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The Detroit Red Wings have announced their 2018 roster for the NHL prospect tournament at Centre ICE Arena in Traverse City, MI. The team features top ten picks from 2017 and 2018, Michael Rasmussen and Filip Zadina. Other prospects to watch include Joe Valeno, Dennis Cholowski, and  David Pope. Also making his first appearance at the NHL Prospect Tournament is Christopher Ehn who is expected to remain in North America this season. To round out their roster the Wings have invited 8 free agent tryouts though several of those are already under contract … Continue Reading

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The Detroit Red Wings announced that they will return to Centre Ice Arena in Traverse City, Mich., to host their annual NHL Prospect Tournament and Training Camp, as well as the 20th Annual Training Camp Golf Classic at the Grand Traverse Resort and Spa in Acme, Mich.

NHL PROSPECT TOURNAMENT

The NHL Prospect Tournament returns to Traverse City for its 20th season, running from Friday, Sept. 7 through Tuesday, Sept. 11. The eight-team field consists of prospects from the Red Wings, the defending-champion Chicago Blackhawks, Carolina Hurricanes, … Continue Reading

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The Dallas Stars have announced their 2017 roster for the NHL prospect tournament at Centre ICE Arena in Traverse City, MI. The team features  2015 first round selection Denis Gurianov who also made his NHL debut last season seeing time in one game for the Stars and Jason Robertson who piled up 42 goals and 81 points in his draft year. Also on the roster is Jeremy Brodeur, the son of former NHL goalie Martin Brodeur, who tried out last year for the Columbus Blue Jackets..

This year’s Tournament is scheduled from September … Continue Reading

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The Minnesota Wild have announced their 2017 roster for the NHL prospect tournament at Centre ICE arena in Traverse City, MI. The team features the Wild’s top picks from 2016, Luke Kunin and 2015 first round selection Joel Eriksson EK. Also on the roster is offensive threat Giorgio Estephen who failed to sign an entry level deal with Buffalo this spring. Adam Vay, who was signed as a free agent last offseason, is a rare goalie prospect out of Hungary.

This year’s Tournament is scheduled from September 8 – 12 and will feature teams … Continue Reading

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The Columbus Blue Jackets have announced their 2017 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 29th overall pick in the 2015 NHL draft, Gabriel Carlsson, who played in two NHL games last year. Three former Red Wings free agent tryouts – Justin Brazeau and Hayden Hodgson (AHL contract) and Luke Kirwan are also included.

This year’s Tournament is scheduled from September 8 – 12 … Continue Reading

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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.

This year’s Tournament is scheduled … Continue Reading

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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.

This year’s Tournament is scheduled … Continue Reading