Canadiens announce 23-player roster for 2026 rookie camp
Posted September 4, 2026 1:26 pm.
The Montreal Canadiens have announced their list of 23 players invited to the team’s 2026 rookie camp.
The camp will be held at the CN Sports Complex in Brossard and the Slush Puppie Centre in Gatineau from Sept. 11 to 15.
The Canadiens’ prospects will also play two games at the Slush Puppie Centre as part of the 2026 NHL Prospect Challenge. Montreal will face the Winnipeg Jets on Sept. 12 and the Ottawa Senators on Sept. 13.
The 23-player rookie camp roster includes 13 forwards, seven defencemen and three goaltenders.
Ten of the players attending the camp were drafted by the Canadiens, including four selected by Montreal at the 2026 NHL Draft. Seven players were invited to camp on a tryout basis.
The 2026 rookie camp roster is as follows:
- Forwards
- Dillan Bentley
- Alexander Donovan
- Kody Dupuis
- Aleksandr Legkov
- Braydon McCallum
- Josh Nadeau
- Mavrick Rousseau-Hamel
- Thomas Rousseau
- Wesley Royston
- Tyler Thorpe
- Parker Trottier
- Alexey Vlasov
- Braidy Wassilyn
- Defencemen
- Jean-Samuel Daigneault
- Aiden Dubinsky
- Brayden Klimpke
- Andrew MacNiel
- Kale McCallum
- Luke Mittelstadt
- Owen Protz
- Goaltenders
- Francesco Lapenna
- Arseni Radkov
- Mikus Vecvanags
