Five picks from 2006 entry draft will attend

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators released today the schedule and list of 24 players attending the annual development camp from June 29 to July 5 at Scotiabank Place and the Bell Sensplex. In addition to 2005-06 Senators rookies Andrej Meszaros and Patrick Eaves, five of the club's seven selections from the 2006 NHL Entry Draft held Saturday in Vancouver will be attending, including Ottawa's first-round pick Nick Foligno.

The development camp focuses on off-ice and on-ice training led by the Senators strength and conditioning coach Randy Lee, director of player personnel Anders Hedberg, goaltending coach Ron Low, video coach Tim Pattyson and Binghamton Senators head coach Dave Cameron. Former Sarnia Sting head coach Shawn Camp and powerskating specialist Marc Power are also instructors.

The camp will put the players through the team's training program, while allowing staff to assess the players and individualise their summer training programs. To complement their physical training, the group will work on sport psychology and mental skills, as well as team-building activities and sport nutrition sessions.

Highlights of the Senators development camp schedule:

• On-ice training every day at the Bell Sensplex starting Thursday, June 29, at 1:30 p.m., with the exception of the two days with 3-on-3 tournaments.
• Two 3-on-3 tournaments at the Bell Sensplex on Saturday, July 1, and Wednesday, July 5, at 9:30 a.m.
• Off-ice workouts at Scotiabank Place in the mornings of June 29 and 30 and July 2, 3 and 4.
• Acceleration Ottawa skating treadmill sessions at Scotiabank Place on Sunday, July 2, starting at 9:15 a.m.
• Autograph session at the Canada Day festivities at the Kanata Recreation Complex in Kanata from 12:45 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. as part of the Senators' GM Street Tour.

Highlights of the players coming to the development camp:

·         Twelve (12) players, marked with an "*", attended the Senators development camp in   2004.

·         Twenty-two (22) of 24 players attending were Senators draft picks and five were   selected in the first round.

·         Eaves and Meszaros were the only players to see NHL action last season.

·         Six players saw AHL action in 2005-06: Bass, Bois, Eaves, Glass, Guard and Kudelka.

·         Elliott won the 2006 NCAA championship with the University of Wisconsin.

·         Eaves' father, Mike, was the head coach for the national champions at the University of Wisconsin.

·         Foligno's father, Mike, who starred 15 years in the NHL, is head coach and general manager of the OHL's Sudbury Wolves.

Players scheduled to attend 2006 development camp:

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