Toronto Marlies Announce 2022-23 Opening Night Roster
The Toronto Marlies announced today the hockey club’s 2022-23 opening night roster. The Marlies roster consists of 27 players: 17 forwards, seven defencemen and three goaltenders. The full roster is below.
| TORONTO MARLIES 2022-23 ROSTER | ||||||||||||||
| FORWARDS (17) | ||||||||||||||
| PLAYER | # | HT | WT | SH | BIRTHPLACE | BORN | 2021-22 CLUB(S) | ACQUIRED | ||||||
| ABRUZZESE, Nick | 26 | 5’11 | 183 | L | Slate Hill, NY | 06/04/99 | Toronto (NHL) / Harvard (NCAA) | 2019 NHL Draft (124th overall) | ||||||
| ANDERSON, Joey | 28 | 6’0 | 207 | R | Roseville, MN | 06/19/98 | Toronto (NHL) / Toronto (AHL) | Trade with NJD (Oct. 10, 2020) | ||||||
| BLANDISI, Joseph | 36 | 6’0 | 183 | L | Markham, ON | 07/18/94 | Toronto (AHL) | Free Agent (March 4, 2022) | ||||||
| CHYZOWSKI, Ryan | 13 | 6’1 | 170 | L | Kamloops, BC | 05/14/00 | Toronto (AHL) / Newfoundland (ECHL) | Free Agent (June 15, 2021) | ||||||
| CLIFFORD, Kyle | 43 | 6’2 | 217 | L | Ayr, ON | 01/13/91 | St. Louis (NHL) / Toronto (NHL) / Toronto (AHL) | Trade with STL (Nov. 16, 2021) | ||||||
| DER-ARGUCHINTSEV, Semyon | 85 | 5’10 | 173 | R | Moscow, Russia | 09/15/00 | Toronto (AHL) | 2018 NHL Draft (76th overall) | ||||||
| DOUGLAS, Curtis | 53 | 6’9 | 242 | L | Oakville, ON | 03/06/00 | Toronto (AHL) | Free Agent (July 27, 2021) | ||||||
| ELLIS, Max | 22 | 5’9 | 171 | R | Plymouth, MI | 01/18/00 | Toronto (AHL) / Notre Dame (NCAA) | Free Agent (April 8, 2022) | ||||||
| GAUDETTE, Adam | 71 | 6’1 | 194 | L | Braintree, MA | 10/03/96 | Ottawa (NHL) / Chicago (NL) | Free Agent (July 13, 2022) | ||||||
| GOGOLEV, Pavel | 75 | 6’1 | 197 | L | Moscow, Russia | 02/19/00 | Toronto (AHL) / Newfoundland (ECHL) | Free Agent (July 29, 2021) | ||||||
| HOLMBERG, Pontus | 29 | 6’0 | 202 | L | Västerås, Sweden | 03/09/99 | Växjö (SHL) / Toronto (AHL) | 2018 NHL Draft (156th overall) | ||||||
| JOHNSTONE, Marc | 9 | 6’0 | 181 | R | Cranford, NJ | 06/19/96 | Toronto (AHL) / Newfoundland (ECHL) | Free Agent (June 18, 2022) | ||||||
| McMANN, Bobby | 74 | 6’2 | 208 | L | Wainwright, AB | 06/15/96 | Toronto (AHL) / Newfoundland (ECHL) | Free Agent (April 2, 2020) | ||||||
| ROBERTSON, Nicholas | 89 | 5’10 | 183 | L | Arcadia, CA | 09/11/00 | Toronto (NHL) / Toronto (AHL) | 2019 NHL Draft (53rd overall) | ||||||
| SHAW, Logan | 11 | 6’4 | 212 | R | Glace Bay, NS | 10/05/92 | Ottawa (NHL) / Belleville (AHL) | Free Agent (July 13, 2022) | ||||||
| SLAGGERT, Graham | 90 | 6’0 | 195 | L | South Bend, IN | 04/06/99 | Toronto (AHL) / Notre Dame (NCAA) | Free Agent (March 31, 2022) | ||||||
| STEEVES, Alex | 46 | 6’0 | 196 | L | Saint Paul, MN | 12/10/99 | Toronto (NHL) / Toronto (AHL) | Free Agent (March 28, 2021) | ||||||
| DEFENCE (9) | ||||||||||||||
| PLAYER | # | HT | WT | SH | BIRTHPLACE | BORN | 2021-22 CLUB(S) | ACQUIRED | ||||||
