Florida prospects enjoying the climate and camaraderie at dev camp
The past week of Florida Panthers Development Camp has flown by.
It’s hard to believe there is only one day left.
On the ice, things continued to get ramped up ahead of Friday’s intra-squad scrimmage.
Each of Thursday’s sessions began with some skating and edge work while the goaltenders continued to work on tracking the puck from below the goal line out front.
Some full-ice transition drills followed, ending with the goalies facing either a 2-on-1 or a 3-on-1.
The sessions ended with both nets being dragged to the same side of the ice, set up near the boards at either size of zone.
Players then went either 3-on-3 or 2-on-2, with players being called into the action continuously, keeping the action going for a good 10-15 minutes.
It was a fun, high-energy way to wrap up the final day of practice.
The only thing left is for the two groups to go head-to-head on Friday and see who comes out on top.
WHAT THEY SAID
Elliot Ekmark on retaining what he’s learned this week: “While you’re working on stuff, just pick up as much as possible and try to remember it. There's a lot of techniques that are a bit different here compared to in Sweden.”
Cooper Black on his favorite thing about South Florida: “We went to the sushi restaurant the other day, I don't know the name of it, but we got to make sushi, and that was probably the best sushi I've ever had, and I lived in BC (British Columbia) for a year, so that's saying something.”
Liam Arnsby on his time at camp: “It's a good week. A lot of learning this week. I think the biggest thing I had was the weather. I can't complain always being by the beach, and having a good team around you always makes it better.”
GROUP BREAKDOWN
Group A: Mackie Samoskevich, Dru Krebs, Marek Alscher, Ludvig Jansson, Josh Davies, Gracyn Sawchyn, Jake Wise, Mark Senden, Luke Coughlin, Ryan McAllister, Liam Arnsby, Owen Brady, Wilmer Skoog, Chandler Romeo, Sandis Vilmanis, Spencer Knight, Ludovic Waeber, Charlie Robertson
Group B: Jack Devine, Skyler Brind'Amour, Evan Nause, Kasper Puutio, Ben Poitras, Djibril Toure, Riese Gaber, Matteo Giampa, Owen Lindmark, Timofei Khoklachev, Jakub Kos, Elliot Ekmark, Josef Mysak, Kai Schwindt, Luis Lindner, Olof Glifford, Tyler Muszelik, Cooper Black
REMAINING CAMP SCHEDULE
Friday – Group A vs. Group B Scrimmage, 10 AM-11 AM