Columbus Blue Jackets hockey is back! Well, sort of. 

The Columbus Blue Jackets prospects will take the ice today in Buffalo, at the 2025-26 Prospect Challenge at LECOM Harborcenter. Games will be streamed at nhl.com/bluejackets.

Today's schedule of events is below

Thursday, Sept. 11

11 a.m. – Morning Skate 

7 p.m. – vs. New Jersey Devils

Below is the roster for the Prospect Challenge. Exact roster for today's game will be 

Forwards

71 Josh Avery

89 Ryder Boulton

22 Jordan Dumais

96 Owen Griffin

95 Brendan Hoffmann

83 Oiva Keskinen

93 Max McCue

63 Ryland Mosley

72 Tyler Peddle

53 Luca Pinelli

92 Nicolas Sima

75 Evan Van Gorp

29 Jack Williams

Defensemen

79 Will Bishop

77 Jakub Chromiak

57 Charlie Elick

85 P.J. Fagan

49 Marcus Kearsey

84 Guillaume Richard

94 Caleb MacDonald

Goaltenders

35 Evan Gardner

31 Nolan Lalonde

70 Mason Vaccari

The 2025-26 season is almost here. 

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