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The future of the NHL will be on display at the annual NHL prospect tournament. This year’s tournament, which starts September 5th in Traverse City, MI, will feature high end talent including five top ten draft picks from the past two drafts (2012:  Ryan Murray – 2/ CBJ, Mathew Dumba – 7/ MIN; 2013: Elias Lindholm – 5/ CAR, Rasmus Ristolainen – 8/ BUF, and Valerie Nichushkin – 10/ DAL).  A total of 14 additional first picks are also participating including Kerby Rychel (CBJ),  Anthony Mantha (DET), Riley Sheahan (DET), Ryan Murphy (CAR), Joel Armia (BUF), Zemgus … Continue Reading

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The Carolina Hurricanes have announced their 2013 roster for the NHL prospect tournament at Centre I.C.E. arena in Traverse City, MI. The team features  the fifth overall selection in the 2013 NHL draft, Elias Lindholm.  Also on the roster are Ryan Murphy (the 12th overall pick in the 2011 draft who has a strong chance to play in the NHL this year), Keegan Lowe (son of Edmonton’s President of Hockey Operations Kevin Lowe), and Brody Sutter (Son of Duane Sutter who is part of the Sutter hockey family). This year’s … Continue Reading

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The St. Louis Blues have announced their 2013 roster for the NHL prospect tournament at Centre I.C.E. arena in Traverse City, MI. The team features Ty Rattie who was taken with the 32nd overall in 2011 and Dmitrij Jaskin, who saw two games in the NHL last season. Jaskin and Rattie are two of five total second round selections featured on the Blues 2013 roster. The Others include William Carrier (2013), Sebastian Wannstrom (2010) and Joel Edmundson (2011). This year’s Tournament is scheduled from September 5 – 9 and will feature teams from Dallas, Detroit, Columbus, Buffalo, Carolina, … Continue Reading

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The Buffalo Sabres have announced their 2013 roster for the NHL prospect tournament at Centre I.C.E. arena in Traverse City, MI. The team features first round draft choices Mark Pysyk (2010) Joel Armia (2011), Zemgus Grigensons (2012), Mikhail Grigorenko (2012), Rasmus Ristolainen (2013) and Nikita Zadorov (2013).  The roster also features four players who have seen time in the NHL including Pysyk (19 games), Grigorenko (25 games),  Johan Larsson (1 game for Minnesota) and Chad Ruhwedel (7 games).

This year’s Tournament is scheduled from September 5 – 9 and will feature teams from Dallas, Detroit, … Continue Reading

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The roster for the Alumni and Celebrity game scheduled for 7:00 pm  on September 14th is below. All players and teams are subject to change depending on availability. Special jerseys will be designed specifically for the event and a silent auction for the game worn jerseys will take place for those attending the game. All proceeds from the event will support Centre I.C.E. and the cost of the event.

Remaining Tickets for the event can be purchased via fax and range from $20-$30. For more information on this event and the Red … Continue Reading

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The Dallas Stars have announced their 2013 roster for the NHL prospect tournament at Centre I.C.E. arena in Traverse City, MI. The team features the Stars first round draft picks from the past four years – Valerie Nichushkin /  Jason Dickinson (2013), Radek Faksa (2012), Jamie Oleksiak (2011), and Jack Campbell (2010) . Additionally, the Stars roster features seven of the nine players selected at the 2013 NHL entry draft in June. Also on the roster is Cody Payne who was one of the two prospects acquired from Boston for Jaromir Jagr at the … Continue Reading

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David Legwand has played the most NHL games among prospect tournament alumni

A total of 27 NHL prospect alumni who have played in more the 500 NHL games since it’s inception. The NHL prospects tournament has produced 400 NHL alumni to date, but only 7 percent have broken the 500 game mark. Players likely to join the 500 club next season include David Backes (St. Louis – 494), Braydon Coburn (Atlanta – 493), Steve Eminger (Washington – 488), Valterri Filppula (Detroit – 483), Jim … Continue Reading

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The fax ticket sale for the remaining tickets to the 2013 Red Wings training camp tickets has been announced to begin at noon on August 9th, 2013. Tickets are available on a first come first serve basis. Tickets to the 2013 NHL prospects tournament can also be ordered during the fax sale or purchased on game day. The fax number for the sale is 1-800-915-4057 and the order form is available here.

For information on the schedules for the 2013 Red Wings training camp and NHL prospects tournament click … Continue Reading

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The Minnesota Wild have announced their 2013 roster for the NHL prospect tournament at Centre I.C.E. arena in Traverse City, MI. The team features  First round draft choices Mathew Dumba (2012) and Zack Phillips (2011) . Also on the roster are Harvard standout Marshall Everson and high scoring Raphael Bussieres. This year’s Tournament is scheduled from September 5 – 9 and will feature teams from Dallas, Detroit, Columbus, Buffalo, Carolina, Minnesota, New York, and St. Louis. For details on the tournament and ticket information please click … Continue Reading

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The NHL prospect tournment has produced 400 NHL alumni from the 13 teams that have participated since its inception in 1998. The St. Louis Blues have produced the most NHL players using the tournament to develop a total of 56 skaters. As hosts, the Red Wings are the only team that has played in every tournament and they have also produced the second most NHL players. Detroit prospect tournament alumni have played in the most NHL games leading the 12 other teams by more than 3,000 games. Outlined below is a breakdown of the tournaments productive past … Continue Reading