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The New York Rangers have announced their 2015 roster for the NHL prospect tournament at Centre ICE arena in Traverse City, MI. The team features Hayden Hodgson who tried out for the Red Wings last season. Also on this years team are offensive minded forwards Adam Tambellini, Ryan Gropp and Adam Brooks.  Traverse City native and 2014 second round draft pick, Brandon Halverson, will be one of two goalies backstopping the Rangers.

This year’s Tournament is scheduled from September 11 – 15 and will feature teams from Dallas, Detroit, Columbus, Chicago, Carolina, Minnesota, New … Continue Reading

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The Detroit Red Wings have invited 12 free agents to the 2015 NHL Prospect Tournament in Traverse City beginning September 12th. Among those auditioning are several players who have skated previously with the Red Wings including: Nick Betz, Jalen Chatfield, Kurt Etchegary, Conor McGlynn, Jarett Meyer, Evan Polei, Ty Stanton, and Jerome Verrier

Following is a review of the invitees (listed alphabetically).

• Nick Betz – The 6-foot-4, 220 winger spent last season playing on first overall selection, Connor McDavid’s wing and saw his production jump from 5 goals and 18 points in 2014 to 22 … Continue Reading
  

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The Detroit Red Wings have announced their 2015 roster for the NHL prospect tournament at Centre I.C.E. Arena in Traverse City, MI. The team features top prospects Andreas Athanasiou, Anthony Mantha, Dylan Larkin and Evgeny Svechnikov. Also on the roster are Joe Hicketts, Zach Nastasiuk,  Dominic Turgeon, Ville Saarijarvi and season ending free agent signing Robbie Russo . To round out their roster the Wings have invited 12 free agent tryouts.

This year’s Tournament is scheduled from September 11 – 15 and will feature teams from Dallas, … Continue Reading

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The Detroit Red Wings will host the 17th annual NHL Prospect Tournament at Centre Ice Arena in Traverse City, MI next month. This year’s tournament is scheduled from September 11 – 15 and will feature teams from Carolina, Columbus, Chicago, Minnesota, Dallas, St. Louis, New York and Detroit. This season will feature the return of the 2015 Stanley Cup Champions the Chicago Black Hawks after previously participating from 1998 – 2000.

Over the tournament’s history, 479 players have gone on to skate in at least one NHL game, including 22 … Continue Reading

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The Detroit Red Wings and training camp event organizers in Traverse City announced today that the trophy awarded to the champion of the NHL Prospect Tournament has been renamed the Matthew Wuest Memorial Cup.

Matthew Wuest was best known for developing the website CapGeek.com, which tracked salary cap data for all 30 NHL teams in real time. The site was widely-used by scouts, general managers, media and fans before it ceased operations in January 2015.

Along with his work on CapGeek, Wuest also developed and maintained RedWingsCentral.com (RWC) … Continue Reading

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The Chicago Blackhawks haven’t played in the NHL Prospect Tournament since the tournament began in 1998 with just a four team field. When the Buffalo Sabres dropped out this year, the Blackhawks management jumped at the chance to return to the tourney which has grown in both size and reputation over the past 17 years. Now featuring a field of eight NHL teams, the tourney showcases many of the top prospects across the NHL year in and year out and is a draw for fans and hockey scouts at every level. Much … Continue Reading

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The 2015 NHL Prospects tournament dates have been finalized. This years tournament, the 17th hosted by Centre I.C.E. Arena in Traverse City, MI will run September 11 – 15. Participating teams include Carolina, Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Minnesota, New York and St. Louis. The tournament, which began in 1998, has more than 440 alumni who have or are currently playing in the NHL for a total of nearly 70,000 NHL games played. The highest scoring alumni include Ilya Kovalchuk, Pavel Datsyuk, Dany Heatley, Henrik Zetterberg, David Legwand, Scott Hartnell, Martin Erat, … Continue Reading