The Golden Knights trimmed their training camp roster on Tuesday, sending nine players to AHL Henderson to join the Silver Knights’ camp.
Vegas general manager Kelly McCrimmon announced that Mathieu Cataford, Jackson Hallum, Viliam Kmec, Carl Lindbom, Mitch McLain, Matyas Sapovaliv, Tuomas Uronen, Alex Weiermair and Cameron Whitehead were assigned to Henderson.
The club also placed Jeremy Davies, Jakub Demek, Joe Fleming, Adam Ginning and Jaycob Megna on waivers for the purpose of assignment to Henderson.
Three players remain week-to-week because of injury: Ben Hemmerling, Lukas Cormier and Kai Uchacz.
Five others will head back to their junior teams for the start of the 2026-27 season: Sean Burick, Will McLaughlin, Mateo Nobert, Noel Pakarinen and Jonah Sivertson.
That leaves 28 players still in camp with the Golden Knights, including 16 forwards, 10 defensemen and two goaltenders.
The forward group is Ivan Barbashev, Braeden Bowman, Trevor Connelly, Nic Dowd, Jack Eichel, Marc Gatcomb, Tomas Hertl, Alexander Holtz, Brett Howden, William Karlsson, Tanner Laczynski, Raphael Lavoie, Mitch Marner, Victor Olofsson, Jonas Rondbjerg and Mark Stone.
The defensemen remaining are Rasmus Andersson, Dylan Coghlan, Noah Hanifin, Ville Heinola, Jeremy Lauzon, Brayden McNabb, Juho Piiparinen, Shea Theodore, Antti Tuomisto and Parker Wotherspoon.
Carter Hart and Adin Hill are the two goaltenders still in camp.
Vegas returns to T-Mobile Arena for preseason action on Thursday, Sept. 24 against the Utah Mammoth. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m.
PT. The Golden Knights close out the preseason on Saturday, Sept. 26 when the San Jose Sharks come to Vegas.
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