The facility is located at 323 E. Town Street with parking available along the street and in the hospital parking garages off of Sixth Street and Grant Avenue. Players will be available to the media during the strength testing portion of the day at the Baldwin Gymnasium from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Media should report to Sports Medicine Grant and from there will be escorted to the gym. In addition to the rookies, select veteran players who have arrived in Columbus will also participate in physicals and strength testing on Thursday. The players will depart Thursday afternoon for Traverse City, where they will practice from 10 a.m. to noon on Friday.
Tournament play begins the following day.
The Blue Jackets rookies will be coached in Traverse City by Gary Agnew, head coach of Columbus American Hockey League affiliate, the Syracuse Crunch. He will be assisted by Syracuse Assistant Coach Ross Yates, Dayton Bombers Head Coach Greg Ireland and Elmira Jackals Head Coach Todd Brost. Columbus President and General Manager Doug MacLean, Assistant General Manager Jim Clark, Head Coach Dave King, Associate Coach Newell Brown and Assistant Coach Gerard Gallant will evaluate players along with members of the organization s scouting staff. The Blue Jackets are less than two weeks away from the opening of the club s inaugural training camp at the CoreComm Ice Haus, located on the west side of Nationwide Arena. Veterans will undergo physicals and strength testing on Thursday, September 7, and hit the ice for the first time the following morning.