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Capitals: Traverse City Tournament update

Written by: Seth Keggins on 09/08/2003 Subscribe to HF's RSS Feed

The Capitals prospects squad currently participating in the Centre Ice Tournament in Traverse City, MI remains undefeated dating back to last season’s championship team. The Caps are 1-0-2 thus far this year with ties against talented teams such as Detroit and Minnesota. The Wild are carrying six defensemen with professional experience including three of which were on the AHL champion Houston Aeros.

Caps winger Owen Fussey currently leads the team in scoring with two goals and one assist. Team captain Steve Eminger also carries three points, with one goal and two assists. Some nice surprises thus far in the tournament include Alexander Semin, Eric Fehr, and Jevon Desautels all of which have scored at least one goal for the Caps. Alexander Semin in particular is still adjusting to the physical North American style and as a result has been pushed around quite a bit as well as taken unnecessary penalties (he leads the team with six PIM). Though that has not stopped his play around the net, as he one of the team leaders in shots on goal with 13 (Fehr has 17).

A number of tryout players including Tyler Dyck, Danny Syvret, and Sean Starke also have found their way to the score sheet. Tyler Dyck played with Brandon last season on the same squad as Eric Fehr, having scored 19 goals and 43 assists in 2002-03. Danny Syvret is a defenseman with a gun, having several opportunities to slam the puck home from the blueline. Danny Syvret played with the OHL London Knights last season and is eligible to be signed by the Capitals (or Portland) as he went through the 2003 Entry Draft unclaimed. Sean Starke earned second team honors for the second straight year for Bowdoin in the NCAA NESCAC after scoring 15 goals and 15 assists this year, including nine powerplay goals. He graduated and is now looking for a professional team. He could always fall back on his running back skills as well.

The next and final game for Washington is on Tuesday, at 3:00 pm versus Atlanta. This is a must win game if Washington plans on repeating as champions in 2003. 



Current Standings: 

TEAM		G	W	L	T	GF	GA	SF	SA	PTS
Washington	3	1	0	2	4	3	57	51	4
Minnesota	3	1	0	1	5	3	55	68	3
Detroit		2	1	1	1	8	6	60	55	3
Atlanta		2	1	1	0	7	8	71	60	2
St. Louis 	2	1	1	0	4	4	40	47	2
Tampa Bay 	2	0	2	0	2	6	42	44	0

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