Capitals release roster, schedule for 2017-18 training camp

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With the players meeting on Thursday for the start of training camp, the Capitals released their full camp roster and schedule on Wednesday.

The 65-man roster will be split into Groups Red, White and Blue for camp. It must be trimmed down to 23 players by Tuesday, Oct. 3.

Here is the full roster:

Forwards
16 John Albert
19 Nicklas Backstrom
82 Robbie Baillargeon
24 Riley Barber
50 Mathias Bau
83 Jay Beagle
17 Chris Bourque
72 Travis Boyd
65 Andre Burakovsky
39 Alex Chiasson
96 Stephen Collins
10 Brett Connolly
97 Jimmy Devito
71 Kevin Elgestal
20 Lars Eller
66 Dustin Gazley
91 Tyler Graovac
67 Hampus Gustafsson
73 Tanner Jeannot
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov
47 Beck Malenstyn
75 Tim McGauley
76 Garrett Mitchell
54 Mason Mitchell
87 Liam O'Brien
77 T.J. Oshie
8 Alex Ovechkin
14 Anthony Peluso
40 Garrett Pilon
94 Damien Riat
51 Kristian Marthinsen
61 Brendan Semchuk
23 Zach Sill
93 Mark Simpson
42 Wayne Simpson
25 Devante Smith-Pelly
18 Chandler Stephenson
13 Jakub Vrana
79 Nathan Walker
43 Tom Wilson

Defensemen
84 Kristofers Bindulis
22 Madison Bowey
74 John Carlson
4 Taylor Chorney
29 Christian Djoos
36 Connor Hobbs
56 Tommy Hughes
21 Lucas Johansen
3 Jyrki Jokipakka
53 Hubert Labrie
78 Tyler Lewington
55 Aaron Ness
2 Matt Niskanen
9 Dmitry Orlov
44 Brooks Orpik
34 Jonas Siegenthaler
38 Colby Williams
95 Dmitri Zaitsev

Goaltenders
81 Adam Carlson
1 Pheonix Copley
31 Philipp Grubauer
70 Braden Holtby
33 Parker Milner
35 Adam Morrison
41 Vitek Vanecek

Kettler will be closed to the media Thursday as the players convene for physicals and testing. Media day and the team's first on-ice session will be on Friday. Group White will practice at 9:30 a.m., Group Red at 11 a.m. and Group Blue at 12:30 p.m.

Here is the full training camp schedule:

Thursday, Sept. 14
NHL players physicals/testing, closed to the media

Friday, Sept. 15
9:30 a.m. - Group White practice
11 a.m. - Group Red practice
12:30 p.m. - Group Blue practice

Saturday, Sept. 16
9:30 a.m. - Group Blue practice
11 a.m. - Group White practice
12:30 p.m. - Group Red practice

Sunday, Sept. 17
9 a.m. - Group Red practice
9 a.m. - Group Blue practice
12:30 p.m. - Group White practice

Groups will be adjusted for preseason games and cuts as camp continues

Monday, Sept. 18
10 a.m. - Morning skate
11:30 a.m. - Scrimmage for players not in preseason game
7 p.m. - Capitals at New Jersey preseason game

Tuesday, Sept. 19
9:30 a.m. - Group Blue practice
11:30 a.m. - Group White practice
12:50 p.m. - Group Red practice

Wednesday, Sept. 20
10 a.m. - Morning skate
11:30 a.m. - Scrimmage for players not in preseason game
7 p.m. - Capitals at Montreal preseason game

Thursday, Sept. 21
Day off

Friday, Sept. 22
10 a.m. - Morning skate
11 a.m. - Practice for players not in preseason game
11:15 a.m. - Scrimmage for players not in preseason game
7 p.m. - Capitals vs. St. Louis preseason game

Saturday, Sept. 23
10 a.m. - Morning skate
11:15 a.m. - Scrimmage for players not in preseason game
7 p.m. - Capitals vs. Carolina preseason game

Sunday, Sept. 24
10 a.m. - Group Blue practice
1 p.m. - Group Red practice

Monday, Sept. 25
10 a.m. - Group Blue practice
1 p.m. - Group Red practice

Tuesday, Sept. 26
10:30 a.m. - Group Blue and Red practice

Wednesday, Sept. 27
10 a.m. - Morning skate
11 a.m. - Practice for players not in preseason game
7 p.m. - Capitals vs. New Jersey preseason game

Thursday, Sept. 28
Day off

Friday, Sept. 29
10 a.m. - Morning skate
7:30 p.m. - Capitals at Carolina preseason game

Saturday, Sept. 30
11:30 a.m. - Practice

Sunday, Oct. 1
11 a.m. - Practice for players not in preseason game
2 p.m. - Capitals at St. Louis preseason game

Monday, Oct. 2
Day off

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