Penguins, Bruins among teams to compete at 2024 Prospects Challenge in Buffalo
On Tuesday, it was confirmed that six NHL teams will once again compete in the 2024 Prospects Challenge in Buffalo, New York.
The Prospects Challenge will take place from Friday, Sept. 13 to Monday, Sept. 16 at LECOM Harborcenter in Buffalo. It will be hosted by the Buffalo Sabres for the ninth year since beginning with only four teams in 2015. The event will be a round-robin tournament, with each franchise playing three games and the club with the best record being named champion.
The six teams taking part in the tournament will be the Buffalo Sabres, Boston Bruins, Columbus Blue Jackets, New Jersey Devils, Ottawa Senators and Pittsburgh Penguins. It will be the first time Columbus has played in the Prospects Challenge, as the Montreal Canadiens have been the sixth team in previous years. Pittsburgh won the tournament in 2023.
The Prospects Challenge schedule is set!
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Rosters and further details will be released at a later date. But a few notable players to watch out for include first-round picks from the 2024 NHL Entry Draft Cayden Lindstrom (CBJ), Carter Yakemchuk (OTT), Anton Silayev, (NJD), Konsta Helenius (BUF) and Dean Letourneau (BOS).
Here is the full tournament round-robin schedule (ET):
Friday, Sept. 13
- Boston vs. Pittsburgh, 12 p.m.
- New Jersey vs. Ottawa, 3:30 p.m.
- Columbus vs. Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 14
- Pittsburgh vs. Ottawa, 12 p.m.
- Columbus vs. Boston, 3:30 p.m.
- New Jersey vs. Buffalo, 7 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 16
- Boston vs. New Jersey, 10 a.m.
- Ottawa vs. Columbus, 1:30 p.m.
- Pittsburgh vs. Buffalo, 5 p.m.
The Sabres will also be hosting Fan Fest and Hockeyfest on Saturday, Sept. 14 ahead of the team’s game against New Jersey. Fan Fest will feature activities, appearances from Buffalo alumni and on-stage programming with current Sabres players. Hockeyfest, the Sabres’ all-day outdoor street hockey tournament, will also take place during Fan Fest along Perry Street in front of Alumni Plaza.