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The Columbus Blue Jackets have announced their 2016 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 fourteenth overall pick in the 2014 NHL draft, Sonny Milano, who played in three NHL games last year as well as former University of Michigan standout Zach Werenski. Two former Red Wings free agent tryouts –  Darby Llewellyn and Lucas Peressini are also included along with Jeremy Brodeur who is the son of hockey … 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 Jordan Kyrou  and Ivan Barbashev who were taken with the 35th overall  in 2016 and 33rd overall in 2014. Also on the roster is top rated defenseman Jordan Schmaltz who was the 25th overall selection in the 2012 NHL draft and top rated blueliners Vince Dunn and Thomas Vannelli.

This year’s Tournament is scheduled from September 16 – 20 and will feature teams from  Dallas,  Detroit,  … Continue Reading

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The Dallas Stars have announced their 2016 roster for the NHL prospect tournament at Centre ICE Arena in Traverse City, MI. The team features 2015 first round selection Denis Gurianov and Devin Shore who made his NHL debut last season playing in three games. The Stars are strong in net with top prospects Philippe Desrosiers and Henri Kiviaho leading the way.

This year’s Tournament is scheduled from September 16 – 20 and will feature teams from Dallas, Detroit, Columbus, Chicago, Carolina, Minnesota, New York, and St. Louis. For details on the tournament and ticket … Continue Reading

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The Detroit Red Wings have invited ten free agents to round out their roster for the NHL Prospect Tournament beginning in Traverse City on September 16th.

Among those auditioning are two-way forward Mathew Santos and power forward Luke Coleman (pictured). Also included on this years roster are a handful of players inked to AHL contracts including Mike Borkowski, Kyle Criscuolo, and Matthew Caito.

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

• Mike Borkowski – The 6-foot, 182 pound forward finished his final season with Colgate University before signing a tryout contract with … Continue Reading
  

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The Detroit Red Wings have announced their 2016 roster for the NHL prospect tournament at Centre ICE Arena in Traverse City, MI. The team features top prospects Tyler Bertuzzi and Evgeny Svechnikov. Also on the roster are Joe Hicketts, Zach Nastasiuk,  Dominic Turgeon, Dylan Sadowy and Givani Smith . To round out their roster the Wings have invited 10 free agent tryouts though several of those are already under contract with Grand Rapids.

This year’s Tournament is scheduled from September 16 – 20 and will feature teams from … Continue Reading

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The Minnesota Wild have announced their 2016 roster for the NHL prospect tournament at Centre ICE arena in Traverse City, MI. The team features the Wild’s top pick from 2015, Joel Eriksson EK and 2014 first round selection Alex Tuch. Also on the roster is Gustav Olofsson who is the team’s top blueline prospect. Adam Vay, who was signed in the offseason, is a rare goalie prospect out of Hungary.

This year’s Tournament is scheduled from September 16 – 20 and will feature teams from Dallas, Detroit, Columbus, Chicago, Carolina, Minnesota, … Continue Reading

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The Chicago Blackhawks have announced their 2016 roster for the NHL prospect tournament at Centre ICE arena in Traverse City, MI. The team features  2014 first round selection, Nick Schmaltz.  Also on the roster is the team’s top pick in 2015 Graham Knott and undersized sniper Alex Debrincat who posted back to back 100 point seasons for Erie of the OHL.

This year’s Tournament is scheduled from September 16 – 20 and will feature teams from Dallas, Detroit, Columbus, Chicago, Carolina, Minnesota, New York, and St. Louis. For details on the tournament and ticket … Continue Reading

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The Carolina Hurricanes have announced their 2016 roster for the NHL prospect tournament at Centre I.C.E. arena in Traverse City, MI. The team features  the teams two first round pick from 2016 Jake Bean and Julien Gauthier. The team also features the seventh overall selection in the 2014, Haydn Fleury and diminutive puck wizard Sergey Tolchinsky.

This year’s Tournament is scheduled from September 16 – 20 and will feature teams from Dallas, Detroit, Columbus, Chicago, Carolina, Minnesota, New York, and St. Louis. For details on the tournament and ticket information please click here…. Continue Reading

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The New York Rangers have announced their 2016 roster for the NHL prospect tournament at Centre ICE arena in Traverse City, MI. The team features Jimmy Vesey who became a free agent over the summer and was heavily courted by multiple teams including the Red Wings. Also on this years team are skilled forward Pavel Buchnevich, Ty Ronning (son of former NHLer Cliff Ronning) and University of Michigan standout Cristoval Nieves.  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 … Continue Reading

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Seven years ago in the the foyer of my mom’s Leelanau County house I made a promise to her Portuguese Waterdog, Roger Maris. My mom was undergoing multiple complications from hip replacement surgery and did not feel as though she could care for two dogs. In many ways Roger had always been my dog — we had an instant connection. So I leaned down that evening on my way out of town and kissed his fuzzy head and told him if he could adapt to living in my third floor condo … Continue Reading