With their opening game of the season just eight days away, the Calgary Flames made a significant reduction to their training-camp roster on Tuesday.
Forward Sam Honzek was among seven players assigned to the Calgary Wranglers of the AHL, the team announced.
The team also placed four players on waivers with the purpose of reassignment to the Wranglers.
It’s a much different start to the season than the 20-year-old Honzek had last year, when he made the opening-night roster and played in five games with the Flames before a concussion knocked him out of the lineup and eventually landed him back in the minors.
Zayne Parekh and Matvei Gridin both remain on the training-camp roster as the 19-year-olds push for a roster spot in the Flames’ regular-season opener against the Edmonton Oilers on Oct. 8.
Here is a full list of Flames moves on Tuesday:
Assigned to AHL:
Hunter Brzustewicz (D), Nick Cicek (D), Artem Grushnikov (D), Sam Honzek (LW), Owen Say (G), William Stromgren (LW/RW), Aydar Suniev (LW)
Placed on waivers for purpose of reassignment to AHL:
Clark Bishop (C), Dryden Hunt (LW), Yan Kuznetsov (D), Sam Morton (C)
