Columbus Blue Jackets 2016 NHL Prospect Tournament Roster

Blue JacketsThe Columbus Blue Jackets have announced their 2016 roster for the NHL prospect tournament at Centre ICE arena in Traverse City, MI. The team features  the third overall selection in the 2016 draft, Pierre-Luc Dubois. Also included are the fourteenth overall pick in the 2014 NHL draft, Sonny Milano, who played in three NHL games last year as well as former University of Michigan standout Zach Werenski. Two former Red Wings free agent tryouts –  Darby Llewellyn and Lucas Peressini are also included along with Jeremy Brodeur who is the son of hockey hall of fame netminder Martin Brodeur.

This year’s Tournament is scheduled from September 16 – 20 and will feature teams from DallasDetroit, Columbus, ChicagoCarolinaMinnesotaNew York, and St. Louis. For details on the tournament and ticket information please click here.

NO. PROSPECT NAME POS HT WT DRAFTED 2015-16 TEAM
FORWARDS
79 Vitaly Abramov RW 5.09 172 CBJ-16 (3-65) Gatineau (QMJHL)
76 Francis Beauvillier * C 6.01 193 FL-12 (6-174) New Brunswick (CIS)
57 Paul Bittner LW 6.04 205 CBJ-15 (2-38) Portland (WHL)
18 Pierre-Luc Dubois LW 6.03 202 CBJ-16 (1-3) Cape Breton (QMJHL)
85 Keegan Kolesar RW 6.01 220 CBJ-15 (3-69) Seattle (WHL)
92 Darby Llewellyn * LW 6.00 191 Kitchener (OHL)
64 Jordan Maletta C 6.03 215 Niagara (OHL)
22 Sonny Milano LW 6.00 199 CBJ-14 (1-16) Lake Erie (AHL)
50 Nick Moutrey C 6.03 222 CBJ-13 (4-105) Lake Erie (AHL)
32 Dante Salituro C 5.08 178 Ottawa (OHL)
67 Justin Scott C 6.01 195 Barrie (OHL)
88 Kole Sherwood RW 6.01 192 London (OHL)
83 Calvin Thurkauf LW 6.01 202 CBJ-16 (7-185) Kelowna (WHL)
DEFENSEMEN
52 Stephen Gibson * D 6.03 205 Mississauga (OHL)
91 Jacob Graves D 6.02 194 Oshawa (OHL)
37 Dillion Heatherington D 6.04 220 CBJ-13 (2-50) Lake Erie (AHL)
84 Frank Hora * D 6.01 203 Kitchener (OHL)
65 Marcus Nutivaara D 6.01 185 CBJ-15 (7-189) Karpat (FIN)
86 Sam Ruopp D 6.04 195 CBJ-15 (5-129) Prince George (WHL)
78 Blake Siebenaler D 6.01 190 CBJ-14 (3-77) Niagara (OHL)
08 Zach Werenski D 6.02 214 CBJ-15 (1-8) Michigan (NCAA)
GOALTENDERS
80 Jeremy Brodeur * G 6.00 170 Oshawa (OHL)
70 Lucas Peressini * G 6.03 195 Kingston (OHL)

* denotes free agent tryout

** All Rosters are in draft form and are subject to change.

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