Sea Dogs announce Rookie roster moves

SAINT JOHN - The Saint John Sea Dogs have made their first round of reassignments.

The team announced this morning that seven players are no longer at Rookie Camp:

• F Justin Hryckowian - leaving after 48 hours to maintain NCAA eligibility
• F Jack Keough - leaving after 48 hours to maintain NCAA eligibility
• F Josh MacDonald - leaving after 48 hours to maintain NCAA eligibility
• D Tyler Hungerbuhler - leaving after 48 hours to maintain NCAA eligibility
• F Shawn Milord - injured
• D Lucas Fabijancic
• D Mark Perone

Hryckowian (2017, 11th round), MacDonald (2017, 10th round) and Milord (2017, 11th round) are all draft picks of the Sea Dogs.

All seven of the players reassigned were long shots to make the Dogs' roster this year.

The team has also added forward Samuel Leblanc, who played in 54 games with Saint John last season, and free agent forward Nicholas Cardone (1999-04-30).

Saint John's Rookie Camp roster now sits at 29 players. The team begins the 2017 Rookie Challenge in Moncton this afternoon, taking on the Halifax Mooseheads at 4 p.m.