2022 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL Prospect Tournament Roster
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The Columbus Blue Jackets have announced their 2022 roster for the NHL prospect tournament at Centre ICE arena in Traverse City, MI. The team features four first round selections in Cole Sillinger (2021), Kent Johnson (2021), David Jiricek (2022) and Denton Mateychuk. Both Johnson and Sillinger saw NHL action this past season with the Blue Jackets with Sillinger seeing 79 games in the NHL. Among the tryouts are unsigned draft picks Liam Hawel (Dallas Stars) and Evan Vierling (New York Rangers)
This year’s Tournament is scheduled from September 15 – 19 and will feature teams from Dallas, Detroit, Columbus, St. Louis and Toronto. For details on the tournament and ticket information please click here.
| NO. | PROSPECT NAME | POS | HT | WT | DRAFTED | 2021-22 TEAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FORWARDS | ||||||
| 88 | Roman Ahcan * | LW | 5.09 | 172 | — | Wisconsin (NCAA) |
| 56 | Ben Boyd | RW | 6.03 | 204 | CBJ-21 (6-165) | Charlottetown (QMJHL) |
| 59 | Luca Del Bel Belluz | C | 6.01 | 175 | CBJ-22 (2-44) | Mississauga (OHL) |
| 69 | Jordan Dumais | RW | 5.08 | 165 | CBJ-22 (3-96) | Halifax (QMJHL) |
| 83 | Liam Hawel * | C | 6.04 | 195 | DAL-17 (4-101) | St. Francis (CIS) |
| 97 | Samuel Huo * | C | 6.05 | 210 | — | Tri-City (WHL) |
| 91 | Kent Johnson | C | 6.01 | 167 | CBJ-21 (1-5) | Michigan (NCAA) |
| 73 | James Malatesta | LW | 5.09 | 170 | CBJ-21 (5-133) | Quebec (QMJHL) |
| 86 | Kirill Marchenko | RW | 6.02 | 180 | CBJ-18 (2-49) | St. Petersburg (KHL) |
| 82 | Mikael Pyyhtia | F | 5.11 | 174 | CBJ-20 (4-114) | TPS Turku(FIN) |
| 78 | Martin Rysavy | RW | 6.03 | 209 | CBJ-21 (7-197) | Moose Jaw (WHL) |
| 76 | Cole Sillinger | C | 6.02 | 203 | CBJ-21 (1-12) | Columbus (NHL) |
| 92 | Evan Vierling * | C | 6.00 | 167 | NYR-20 (5-127) | Barrie (OHL) |
| DEFENSEMEN | ||||||
| 94 | Ole Bjorgvik-Holm | D | 6.02 | 190 | CBJ-20 (5-145) | Mississauga (OHL) |
| 47 | Marcus Bjork | D | 6.03 | 203 | — | Byrnas (SWE) |
| 68 | Cole Clayton * | D | 6.02 | 210 | — | Cleveland (AHL) |
| 55 | David Jiricek | D | 6.03 | 189 | CBJ-22 (1-6) | Plzen HC (Czech) |
| 62 | Samuel Knazko | D | 6.01 | 191 | CBJ-20 (3-78) | Seattle (WHL) |
| 05 | Denton Mateychuk | D | 5.11 | 188 | CBJ-22 (1-12) | Moose Jaw (WHL) |
| 81 | Stanislav Svozil | D | 6.01 | 182 | CBJ-21 (3-69) | Regina (WHL) |
| GOALTENDERS | ||||||
| 30 | Pavel Cajan * | G | 6.02 | 174 | — | Kitchener (OHL) |
| 73 | Jet Greaves | G | 6.00 | 170 | — | Cleveland (AHL) |
* denotes free agent tryout
** All Rosters are in draft form and are subject to change.