Quebec	Nurnberg	DEL
10	F	BRADLEY, Matt	6-3	205	Right	6/13/78	Stittsville, Ontario	Capitals	NHL
14	F	FEHR, Eric	6-4	204	Right	9/7/85	Winkler, Manitoba	Capitals/Hershey	NHL/AHL
15	F	GORDON, Boyd	6-1	201	Right	10/19/83	Unity, askatchewan	Capitals	NHL
16	F	SUTHERBY, Brian	6-3	205	Left	3/1/82	Edmonton, Alberta	Capitals	NHL
17	F	CLARK, Chris	6-0	200	Right	3/8/76	South Windsor, Connecticut	Capitals	NHL
18	F	PETTINGER, Matt	6-1	210	Left	10/22/80	Edmonton, Alberta	Capitals	NHL
21	F	LAICH, Brooks	6-2	208	Left	6/23/83	Wawota, Saskatchewan	Capitals	NHL
22	F	MORGAN, Jason	6-1	194	Left	10/9/76	St. John’s, Newfoundland	Minnesota/Houston	NHL/AHL
23	D	JURCINA, Milan	6-4	233	Right	6/7/83	Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia	Boston/Capitals	NHL/NHL
24	F	BARNEY, Scott*	6-4	225	Right	11/27/79	Oshawa, Ontario	Grand Rapids/Hershey	AHL/AHL
25	F	KOZLOV, Viktor	6-4	232	Right	2/14/75	Togliatti, Russia	NY Islanders	NHL
26	D	MORRISONN, Shaone	6-4	210	Left	12/23/82	Vancouver, British Columbia	Capitals	NHL
27	F	CLYMER, Ben	6-1	201	Right	4/11/78	Bloomington, Minnesota	Capitals	NHL
28	F	SEMIN, Alexander	6-0	181	Left	3/3/84	Krasjonarsk, Russia	Capitals	NHL
35	G	CASSIVI, Frederic	6-4	220	Left	6/12/75	Sorel, Quebec	Capitals/Hershey	NHL/AHL
37	G	KOLZIG, Olie	6-3	225	Left	4/6/70	Johannesburg, South Africa	Capitals	NHL
38	F	KLEPIS, Jakub*	6-0	200	Right	6/5/84	Prague, Czech Republic	Capitals/Hershey	NHL/AHL
39	F	STECKEL, David	6-5	215	Left	3/15/82	Westbend, Wisconsin	Capitals/Hershey	NHL/AHL
41	D	ARSENE, Dean	6-2	200	Left	7/20/80	Abbotsford, British Columbia	Hershey	AHL
43	F	FLEISCHMANN, Tomas*	6-1	188	Left	5/16/84	Koprivinice, Czech Republic	Capitals/Hershey	NHL/AHL
44	D	EMINGER, Steve	6-2	217	Right	10/31/83	Woodbridge, Ontario	Capitals	NHL
50	F	MOTZKO, Joe	6-0	196	Left	3/14/80	Bemidji, Minnesota	Columbus/Syracuse Anaheim/Portland	NHL/AHL NHL/AHL
52	D	GREEN, Mike	6-1	200	Right	10/12/85	Calgary, Alberta	Capitals/Hershey	NHL/AHL
53	F	LAING, Quintin*	6-2	200	Left	6/8/79	Harris, Saskatchewan	Hershey	AHL
54	F	POTULNY, Grant*	6-3	204	Left	3/4/80	Grand Forks, North Dakota	Binghamton	AHL
55	D	SCHULTZ, Jeff	6-6	215	Left	2/25/86	Calgary, Alberta	Capitals/Hershey	NHL/AHL
56	F	BOURQUE, Chris	5-7	170	Left	1/29/86	Boston, assachusetts	Hershey	AHL
76	D	MCALLISTER, Chris*	6-7	240	Left	8/16/75	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	Kalamazoo	IHL
78	D	BOUMEDIENNE, Josef	6-1	200	Left	1/12/78	Stockholm, Sweden	Karpat	Finland
79	D	MCNEILL, Grant*	6-2	215	Left	5/8/83	Vermillion, Alberta	Wheeling Wilkes-Barre/Scranton	ECHL AHL
87	F	BRASHEAR, Donald	6-2	235	Left	1/7/72	Bedford, Indiana	Capitals	NHL
92	F	NYLANDER, Michael	6-1	195	Left	10/3/72	Stockholm, Sweden	NY Rangers	NHL

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Rosters as of Sept. 4, 2007.
Select rookies will participate in training camp as well.
* Indicates players not under contract with the Capitals as of Sept. 4, 2007.

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