Happy Monday: there’s Buffalo Sabers hockey happening this week!
Well, sort of. The team’s annual Prospects Challenge returns to LECOM Harborcenter later this week, with prospects from five other NHL clubs also taking part.
This year’s round-robin challenge will also feature prospects from the Boston Bruins, Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, Ottawa Senators and Pittsburgh Penguins.
Game Schedule
Here’s the schedule, with Sabers games in bold. Admission is $10 per ticket. The three Sabers games will be streamed for the local broadcast market on the team’s website – so blackout restrictions may apply.
(As an aside, the Devils have typically broadcast their games in this tournament on Twitter.)
Thursday, September 15
• Buffalo vs. Montreal, 7 p.m
Friday, September 16
• Boston vs. Ottawa, 3:30 p.m
• Montreal vs. New Jersey, 7 p.m
Saturday, September 17
• Pittsburgh vs. Boston, 3:30 p.m
• Buffalo vs. New Jersey, 7 p.m
Sunday, September 18
• Ottawa vs. Montreal, 12 p.m
Monday, September 19
• New Jersey vs. Boston, 10 am
• Buffalo vs. Ottawa, 1:30 p.m
Team Rosters
This post will be updated with expected team rosters as they are released.
Montreal Canadiens:
Forwards: Owen Beck, Lucas Condotta, Jared Davidson, Pierrick Dubé, Ryan Francis, Cédrick Guindon, Emil Heineman, Riley Kidney, Filip Mesar, Jan Mysak, John Parker-Jones, Joshua Roy, Xavier Simoneau, Juraj Slafkovsky, Brett Stapley.
Defense: Justin Barron, Santino Centorame, Gianni Fairbrother, Kaiden Guhle, Jordan Harris, Logan Mailloux (inj.), Mattias Norlinder, Miguël Tourigny, William Trudeau, Arber Xhekaj
Goaltenders: Antoine Coulombe, Riley Mercer, Joe Vrbetic
Pittsburgh Penguins:
Forwards: Corey Andonovski, Raivis Ansons, Jordan Frasca, Ty Glover, Jonathan Gruden, Filip Hallander, Sam Houde, Brooklyn Kalmikov, Nathan Legare, Kyle Olson, Sam Poulin, Valtteri Puustinen, Lukas Svejkovsky
Defense: Isaac Belliveau, Nolan Collins, Clay Hanus, Josh Maniscalco, Ryan McCleary, Chris Ortiz, Owen Pickering, Jack St. Ivany, Colin Swoyer
Goaltenders: Taylor Gauthier, Filip Lindberg, Tommy Nappier