Nick Schmaltz, Gustav Forsling and Tyler Motte will be among the top prospects in attendance at the Chicago Blackhawks‘ prospect camp this year. The team released the full schedule and roster for the upcoming camp, which gives team officials, media and fans an extended look at the organization’s many young players, on Thursday.
Schmaltz and Forsling are arguably the two biggest names participating, although pretty much every top prospect affiliated with the Hawks will be there. That includes 2016 second-round picks Alex DeBrincat and Chad Krys, although the team’s other second-round selection, Russian forward Artur Kayumov, will not be in Chicago.
Loads of other young players whose rights aren’t held by the Blackhawks will also be participating in hopes of impressing scouts and coaches, too. So if you notice some names on the full rosters that aren’t familiar at all, there’s a good chance it’s a player not in the Hawks’ system who’s been invited to the camp anyway.
All on-ice sessions are free and open to the public at Johnny’s IceHouse West. Here are the schedule and roster for the 2016 prospect camp:
Schedule
Sunday, July 10
10:30-11:45 a.m. Practice: Team C
12:30-1:45 p.m. Practice: Group 1 & 2
2:00-3:15 p.m. Practice: Group 3 & 4
Monday, July 11
9:45-10:15 a.m. Practice: Team A
10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Scrimmage: Team A vs. Team B
12:30-1:00 p.m. Practice: Team B
1:15-2:30 p.m. Practice: Team C
Tuesday, July 12
9:45-10:15 a.m. Practice: Team B
10:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Scrimmage: Team B vs. Team A
12:30-1:00 p.m. Practice: Team A
1:15-2:30 p.m. Practice: Team C
Wednesday, July 13
10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Scrimmage: Team A vs. Team B
1:15-2:30 p.m. Practice: Team C and prospects
Thursday, July 14
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Practice: Forwards
12:45-1:45 p.m. Practice: Defensemen
Friday, July 15
10:00-11:30 a.m. Scrimmage
Rosters
(All players in bold are Hawks prospects)
Team A
Forwards: Radovan Bondra, Trey Bradley, Chris Calnan, Mathias From, Adam Johnson, Graham Knott, Daniil Miromanov, Nathan Noel, Fredrik Olofsson, Jake Randolph, James Sanchez, Beau Starrett, Jared Thomas
Defensemen: Mark Auk, Lucas Carlsson, Dennis Gilbert, Johan Ivarsson, Jake Massie, Sam Piazza, Yannick Rathgeb, Jake Ryczek
Goalies: Jack Burgart, Collin Delia, Evgeny Kiselev
Team B
Forwards: Liam Coughlin, John Dahlstrom, Alex DeBrincat, Alexandre Fortin, Matheson Iacopelli, Martin Ljungh, Roy Radke, Jack Ramsey, Dylan Sikura
Defensemen: Blake Hillman, Chad Krys, Robert Michel, Neal Pionk, James Schuldt, Ryan Shea, Andreas Soderberg, Joni Tuulola
Goalies: Connor Lacouvee, Brandon McGovern, Shane Starrett
Team C
Forwards: Ryan Hartman, John Hayden, Vincent Hinostroza, Luke Johnson, Tanner Kero, Anthony Louis, Trevor Mingoia, Tyler Motte, Nick Schmaltz
Defensemen: Carl Dahlstrom, Roman Dyukov, Gustav Forsling, Dillon Fournier, Michal Kempny, Robin Norell, Robin Press, Luc Snuggerud, Nikita Ustinenko, Nolan Valleau
Goalies: Jake Hildebrand, Wouter Peeters, Matt Tomkins
So yeah, if there’s any team you want to catch, it’s going to be Team C. They have the best prospect in the system (Schmaltz) and almost have more total prospects (19) than the other two teams combined (22).