Lightning reduce training camp by 21

Posted Sep 26, 2010 by Erik Erlendsson

Updated Sep 26, 2010 at 05:09 PM

Here is the official announcement from the team:

The Tampa Bay Lightning have trimmed their roster by 21 players today, Vice President and General Manager Steve Yzerman announced. The team now has 28 players in camp.

The following is a list of players being reassigned:

Player ; Assigned ToMike Angelidis * ; Norfolk (AHL)

Mark Barberio ; Norfolk (AHL)

Alex Berry ; Norfolk (AHL)

Mitch Fadden ; Norfolk (AHL)

Matt Fornataro ; Released from tryout

Mitch Fritz * ; Norfolk (AHL)

Stefano Giliati ; Norfolk (AHL)

Radko Gudas ; Norfolk (AHL)

Alex Hutchings ; Norfolk (AHL)

Scott Jackson ; Norfolk (AHL)

Jaroslav Janus ; Norfolk (AHL)

Blair Jones * ; Norfolk (AHL)

Tim Marks ; Released from tryout

Vladimir Mihalik * ; Norfolk (AHL)

Niklas Persson ; Norfolk (AHL)

Kevin Quick ; Norfolk (AHL)

Juraj Simek * ; Norfolk (AHL)

Paul Szczechura * ; Norfolk (AHL)

Dustin Tokarski ; Norfolk (AHL)

Ty Wishart ; Norfolk (AHL)

James Wright ; Norfolk (AHL)

* - Must clear waivers

The Lightning will close out their preseason schedule this weekend with a home-and-home series with the Florida Panthers. Tampa Bay will visit the Panthers on Friday night before coming home to host them on Saturday night at the St. Pete Times Forum.