Hockey season is almost here! The Islanders opened up on-ice workouts at training camp Thursday, meaning opening night is just around the corner.

There were some storylines from the first day of camp. Captain Anders Lee was back on the ice. Barry Trotz started newcomer Zdeno Chara on Noah Dobson’s left-side. And Bode Wilde had some vaccination drama.

Find out everything you need to know below!

Islanders Training Camp Roster

The Islanders released their training camp roster Thursday.

Young defenseman Bode Wilde was absent from the team. He declined to get the COVID-19 vaccine after Lou Lamoriello required all players in the organization to be vaccinated. He will likely play overseas this year.

“Everyone in our organization, that is staff, coaches and players, are vaccinated,” Lamoriello said Tuesday. “We will not allow any player in our organization to participate unless they’re vaccinated.”

Bode Wilde confirming he’s the one unvaccinated player who wasn’t permitted to come to #Isles camp pic.twitter.com/mmI3ub4KCl

— Arthur Staple (@StapeAthletic) September 23, 2021

Goaltender Jon Gillies is a newcomer. Coming from a hockey background, his grandfather, Bruce Gillies Sr., played at Norwich University and his father, Bruce Gillies, won the Turner Cup with Muskegon of the United States Hockey League in 1985-86. The 27-year-old was selected by the Calgary Flames in the third round (No. 75) of the 2012 NHL Draft. In 12 career NHL games, he is 4-5-1 with a 2.71 goals against average and a .903 save percentage. He appeared in five games for the Utica Comets of the AHL last year and could help the Bridgeport Islanders at the AHL level this season.

The full roster is below.

Forwards (32)

51 – Collin Adams
56 – Andy Andreoff
12 – Josh Bailey
54 – Cole Bardreau
13 – Mathew Barzal
18 – Anthony Beauvillier
20 – Kieffer Bellows
53 – Casey Cizikas
15 – Cal Clutterbuck
10 – Austin Czarnik
28 – Michael Dal Colle
49 – Arnaud Durandeau
43 – Anatoli Golyshev
37 – Simon Holmstrom
59 – Blade Jenkins
32 – Ross Johnston
36 – Otto Koivula
47 – Leo Komarov
14 – Jeff Kubiak
27 – Anders Lee
52 – Kyle MacLean
17 – Matt Martin
29 – Brock Nelson
57 – Reece Newkirk
44 – Jean-Gabriel Pageau
21 – Kyle Palmieri
16 – Richard Panik
11 – Zach Parise
61 – Aatu Raty
58 – Chris Terry
41 – Dmytro Timashov
26 – Oliver Wahlstrom

Defenseman (18)

25 – Sebastian Aho
48 – Samuel Bolduc
33 – Zdeno Chara
63 – Mike Cornell
8 – Noah Dobson
4 – Andy Greene
64 – Erik Gustafsson
7 – Seth Helgeson
2 – Thomas Hickey
42 – Grant Hutton
34 – Paul LaDue
24 – Scott Mayfield
62 – Connor McCarthy
3 – Adam Pelech
6 – Ryan Pulock
45 – Robin Salo
39 – Mitch Vande Sompel
38 – Parker Wotherspoon

Goaltenders (7)

50 – Ken Appleby
70 – Jon Gillies
60 – Tristan Lennox
35 – Cory Schneider
1 – Jakub Skarek
30 – Ilya Sorokin
40 – Semyon Varlamov

Number Changes

2021 second-round pick Aatu Raty wore No. 61 Thursday. Thomas Hickey changed his number once again, this time to No. 2, which is Nick Leddy’ old number. Austin Czarnik has also changed his number, wearing No. 10. Finally, Richard Panik will wear No. 16 and Paul LaDue will wear No. 34.

Injuries

The Islanders had three noticeable absences on the first day of training camp: Matt Martin, Semyon Varlamov and Samuel Bolduc. Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Anders Lee are both healthy after recovering from injuries.

Trotz after Day 1 of #Isles camp: Martin working through injury he suffered in playoffs, getting close.

Varlamov been out skating, had some soreness, being very, very cautious at the start of camp.

Bolduc a little sore from skating with guys last week. Nothing major.

— Arthur Staple (@StapeAthletic) September 23, 2021

All are expected to be back soon.

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