Former Hamitlon College goaltender Evan Buitenhuis (’18) recently completed a six day rookie training camp with the New York Islanders in Long Island. However, his work isn’t finished yet. Buitenhuis begins main training camp today with the likes of well-known NHL’ers such as Josh Bailey, Matthew Barzal, Matt Martin, Johnny Boychuk, Denis Seidenberg, Robin Lehner and more.
Buitenhuis is part of Group C who took the ice for practice just after 1:30pm this afternoon.
Group C Forwards at #IslesTC:
Kieffer Bellows
Chris Bourque
Scott Eansor
Valtteri Filppula
Matt Gaudreau
Stephen Gionta
Blade Jenkins
Ross Johnston
Leo Komarov
Andrew Ladd
Kyle MacLean
Mike Sislo
Pius Suter— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) September 14, 2018
Group C Defensemen and Goalies at #IslesTC:
Kyle Burroughs
Scott Mayfield
Tyler Mueller
Luca Sbisa
Dennis Seidenberg
Devon ToewsEvan Buitenhuis
Christopher Gibson
Emmanuel Vella— New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) September 14, 2018
Buitenhuis played four years at Hamilton College, three of those as the starting goaltender. He finished his time as a Continental as the all-time leader in save percentage (.944) and goals against average (1.67). After the 2017-18 season ended, Buitenhuis signed an amateur tryout contract with the Toronto Marlies, but did not appear in any games.
