Opening night roster

Randy Murphy made his final roster moves today, releasing Shawn Doucet and holding onto recent arrivals Torren Delforte, Neil Trimm and Corey Courchene (who will be playing D). Also, Tyler Fuller was placed on the 14-day IR with a lower body injury. Seth Leonard is flying in late Sunday and will suit up for the Scorps Wednesday, Oct. 22 at Arizona.

So, without further adieu, here is a look at the 08-09 New Mexico Scorpions.

Forwards:
8- Neil Trimm
9- Sam Bowles
10- John Mazzei
13- Torren Delforte
15- Matt Cosmos
16- Craig Macdonald (A)
17- Jamie Herrington
19- Kyle McCullough
21- Nate Bostic
27- Mitch Stephens
72- Chris Robertson (A)

Defense:
2- Corey Courchene
3- Russell Smith
4- Aaron MacInnis (C) (V)
5- Tyler Fuller
11- Dylan Row
20- Adam Blanchette
29- Andrew Smale

Goaltender:
1- Jason Wolfe
35- Andrew Martin
As for line combinations, I have some inclination based on what I've seen in practice, but you never know. Anyhow, here's what I expect to see come Friday night. Of course, this will all be greatly shaken up when Seth Leonard joins the fray. Personally, I think it's a great motivator to have these guys fighting for a roster spot this weekend, because we know that someone's gonna have to go to make room for Leonard.

Forwards:
Mazzei -- Robertson -- Macdonald
Trimm -- Stephens -- Delforte
Herrington -- Bowles -- Bostic
McCullough

Defense:
MacInnis/Blanchette
Smale/Smith
Row/Courchene