| HELLICKSON, Matthew | 12 | 6’0 | 183 | L | Rogers, MN | 03/21/98 | Toronto (AHL) / Newfoundland (ECHL) | Free Agent (August 17, 2021) | ||||||
| HOEFENMAYER, Noel | 2 | 6’0 | 192 | L | Toronto, ON | 01/06/99 | Toronto (AHL) / Newfoundland (ECHL) | Free Agent (April 4, 2020) | ||||||
| HOLLOWELL, Mac | 81 | 5’9 | 187 | R | Niagara Falls, ON | 09/26/98 | Toronto (AHL) | 2018 NHL Draft (118th overall) | ||||||
| KOKKONEN, Mikko | 84 | 6’0 | 200 | L | Mikkeli, Finland | 01/18/01 | Pelicans (Liiga) | 2019 NHL Draft (84th overall) | ||||||
| KRÁL, Filip | 82 | 6’2 | 198 | L | Blansko, Czechia | 10/20/99 | Toronto (AHL) | 2018 NHL Draft (149th overall) | ||||||
| METE, Victor | 98 | 5’9 | 185 | L | Woodbridge, ON | 06/07/98 | Ottawa (NHL) | Free Agent (July 14, 2022) | ||||||
| PIETRONIRO, Matteo | 32 | 6’1 | 185 | L | Boise, ID | 10/20/98 | Toronto (AHL) / Newfoundland (ECHL) | Free Agent – AHL (June 16, 2022) | ||||||
| RIFAI, Marshall | 6 | 6’2 | 201 | L | Beaconsfield, QC | 03/16/98 | Harvard (NCAA) | Free Agent (March 29, 2022) | ||||||
| VILLENEUVE, William | 76 | 6’2 | 184 | R | Sherbrooke, QC | 03/20/02 | Saint John (QMJHL) | 2020 NHL Draft (122nd overall) | ||||||
| GOALTENDERS (3) | ||||||||||||||
| PLAYER | # | HT | WT | C | BIRTHPLACE | BORN | 2021-22 CLUB(S) | ACQUIRED | ||||||
| FERGUSON, Dylan | 1 | 6’2 | 194 | L | Lantzville, BC | 09/20/98 | Henderson (AHL) | Professional Tryout | ||||||
| KÄLLGREN, Erik | 50 | 6’3 | 200 | L | Stockholm, Sweden | 10/14/96 | Toronto (NHL) / Toronto (AHL) | Free Agent (May 19, 2021) | ||||||
| PETRUZZELLI, Keith | 80 | 6’6 | 180 | L | Wilbraham, MA | 02/09/99 | Toronto (AHL) / Newfoundland (ECHL) | Free Agent (August 29, 2021) | ||||||
| INJURED (3) | ||||||||||||||
| PLAYER | # | HT | WT | C | BIRTHPLACE | BORN | 2021-22 CLUB(S) | ACQUIRED | ||||||
| ABRAMOV, Mikhail | 95 | 5’11 | 170 | L | Moscow, Russia | 03/26/01 | Toronto (AHL) | 2019 NHL Draft (115th overall) | ||||||
| BADINI, Jack | 33 | 6’0 | 203 | L | Greenwich, CT | 01/19/98 | San Diego (AHL) | Free Agent (July 29, 2022) | ||||||
| RINDELL, Axel | 61 | 6’0 | 192 | R | Espoo, Finland | 04/23/00 | Kärpät (Liiga) / Jukurit (Liiga) | 2020 NHL Draft (177th overall) | ||||||
The Marlies roster has three veteran players and 11 rookies. The average age of the group is 23.8 years old.
The Marlies open the regular season with a home-and-home against the Rochester Americans (Buffalo), beginning on the road on Friday, October 14 and returning to Coca-Cola Coliseum on Saturday, October 15 at 4:00 p.m.
The Toronto Marlies are the primary development program for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Since 2005, 142 players have appeared in regular season games at both the NHL and AHL levels. The Maple Leafs 2022 opening night roster featured six players who have dressed for both the Maple Leafs and Marlies – Pierre Engvall, Justin Holl, Jake Muzzin, William Nylander, Morgan Rielly and Rasmus Sandin.
