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<p>It begins with 20 players. In two weeks, it will be the start of a new era.</p><p>Wilkes-Barre/Scranton&#8217;s training camp for the 2019-20 season opens Tuesday at Toyota SportsPlex. Six straight days of practices and preseason games are on the slate to prepare for the Oct. 5 opener and the debut of new coach and general manager Mike Vellucci.</p><p>Pittsburgh assigned nine players from NHL training camp on Friday and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton announced its initial 20-man camp roster on Saturday. The group will grow as Pittsburgh makes more cuts in the coming days.</p><p>Forwards (11): Jordy Bellerive, Chase Berger, Chris Brown, Jamie Devane, Jan Drozg, Brandon Hawkins, Yushiroh Hirano, Renars Krastenbergs, Myles Powell, Ryan Scarfo, Ben Sexton.</p><p>Defensemen (7): Matt Abt, Macoy Erkamps, Michael Kim, Jon Lizotte, Blake Siebenaler, Craig Skudalski, Aaron Titcomb.</p><p>Goalies (2): Alex D&#8217;Orio, Dustin Tokarski.</p><p>Bellerive, Berger, Drozg, Sexton, Abt, Kim, Lizotte and both goalies started off in Pittsburgh&#8217;s camp.</p><p>Joining the group again this year for camp is a local player in Skudalski, a 6-foot-6 blueliner from Wyoming and Wyoming Seminary who played 37 games in the organization last season for ECHL Wheeling.</p><p>The Penguins will hold their first practice on Tuesday ahead of Wednesday&#8217;s preseason opener against Lehigh Valley at 7:05 p.m. at Mohegan Sun Arena.</p><p>After another practice day on Thursday on Coal Street, the Penguins will play three games in three days, hosting Hershey at 7:05 p.m. Friday, traveling for a rematch against the Bears at 7 p.m. Saturday and then going on to Allentown for a 3:05 p.m. game against the Phantoms on Sunday.</p><p>Wilkes-Barre/Scranton opens the season on Oct. 5 in Hershey. The home opener will be Oct. 12 against Utica.</p><style>
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WBS Penguins announce training camp roster, set to open practice on Tuesday