Blues announce 2022 NHL Prospect Tournament roster, schedule

Neighbours, Bolduc highlight annual trip 

to Traverse City, Mich. that begins Sept. 15

By LOU KORAC
ST. LOUIS -- Hockey is around the corner, and for the Blues, the first order of business revolves around their prospects and the 2022 NHL Prospect Tournament in Traverse City, Mich.

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The Blues announced their roster for the annual tournament and includes forwards Jake Neighbours (26th pick in 2020) and Zachary Bolduc (17th pick in 2021). The team will include a number of the Blues’ 2022 draft picks, including defensemen Michael Buchinger (88th pick) and Marc-Andre Gaudet (152nd) and forward Landon Sim (184th).  

The Blues, who will hold an open practice on Wednesday, Sept. 14 at Centene Community Ice Center at 10 a.m. that will be free and open to the public, will play pool games against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sept. 15 at 2 p.m. (CT), followed by games against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sept. 16 at 5:30 p.m. (CT) and Sept. 18 against the Dallas Stars at 10 a.m. (CT) before playing a cross-over game for first, third or fifth place on Sept. 19.

Along with Neighbours, Bolduc, Buchinger, Gaudet and Sim, this year's roster includes forwards Nikita Alexandrov, Andrei Bakanov, *Davis Codd, Brayden Guy, *Michael Horth, *Theo Hill, Mathias Laferriere, Hugh McGing, *Maxime Pellerin, *Jakin Smallwood and Keean Washkurak; defensemen Tyson Galloway, Matt Kessel, Griffin Luce, Brady Lyle, *Roberto Mancini and Tyler Tucker; goalies include Will Cranley, Colten Ellis and Vadim Zherenko. (* On tryout.)

The Blues will stream each and every one of their games live on the team's TouTube channel at: www.youtube.com/stlouisblues. 

* NHL announces national TV schedule for TNT -- The NHL announced its 62-game schedule for the 2022-23 season and will feature the Blues six times.

The Blues televised schedule of games is as follows (all times Central):

Wednesday, Oct. 19 at Seattle, 9 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 16 at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 25 at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, March 15 vs. Minnesota, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, April 2 vs. Boston, 2:30 p.m.

Wednesday, April 12 vs. Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Along with the ESPN TV Networks, which includes ABC, the Blues have 14 scheduled nationally televised games:

Thursday, Oct. 27 at Nashville, 7 p.m. (ESPN+/Hulu)

Sunday, Dec. 11 vs. Colorado, 2 p.m. (ESPN)

Thursday, Jan. 19 vs. Nashville, 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Saturday, Jan. 28 at Colorado, 2 p.m. (ESPN+/Hulu)

Thursday, Feb. 16 vs. New Jersey, 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Saturday, Feb. 25 vs. Pittsburgh, 2:30 p.m. (ABC/ESPN+)

Saturday, April 8 at Minnesota, noon (ABC/ESPN+)

Thursday, April 13 at Dallas, 7 p.m. (ESPN)