Some of the NHL's next stars will hit the ice in mid-September for prospect tournaments and series. Carol Schram rounds up each event and who fans could see at the games.

Update: This story has been updated as of Friday morning, with more news about livestream information and rosters.

It’s time for the NHL’s newest faces to step into the spotlight.

This week, 33 of the league’s most marketable young stars hit the ice at the MedStar Capitals IcePlex in Arlington, Va. for the 2024 NHLPA Rookie Showcase, to be photographed for their rookie cards by Upper Deck.

Next week, the attention will turn to a handful of prospect tournaments scattered across North America.

Participants will include high-end draft picks, new pros out of college and unsigned players on tryout agreements, so the star power is all over the map. The two groups that are not represented are current NCAA players, who are already with their college teams, and prospects who will be playing in Europe this year. 

Several teams, including the Vegas Golden Knights and the Utah Hockey Club, have already released their prospect tournament rosters. 

In all cases, rosters can be subject to change as a result of injuries or other issues.

The Traverse City tournament in Michigan is the granddaddy of them all — the brainchild of Ken Holland when he was GM of the Detroit Red Wings back in 1997. This year, that event is down to just two teams — the Red Wings and the Dallas Stars.

All told, at least 30 of the NHL’s 32 teams are set to take part in seven different events across North America next week.

Here’s the breakdown:

2024 Rookie Faceoff: Sept. 13 to 16 at Toyota Sports Performance Center, El Segundo, Calif.

This year’s biggest prospect tournament is also arguably the most star-studded. The Los Angeles Kings are hosting a 10-game, four-day event at their practice facility, with seven teams taking part.

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The on-ice talent is expected to include Macklin Celebrini and Will Smith for the Sharks, Cutter Gauthier for the Ducks, Tij Iginla and Cole Beaudoin for Utah, Berkly Catton and Jagger Firkus for Seattle and Calum Ritchie from Colorado. The Ducks' Beckett Sennecke would have been another player to watch, but he suffered a foot fracture and is expected to be out six to eight weeks.

Games will be live-streamed for fans in each market.

2024 Prospects Challenge: Sept. 13 to 16 at LECOM Harborcenter, Buffalo, N.Y.

This is the Sabres' ninth time hosting their prospects tournament at their training facility. This year, the Columbus Blue Jackets join the six-team field, and nine games will be played over three days.

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The prospect lineup should include newly acquired Penguin Rutger McGroarty along with New Jersey’s Seamus Casey, Buffalo’s Noah Ostlund and Ottawa’s Zack Ostapchuk and Carter Yakemchuk. Columbus 2024 first-rounder Cayden Lindstrom has been ruled out as he continues to deal with a lingering back injury.

Tickets are available. The Sabres, Senators, Devils and Blue Jackets have said their games will be available to watch on their sites.

2024 Young Stars Classic: Sept. 13 to 16 at South Okanagan Events Centre, Penticton, B.C.

This is the 11th edition of Young Stars, hosted by the Vancouver Canucks. It takes place at the first-class dual-rink facility in the beautiful Okanagan that’s home to the Penticton Vees of the BCHL.

After fading out in the late 2010s, the tournament was revived in 2022, bringing together Canada’s four Western Conference teams:

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This year’s tournament should feature Winnipeg’s newly acquired forward prospect Brayden Yager along with Colby Barlow and Nikita Chibrikov, Calgary’s Zayne Parekh and Samuel Honzek, newly acquired Oiler Matt Savoie and Vancouver’s Swedish duo of Jonathan Lekkerimaki and Elias Pettersson — the 20-year-old defenseman, not the superstar forward.

Tickets are available. The Flames and Jets said games will be streamed on their sites, while the Oilers' games are available on Oilers+.

2024 Rookie Showcase: Sept. 13 to 16 at Ford Ice Center Bellevue, Nashville, Tenn.

The Nashville Predators will be hosting their fourth rookie tournament in 2024, and their first since 2019. Four teams will take part in a six-game schedule, spread over three days.

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Names to note include Carolina’s Bradly Nadeau and a plethora of Predators, including Zachary L’Heureux, Tanner Molendyk, Joakim Kemell and Fedor Svechkov. Nashville has released its full roster, and the rookies will practice on Sept. 11 and 12 before the event formally gets underway.

Games are expected to be streamed on each team's site.

Tom Kurvers Prospect Showcase 2024: Sept. 13 to 15 at Centene Community Ice Center, Maryland Heights, Mo.

This is the fourth annual Tom Kurvers Prospect Showcase. This time around, the St. Louis Blues are hosting this three-game, three-team event at their practice facility. 

All practices and games are free and open to the public, with no ticketing or registration required.

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The Blues have released their roster for the event, which includes first-rounders Zach Dean, Zack Bolduc and Dalibor Dvorsky. The Wild’s roster includes first-round picks Liam Ohgren and Carson Lambos, and the Blackhawks will be bringing newly minted second-overall pick Artyom Levshunov as well as 2022 first-round pick Frank Nazar and three of their top four selections from 2021: Nolan Allan, Colton Dach and Ethan Del Mastro.

Games are also expected to be available to watch on each team's site.

2024 Traverse City Prospects Tournament: Sept. 14 to 15 at Centre Ice Arena, Traverse City, Mich.

Tickets are now on sale for the pair of games between the Red Wings and the Stars. Detroit's roster has been released and will include their top picks from the last two drafts, 2024’s Michael Brandsegg-Nygard and 2023’s Nate Danielson. The Stars have not yet released their roster, but 2020 first-round pick Mavrik Bourque and 2022’s Lian Bichsel should be part of the proceedings.

Games will be live-streamed on DetroitRedWings.com and the Wings’ Facebook and YouTube pages.

2024 Prospect Showdown: Sept. 14 to 15 at Bell Centre, Montreal, Que.

With plenty of prospects in their organization, the Montreal Canadiens are going big with their first-ever Prospect Showdown. They’re hosting the Toronto Maple Leafs in a pair of games at their NHL rink, with tickets now on sale.

Montreal’s roster has not been officially announced, but an article on the team’s website teases Lane Hutson, Owen Beck, Logan Mailloux, Florian Xhekaj and David Reinbacher as potential names to watch. Since they’ve been in win-now mode, the Leafs’ prospect pool is not as deep, but their lineup could include familiar names like Fraser Minten, Easton Cowan and 2024 first-round pick Ben Danford.

No streaming information has been released to date.

2024 Rookie Series: Sept. 13 to 14 at PPL Center, Allentown, Pa.

The Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers will continue what they've done in past seasons by playing rookie showcase games against each other.

Goalie Ivan Fedotov and red-hot rookie Matvei Michkov are representing the Flyers at the NHLPA Rookie Showcase in Virginia, while Matt Rempe will be on hand for the Rangers. 

Of the three, only Michkov is on a rookie camp roster, but the Flyers also have Oliver Bonk and Denver Barkey, while the Rangers have Brennan Othmann and Dylan Roobreck. Tickets are available, and games will be streamed on the Flyers' website.

The Rest

While the Washington Capitals’ practice facility is serving as host rink for the NHLPA event, the team will be holding its own rookie camp alone, and at a different venue.

The camp will take place from Sept. 13 to 16 at McMullen Ice Arena in Annapolis, Md.

Finally, we have the New York Islanders. Unlike most teams, they do not hold a development camp after the draft but have typically held a rookie camp before their main training camp opens in September.

As is typical of the Islanders' cone-of-silence approach to doing business, they waited to announce details until Thursday. Their rookie camp roster includes William Dufour, Maxim Tsyplakov and 35-year-old Keith Kinkaid, who'll be at training camp on a PTO.

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