Roughnecks put Burnaby righty on 2017 NLL roster

CALGARY, AB - The Calgary Roughnecks today announced the team’s 20-player active roster and practice roster for the 2017 National Lacrosse League season. 
 

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="400"] Tyler Digby is closing in on NLL milestones with Calgary in goals, assists and total points as he enters his fourth pro season. Garrett James photo[/caption]

The active roster includes 17 returning players and three new faces in forwards Holden Cattoni, selected fifth overall in the 2016 NLL Draft, Riley Loewen, acquired from the Saskatchewan Rush, along with defenceman Chad Cummings, drafted 36th overall in 2012.  Cummings was on the club’s holdout list while finishing his collegiate hockey career as a member of the Golden Eagles at The College at Brockport. 
 
2017 Calgary Roughnecks Active Roster

Forwards (7): Wesley Berg, Holden Cattoni, Curtis Dickson, Tyler Digby, Dane Dobbie, Riley Loewen, Jeff Shattler
Defencemen (11): Tyson Bell, Tyler Burton, Mike Carnegie, Scott Carnegie, Chad Cummings, Greg Harnett, Jon Harnett, Kellen LeClair, Karsen Leung, Dan MacRae, Curtis Manning  
Goaltenders (2): Christian Del Bianco, Frank Scigliano
 

Player	POS	SH	YOB	Hometown	2016 Season
Bell, Tyson	D	L	1994	St. Catharines, ON	Calgary Roughnecks
Berg, Wesley	F	R	1993	Coquitlam, BC	Calgary Roughnecks
Burton, Tyler	D	R	1988	London, ON	Calgary Roughnecks
Carnegie, Mike	D	R	1984	London, ON	Calgary Roughnecks
Carnegie, Scott	D	R	1985	London, ON	Calgary Roughnecks
Cattoni, Holden	F	L	1994	DeWinton, AB	Johns Hopkins University (NCAA)
Cummings, Chad	D	L	1991	Caledon, ON	Cobourg Kodiaks (MSL)
Del Bianco, Christian	G	R	1997	Coquitlam, BC	Calgary Roughnecks
Dickson, Curtis	F	R	1988	Port Coquitlam, BC	Calgary Roughnecks
Digby, Tyler	F	R	1991	New Westminster, BC	Calgary Roughnecks
Dobbie, Dane	F	L	1986	Elora, ON	Calgary Roughnecks
Harnett, Greg	D	L	1990	Orangeville, ON	Calgary Roughnecks
Harnett, Jon	D	L	1988	Orangeville, ON	Calgary Roughnecks
LeClair, Kellen	D	L	1995	Windsor, ON	Calgary Roughnecks
Leung, Karsen	D	R	1990	Victoria, BC	Calgary Roughnecks
Loewen, Riley	F	L	1989	Burnaby, BC	Saskatchewan Rush
MacRae, Dan	D	L	1988	Oakville, ON	Calgary Roughnecks
Manning, Curtis	D	R	1987	Surrey, BC	Calgary Roughnecks
Scigliano, Frank	G	R	1992	Coquitlam, BC	Calgary Roughnecks
Shattler, Jeff	F	L	1984	Toronto, ON	Calgary Roughnecks

 
Named to the practice roster, pending league approval, are defencemen Garrett McIntosh, Keegan Rittinger and Bob Snider.  Defender Vaughn Harris remains on the physically unable to perform list.
 
Calgary will open the 2017 NLL campaign at home against the Vancouver Stealth on Friday, Jan. 6 at 7:00 p.m., at the Scotiabank Saddledome.  The Roughnecks tailgate party returns for all home games, giving fans the opportunity to Come for the Party & Stay for the Game as Dutton’s Lounge and the Chrysler Club open two hours before faceoff and remain open following the game.