CENTENNIAL, Colo.--The 2021-22 season officially began for many of the Colorado Avalanche's prospects on Sunday morning with the first day of on-ice work at the team's annual development camp.
The Avs' 28-player roster consists of prospects, rookies, amateur tryouts and players on American Hockey League contracts like it does every summer, but this year's camp is much closer to the fall, coming less than two weeks before main training camp as opposed to the beginning of July.
Colorado's development camp is traditionally held in the weeks following the NHL Draft, allowing the new members of the organization to become familiar with the club and get to see the Denver area. Hosting the camp closer to the rookie tournament and the start of the season this year allows the development staff more time to work with the prospects before they are practicing with the veterans at the team's main training camp.
Avalanche Utilizing Late-Summer Development Camp
Colorado's annual camp began with on-ice work on Sunday
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