ST. LOUIS - St. Louis Blues President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Doug Armstrong announced today that the Blues and Centene Community Ice Center will host the 2024 Prospect Showcase with the Chicago Blackhawks and Minnesota Wild. The event will take place in mid-September 2024, the weekend prior to the start of Blues training camp, with exact dates for the games to be confirmed following the completion of the 2024-25 NHL calendar.
“The annual prospect showcase is an important opportunity for our recent draft picks and other prospects to compete against their Central Division peers in a game setting leading into training camp,” said Armstrong. “We are fortunate to have a facility that is uniquely suited to host an event like this and I suspect our fans will jump at the chance to see the young talent that we’ll have on the ice.”
The annual prospect showcase will be open to the public and feature the top prospects from the Blues, Blackhawks, and Wild playing one game against each of the other two teams over the course of three days. Details about game times and tickets will be determined at a later date. Minnesota hosted the inaugural staging of the event this year from Sept. 15-17 at TRIA Rink in St. Paul, with the Blues prospects posting a 1-1 record in the two games.
“This is another noteworthy event coming to the Centene Community Ice Center and we look forward to giving our dedicated fans the opportunity to watch the top Blues prospects match up with those from Chicago and Minnesota next September,” said Chris Zimmerman, St. Louis Blues CEO and President of Business Operations. “Along with the ACHA Championships, NCAA Regionals, Lindenwood Division I Men’s and Women’s Hockey all taking place at the CCIC in the next six months, St. Louis continues to show the hockey world that we have one of the premier facilities and support systems in the nation for these events.”
Prior to the 2023 season, Blues prospects participated in the annual NHL Prospect Tournament in Traverse City, Michigan.
