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Wranglers announce opening day roster

Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009 | 5:50 p.m.

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Las Vegas Sun reporter Steve Silver sits down with Las Vegas Wranglers head coach and general manager Ryan Mougenel to discuss a wide array of topics including the history of Canadian thanksgiving, Mougenel's bed building skills and of course opening night this Friday.

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The Las Vegas Wranglers announced their opening day roster for the 2009-10 season on Wednesday afternoon.

When the Wranglers kick off their first season under head coach Ryan Mougenel Friday night at the Orleans Arena, this is what the roster will look like:

Goaltenders - Joel Gistedt and Michael Ouzas

Forwards - Greg Collins, Kyle Hagel, Jeff Hazelwood, Matt Kang, Mick Lawrence, Ned Lukacevic, Adam Miller, Chris Neiszner, Andrew Orpik, Josh Prudden, Shay Stephenson, Matt Watkins, Ryan Weston and Brett Wilson

Defensemen - Robbie Bina, Chris Frank, Sean Hurley, Jason Krischuk, Nick Ross, John Schwarz and Craig Switzer.

"I'm excited where we are as a group," Mougenel said. "I think we've come together pretty quickly."

In addition to setting the roster, the Wranglers also placed Weston (21-day), Wilson (7-day) and Hazelwood (3-day) on the injured reserve.

One notable name missing is forward Dan Riedel. Riedel asked for and was granted his release from the team on Wednesday.

Steve Silver can be reached at 948-7822 or steve.silver@lasvegassun.com.