Second session scrimmage underway; Peters wearing No. 25

The second session of practice is underway. It looks like it will be similar to the first session with some drills first followed by a White vs. Red scimmage.

Zach Parise, Jamie Langenbrunner and Brian Rolston were the first three players on the ice. Assistant coach Mario Tremblay, who worked with Rolston in Minnesota, pointed to his watch when he saw Rolston on the ice, as if to say he was surprised to see him out that early.

Enforcer Andrew Peters, who is in camp as a tryout, is wearing No. 25. Peters ripped a wrist shot from the high slot over Mike McKenna's glove during the scrimmage. It was a nice shot.

Parise and Langenbrunner are on opposite teams. Rolston (left wing) and Langenbrunner are skating in a line with Rod Pelley at center. Patrice Cormier is centering Parise and Brendan Shanahan.

{To right: Patrice Cormier (in red) pressures the puck while Jamie Langenbrunner follows}

The other four goaltenders in camp -- Jeff Frazee, Gerald Coleman, Mike McKenna and Dave Caruso -- are all out there.

They went off the ice at 1:25 p.m. to let them resurface and came back on for a scrimmage after that.

Mike Mottau got a high five from Jacques Lemaire after beating Dave Caruso five hole in a shootout at the end of the scrimmage.

Jeff Frazee had a tough day. He was stung by a Rod Pelley shot early in the practice and then got run into during the scrimmage. He appears to be OK.

The Red Team won the scrimmage, but the White Team won the shootout afterward, so the White Team had to skate extra at the end.

Here's the breakdown of the teams with line combinations.

WHITE TEAM

Goaltenders: Gerald Coleman, Mike McKenna.

Defensemen: Colin White, Mike Mottau, Matt Cohen, Matt Taormina, Louis Robitalle (LW playing D)

Forwards: Brian Rolston-Rod Pelley-Jamie Langenbrunner; PLL Leblond-Michael Swift-Nick Palmieri; J.S. Berube-Adam Henrique-Brad Snetsinger.

RED TEAM

Goaltenders: Jeff Frazee, Dave Caruso.

Defensemen: Paul Martin, Johnny Oduya, Rob Davison, Harry Young, Matt Delahey,

Forwards: Zach Parise-Patrice Cormier-Brendan Shanahan;  Kory Nagy-Kevin Cormier-Andrew Peters; Alexander-Vasyunov-Tim Sestito-Matt Halischuk. 

Comments

[Speedz]

AW YEAH!!! ZACH PARISE BOUT TO TEAR IT UP. Thanks for the great reporting TG!

[Rush]

TG,

Was there ever the thought about moving Parise to center since he grew up as a center and was only moved to LW when we couldn't fit him in at center here?

If so, was more of the concern about breaking up the ZZ Pop line?

[TG]

The Devils didn't move him to LW only because they couldn't fit him at center. He had some trouble playing there at the NHL level. Moving to LW definitely helped him.

Two year ago, Sutter tried Parise at C for a few games, but that didn't last.

[NJromano]

the only solution i can come up with is either playing zubrus on the 2nd line at center an put cormier or walters on 3rd line center until elias is back..

or breakin up zzpop temperarly an havin Parise center the 1st line an zajak center the 2nd line until elias comes back or we aquire another center

Rolston - Parise - Langs
zharkov - Zajak - Clarkson
Shanny - Zubrus - bergfors
Pando - Pelley - Pikka

this would suck but desprit times call for desprit measures.. and for what we have in the system this is the best i could do with spreading out scoring an toughness as well as chemistry.. PL3/Halishuk/walters an peters can be extras fillin in for shanny an pando as needed if needed...... im stuck on who would be 2nd line left wing tho, im thinkin either zharkov or Davis..

[Derek]

Hmmm any chance of a scrap? I wonder...

[NJromano]

madden an josefson an tedenby could help out big time right now

[Steven]

TG, why don't they have any photo galleries of the 1st 2 days of camp for the Devils. Will you be posting an album on your blog?

[MMS]

I can (possibly) recall Zach not playing well at center. And I hope that they do not break up the ZZPops line, but with Elias out, sometimes desperate times call for drastic measures.

And TG, I think you mean "this ice" and not "his ice" in the 3rd sentence.

[Rush]

Zaja-C not K