{ "blocks": [ { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Five players with ties to the province of Manitoba suited up at the 2023 NHLPA Rookie Showcase on Tuesday. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Held at MedStar Capitals Iceplex in Arlington, Virginia select NHL prospects and rookies stepped out into the limelight donning their respective NHL team's colours, while posing for photos by Upper Deck for their first official trading cards. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Other video shoots for EA Sports promotional b-roll and autograph sessions were included, before the players participated in media scrums following their skates. " } }, { "type": "image", "data": { "file": { "url": "https://thehockeynews.com/.image/c_fit,h_600,w_600/MjAwNjA5NTM3NTQ2NDYyMzE2/f5s7peiwmaasazp.jpg" }, "caption": "" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Of the 34 participants at the 13th annual event, two were from Manitoba, while three others played their Major Junior hockey within the province. " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Manitobans on the ice included Conor Geekie (Arizona Coyotes) and Denton Mateychuk (Columbus Blue Jackets). " } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "While other players who have spent considerable time within the province included Matthew Savoie (Buffalo Sabres) who played three years for the now defunct Winnipeg ICE and Ridly Greig (Ottawa Senators) and Vinny Iorio (Washington Capitals) who each played four years for the Brandon Wheat Kings (2018-19 to 2021-22)." } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Photos from the event provided by The Hockey News' Sammi Silber:" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "[gallery ids=\"2050,2051,2052,2053,2054,2055,2056\"]" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "A full list of participants can be found below:" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Leo Carlsson (Anaheim Ducks)
Pavel Mintyukov (Anaheim Ducks)" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Logan Cooley (Arizona Coyotes)
Conor Geekie (Arizona Coyotes)" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Matthew Savoie (Buffalo Sabres)" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Matthew Coronato (Calgary Flames)
Dustin Wolf (Calgary Flames)" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Connor Bedard (Chicago Blackhawks)
Kevin Korchinski (Chicago Blackhawks)" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Adam Fantilli (Columbus Blue Jackets)
Denton Mateychuk (Columbus Blue Jackets)
Stanislav Svozil (Columbus Blue Jackets)" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Logan Stankoven (Dallas Stars)" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Sebastian Cossa (Detroit Red Wings)
Marco Kasper (Detroit Red Wings)" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Xavier Bourgault (Edmonton Oilers)" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Brock Faber (Minnesota Wild)
Jesper Wallstedt (Minnesota Wild)" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Owen Beck (Montreal Canadiens)
Sean Farrell (Montreal Canadiens)
Filip Mesar (Montreal Canadiens)" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Luke Evangelista (Nashville Predators)" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "William Dufour (New York Islanders)" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Will Cuylle (New York Rangers)
Brennan Othmann (New York Rangers)" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Tyler Boucher (Ottawa Senators)
Ridly Greig (Ottawa Senators)" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Tyson Foerster (Philadelphia Flyers)" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Ozzy Wiesblatt (San Jose Sharks)" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Ryker Evans (Seattle Kraken)
Tye Kartye (Seattle Kraken)" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Zachary Bolduc (St. Louis Blues)
Zach Dean (St. Louis Blues)" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Matthew Knies (Toronto Maple Leafs)" } }, { "type": "paragraph", "data": { "text": "Vincent Iorio (Washington Capitals)" } }, { "type": "image", "data": { "file": { "url": "https://thehockeynews.com/.image/c_fit,h_600,w_600/MjAwNTg5OTI4ODczMDc1ODIw/unnamed.jpg" }, "caption": "" } } ] }

Geekie, Mateychuk, Savoie, Greig, Iorio Skate at Rookie Showcase