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NHL Prospects Tournament: Preview and How to Watch

By Daniel Garza

28 September 2016: Detroit Red Wings defenseman Filip Hronek (87) skates in warm up. The Detroit Red Wings defeated the Boston Bruins 5-1 in a pre-season NHL game at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
28 September 2016: Detroit Red Wings defenseman Filip Hronek (87) skates in warm up. The Detroit Red Wings defeated the Boston Bruins 5-1 in a pre-season NHL game at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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The National Hockey League Prospects Tournament will descend on Traverse City, Michigan for five days.

Beginning on Friday, eight NHL teams will participate in the prospects tournament at Centre Ice Arena. The event will run through Tuesday as some of the best young players in the game will take the ice.

The competition will see each team play three games against teams in their respective group. There are two groups which are named the Gordie Howe Division and the Ted Lindsay Division.

Here’s how the eight teams are split up.

Gordie Howe Division 

  • Carolina Hurricanes
  • Chicago Blackhawks
  • Detroit Red Wings
  • New York Rangers

Ted Lindsay Division 

  • Columbus Blue Jackets
  • Dallas Stars
  • Minnesota Wild
  • St. Louis Blues

Here’s the Red Wings schedule.

  • Friday, Sept. 8 vs. Carolina Hurricanes-7:30
  • Saturday, Sept. 9 vs. Chicago Blackhawks-4:00
  • Monday, Sept 11. vs. New York Rangers-7:00
  • Tuesday, Sept. 12 vs. TBD-TBD

On Tuesday, Sept. 12 the tournament will finish with a set of four games that will finish with the championship game in the evening.

As far as the Red Wings are concerned, they will have a talented roster which includes their first-round draft picks from the 2015, 2016, and 2017 NHL Draft.

Here’s a roster breakdown.

Forwards

C Dominic Turgeon-Drafted 2014 Third-round

C Michael Rasmussen-Drafted 2017 First-round

C Axel Holmstrom-Drafted 2014 Seventh-round

C Zach Gallant-Drafted 2017 Third-round

C Brady Gilmour-Drafted 2017 Seventh-round

C Luke Kutkevicius-Free Agent Invitee

LW Dylan Sadowy-Drafted 2014 Third-round (acquired from the San Jose Sharks)

LW Givani Smith-Drafted 2016 Second-round

LW Luke Esposito-Signed in 2017

LW Oliver Castleman-Free Agent Invitee

RW Lane Zablocki-Drafted 2017 Third-round

RW Dominik Shine-Signed in 2017

RW Sean Josling-Free Agent Invitee

RW Evgeny Svechnikov-Drafted 2015 First-round

Defensemen

Filip Hronek-Drafted 2016 Second-round

Vili Saarijarvi-Drafted 2015 Third-round

Libor Sulak-Signed in 2017

Reilly Webb-Drafted 2017 Sixth-round

Dennis Cholowski-Drafted 2016 First-round

Pat McCarron-Signed in 2017

Jordan Sambrook-Drafted 2016 Fifth-round

Cole Fraser-Drafted 2017 Fifth-round

Goalies

Corbin Boes-Free Agent Invitee

Kaden Fulcher-Free Agent Invitee

Matej Machovsky-Signed in 2017

How to Watch

Fox Sports Detroit will live stream all the games from the tournament. You can find that info here.

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