The Colorado Avalanche unveiled the 31-man roster for its summer development camp this week at Family Sports Center in Centennial, highlighted by the return of Sean Behrens to the ice.
The DU product missed the entire 2024-25 season after injuring his knee during a practice with the Colorado Eagles in early October. Colorado picked the defenseman in the second round of the 2021 NHL draft, and he signed with the franchise three years later after winning a pair of national titles with the Pioneers.
The development camp roster includes 15 forwards, 11 defensemen and five goaltenders — 12 of whom are draft picks and five who are on NHL contracts. The camp runs this Tuesday through Thursday, with all three on-ice days open to the public.
The one big name missing from the roster: Goaltender Ilya Nabokov, the Avs’ No. 2 prospect and top pick in the 2024 draft.
All three of the Avs’ picks in last week’s draft will be in the camp, including UMass defenseman Francesco Dell’Elce (third round), Swedish defenseman Linus Funck (fourth round) and St. Cloud State-bound center Nolan Roed (seventh round). Roed, however, will not be skating.
One other invite Avalanche fans may be familiar with is Max Lacroix. The Boston U goaltender is the son of former Avs winger Eric Lacroix and grandson of Hockey Hall of Famer Pierre Lacroix, who was the architect of the two Stanley Cup-winning teams as president and general manager of the Avalanche.
The Avs will be on the ice from 8:10 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday, 8:10 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. on Wednesday, and 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Thursday.
Avalanche development camp roster
Forwards (15)
16 – Taylor Makar*
47 – Rilen Kovacevic
51 – Lucas Wahlin
55 – Maros Jedlicka
58 – Cooper Gay
63 – Christian Humphreys
64 – Vincent Desjardins
65 – Nolan Roed*
68 – Jake Fisher
76 – Evan Friesen
83 – Lucas Romeo
84 – Asanali Sarkenov
86 – Reilly Connors
90 – Max Curran
98 – Noah Degenstein
Defensemen (11)
2 – Sean Behrens
5 – Tory Pitner
26 – Hank Kempf
32 – Drew Allison
56 – Francesco Dell’Elce
59 – Linus Funck
71 – Rihards Simanovics
73 – Connor Kelley
78 – Chris Romaine
89 – Saige Weinstein
95 – Nate Tivey
Goaltenders (5)
1 – Louka Cloutier
31 – Max Lacroix
34 – Mathis Langevin
35 – Isak Posch
40 – Jayden Kraus
* Not skating
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