Red Wings Prospect Games Sept. 14-15 in Traverse City

The 25th edition of the Detroit Red Wings-hosted NHL Prospect Tournament in Traverse City doesn’t much look like the ones that came before this one.

It wasn’t that long ago that the tournament boasted an eight-team field. This year, the event consists of the Red Wings prospects playing the Dallas Stars prospects in a two-game series. The game will be played on Saturday, Sept. 14 at 6 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 15 at 2:30 p.m. at Centre Ice Arena.

Last season, the tournament included the Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs, Stars and Columbus Blue Jackets. Teams have been pulling out to play in other tournaments.

This has been a prestigious prospect tournament. The Red Wings’ research shows 772 prospects who played at least one NHL game. That includes 13 players who were on Detroit’s roster last season: Jonatan Berggren, Ben Chiarot (Atlanta), Alex DeBrincat (Chicago), Simon Edvinsson, Robby Fabbri (St. Louis), Ville Husso (St. Louis), Klim Kostin (St. Louis), Dylan Larkin, Michael Rasmussen, Lucas Raymond, Moritz Seider, Joe Veleno and Jake Walman (St. Louis).

This year’s rosters have not been announced, but we can assume Nate Danielson, Michael Brandsegg-Nygard and Shai Buium will be among the Detroit prospects.