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The New York Rangers have announced their 2014 roster for the NHL prospect tournament at Centre I.C.E. arena in Traverse City, MI. The team features recent acquisition Kevin Hayes who opted not to sign with the Chicago before the deadline ultimately becoming a free agent and signing with the Rangers. Also on this years team are offensive minded forwards Richard Nejezchelb, Josh Nicholls and Anthony Duclair.  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 12 – 16 and will feature teams … Continue Reading

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The Red Wings have announced their complete schedule for the 2014 training camp at Centre I.C.E. Arena in Traverse City, MI. The camp opens with the annual charity golf outing and reception on September 18th. The first public on-ice activity will take place on at 9:30 am on September 19th. Morning skates and scrimmages will continue until September 20th. An alumni and celebrity hockey game slated for 7:00 pm will cap the activities on the 20th. The annual Red and White game takes place at 12:00 … Continue Reading

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The 2014 NHL Prospects tournament schedule has been finalized. This years tournament will run September 12 – 16 at Centre I.C.E. Arena in Traverse City, MI. Participating teams include Buffalo, Carolina, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Minnesota, New York and St. Louis. The tournament, which began in 1998, has 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, Alexander Semin and Dan Cleary.

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Detroit
Carolina

Minnesota
Dallas

Columbus
Buffalo

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A total of 35 NHL prospect alumni have played in more the 500 NHL games since the tournaments inception. The NHL prospects tournament has produced 440 NHL alumni to date, but only 8 percent have broken the 500 game mark. Players likely to join the 500 club next season include Brandon Dubinsky (498); Matt Niskanen (491), Bryan Little (486), Tobias Enstrom (484), Ryan Callahan (470), Nicklas Grossman (463), Marc Staal (460), Jakub Voracek (449). The most games by an alumni goalie is 445 by Kari … Continue Reading

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The Red Wings have announced the practice teams for the 2014 development camp. Below is a breakdown of the team Yzerman and team Lidstrom. To view the full roster for the camp click here. you can also view the full schedule here. The two teams will complete off-ice workouts and on-ice drills rotating between morning and afternoon for both sessions. The morning sessions are broken up by scrimmages on July 5th and July 8th. The camp coincides with the first in-person training camp ticket sale scheduled for July 7th at 12:00 pm at Centre I.C.E. … Continue Reading

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The Detroit Red Wings have announced their 2014 development camp roster to be held at Centre I.C.E. Arena in Traverse City, MI beginning on July 4th. A full schedule will be released shortly. This years camp features five of the seven selections from the 2014 NHL entry draft including top pick Dylan Larkin. 2014 selections, Chase Perry and Alexander Kadeykin, will not be participating. Top prospects Anthony Mantha, Andreas Athanasiou and Alexei Marchenko  are also slated to participate. Tomas Nosek will make his Red Wings debut after signing an entry level contract in … Continue Reading

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The Detroit Red Wings have invited 23 free agents to their annual Development Camp in Traverse City beginning July 4th.

Among those auditioning are defensive forward Darby Llewellyn, two-way defender Ryan Obuchowsk, steady defenseman Kevin Clare, once promising defensive forward Cole Bardreau (pictured) and all three members of Colgate University’s “triplet line” comprised of Kyle Baun, Tylor Spink and Tyson Spink. The Red Wings, who are always close to the 50 contract limit, have limited contracts to spare.

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

• Michael Babcock, Jr. – The 5-foot-9, 157 pound forward … Continue Reading
  

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The schedule for the 2014 Detroit Red Wings Development camp at Centre I.C.E. Arena in Traverse City, MI has been finalized. The camp, which runs July 4th through July 8th, will feature many of the organization’s top prospects as well as the 2014 NHL draft class.  Additionally the first in person ticket sale for the Wings training camp will be held on July 7th with a fax ticket sale following on July 8th. More details will be released as they become available.

July 4

9:45 am – 10:30 am Team Lidstrom off ice work out

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A fax ticket sale for tickets to the 2014 NHL Prospect Tournament and Detroit Red Wings training camp will begin on July 8, 2014 at 12:00 pm and continue until all tickets are sold. An in person sale is also scheduled on July 7, 2014 from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. This year’s NHL Prospect Tournament is scheduled for September 12th through the 16th. Red Wings training camp runs from September 19th through the 23rd.

Tickets for the NHL Prospect Tournament are priced at $10 per day. … Continue Reading

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The Detroit Red Wings will be returning to Traverse City, MI to host their annual prospects tournament and training camp at Centre I.C.E. Arena in Traverse City, Mich. Additionally Centre I.C.E. will also host the Wings annual prospect development camp July 4th through the 9th.
The prospect tournament, which is scheduled for Sept. 12 to 16, will feature entries from eight teams including Buffalo, Carolina, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Minnesota, New York, and St. Louis. The full schedule will be announced at a later date. Tickets are priced at $10 per day which includes entry into … Continue Reading