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PHOENIX – The Phoenix Coyotes announced this week that they have cut 22 players from their training camp roster. The Coyotes have 28 players remaining in training camp and must have their roster down to 23 player by the time the regular season opens on Saturday October, 9th.

The following players have been re-assigned to the Phoenix Coyotes American Hockey league affiliate the San Antonio Rampage:

Player                         Position           Team              League
Al Montoya                 Goaltender       San Antonio     AHL
Joe Fallon                    Goaltender      San Antonio    AHL
Matt Climie                  Goaltender       San Antonio     AHL
Justin Bernhardt          Center             San Antonio    AHL
Colin Long                  Center             San Antonio    AHL
Bracken Kearns           Center              San Antonio     AHL
Peter MacArthur         Left Wing       San Antonio    AHL
Matt Beaudoin             Right Wing       San Antonio     AHL
Ryan Hollweg              Left Wing        San Antonio     AHL
Josh Lunden                Left Wing        San Antonio     AHL
Brett MacLean             Left Wing        San Antonio     AHL
Alexander Picard         Left Wing        San Antonio     AHL
Blair Riley                   Left Wing        San Antonio     AHL
Garrett Stafford           Defenseman    San Antonio     AHL
Michael Stone              Defenseman    San Antonio     AHL
Chris Summers            Defenseman    San Antonio     AHL
Nolan Yonkman          Defenseman    San Antonio     AHL
Jeff May                      Defenseman    San Antonio    AHL
Nick Ross                    Defenseman    San Antonio    AHL
Jonas Ahnelov             Defenseman    San Antonio     AHL
Mathieu Brodeur         Defenseman    San Antonio    AHL

The Coyotes also have returned their 2010 first round draft pick (13th overall) defenseman Brandon Gormley to the Moncton Wildcats of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

Finally, the Coyotes have placed defenseman Shane Hindy on the injured list and is out indefinitely. Hindy was at the Coyotes camp on a tryout basis.

Below is a list of how the Phoenix Coyotes training camp roster stands as of today. As you can see, the Goaltending positions have been set and the Defensemen positions are almost set. What comes now is expected to be a tremendous battle for the remaining forward positions.

Phoenix Coyotes Training Camp Roster as of September 27, 2010:

GOALTENDERS (6)
NO NAME POS HT WT
1 LABARBERA, Jason G 6-3 225
30 BRYZGALOV, Ilya G 6-3 208

DEFENSEMEN (20)
NO NAME POS HT WT
3 YANDLE, Keith D 6-2 195
6 SCHLEMKO, David D 6-1 195
18 LEPISTO, Sami D 6-1 195
23 EKMAN-LARSSON,Oliver D 6-2 187
33 AUCOIN, Adrian D 6-2 212
53 MORRIS, Derek D 6-0 221
55 JOVANOVSKI, Ed D 6-2 210
57 GONCHAROV, Maxim D 6-4 208

FORWARDS (31)
NO NAME POS HT WT
8 UPSHALL, Scottie RW 6-0 197
11 HANZAL, Martin C 6-5 220
12 BISSONNETTE, Paul LW 6-3 220
13 WHITNEY, Ray LW 5-10 180
14 PYATT, Taylor LW 6-3 232
16 PRUCHA, Petr RW 6-0 175
17 VRBATA, Radim RW 6-1 190
19 DOAN, Shane LW 6-1 228
21 BELANGER, Eric C 6-0 185
22 STEMPNIAK, Lee RW 6-0 195
26 EBBETT, Andrew C 5-9 174
28 KORPIKOSKI, Lauri LW 6-1 195
38 FIDDLER, Vernon C 5-11 201
41 TIKHONOV, Viktor LW 6-2 187
42 WELLWOOD, Kyle# C 5-10 180
86 WOLSKI, Wojtek C 6-3 210
89 BOEDKER, Mikkel RW 5-11 200
91 TURRIS, Kyle C 6-1 187

Injured Reserve

44 SAUER, Kurt D 6-4 220
34 HNIDY, Shane# D 6-2 210