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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 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.

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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

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The 2013 NHL Prospects tournament schedule has been finalized. This years tournament will run September 5 – 9 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 400 alumni who have or are currently playing in the NHL for a total of nearly 60,000 NHL games played. The highest scoring alumni include Ilya Kovalchuk, Pavel Datsyuk, Dany Heatley, Henrik Zetterberg, David Legwand, Scott Hartnell, Martin Erat, Alexander Semin … 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 9th through the 17th.
The prospect tournament, which is scheduled for Sept. 5 to 9, 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 … Continue Reading