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The St. Louis Blues have announced their 2016 roster for the NHL prospect tournament at Centre ICE arena in Traverse City, MI. The team features Robert Thomas and Klim Kostin who were taken with the 20th and 31st overall in June’s NHL entry draft. Also on the roster is Tage Thompson, a first round selection from 2016 who has a shot at making the Blues opening roster. Former Red Wing draftee Mike McKee will get another NHL shot after the Red Wings opted not to sign the bruising defeseman.

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The Red Wings have announced their complete schedule for the 2017 training camp at Centre ICE Arena in Traverse City, MI. The camp opens with the annual charity golf outing and reception on September 14th starting with a 10 AM registration.. The first public on-ice activity will take place on at 9:30 am on September 15th. Morning skates and scrimmages will continue until September 17th. An alumni and celebrity hockey game slated for 7:00 pm on the 17th. The annual Red and White game takes place at 12:00 pm … Continue Reading

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The Chicago Blackhawks have announced their 2017 roster for the NHL prospect tournament at Centre ICE arena in Traverse City, MI. The team features  undersized sniper Alex Debrincat who has posted three straight 100 point seasons with Erie of the OHL.  Also on the roster is the team’s top pick in 2015 Graham Knott and two-way forward Radovan who split last year with Vancouver and Prince George of the WHL.

This year’s Tournament is scheduled from September 8 – 12 and will feature teams from Dallas, Detroit, Columbus, Chicago, Carolina, Minnesota, New York, and St. Louis. For details … Continue Reading

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The New York Rangers have announced their 2017 roster for the NHL prospect tournament at Centre ICE arena in Traverse City, MI. The team features Lias Andersson and Filip Chytil who were the 7th and 21st overall selections in the June NHL entry draft. Also on this years team are Ty Ronning (son of former NHLer Cliff Ronning) and University of Michigan speedster Vinni Lettieri.  Goaltending duties will be split by two free agent signings – Bowling Green standout Chris Nell and Russian netminder Alexander Georgiev who is coming off a solid season in the Finnish … Continue Reading

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The Detroit Red Wings have announced their 2017 roster for the NHL prospect tournament at Centre ICE Arena in Traverse City, MI. The team features the ninth overall selection in the 2017 NHL entry draft, Michael Rasmussen. Top prospects Evgeny Svechnikov and Dennis Cholowski. Also making his first appearance at the NHL Prospect Tournament is  Axel Holmstrom who is expected to remain in North America this season. To round out their roster the Wings have invited 9 free agent tryouts though several of those are already under contract with Grand Rapids.

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The Carolina Hurricanes have announced their 2017 roster for the NHL prospect tournament at Centre ICE arena in Traverse City, MI. The team features  the teams first round pick from 2017,  Martin Necas and 2016 first round draft picks Jake Bean and Julien Gauthier. The team also features the seventh overall selection in the 2014, Haydn Fleury and last years stand out Janne Kuokkanen.

This year’s Tournament is scheduled from September 8 – 12 and will feature teams from Dallas, Detroit, Columbus, Chicago, Carolina, Minnesota, New York, and St. Louis. For details on the tournament and … Continue Reading

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The Detroit Red Wings will host the 19th annual NHL Prospect Tournament at Centre Ice Arena in Traverse City, MI next month. This year’s tournament is scheduled from September 8 – 12 and will feature teams from Carolina, Columbus, Chicago, Minnesota, Dallas, St. Louis, New York and Detroit. Tickets for the tournament are still available for $10 per day, which covers four games, exclusively at Centre Ice Arena or online at www.centreice.org.

Over the tournament’s history, 552 players have gone on to skate in at least one NHL game, including 26 who … Continue Reading