You know we’re almost done with the nuisance that is August now—the Dallas Stars released the roster for the 2014 Traverse City pre-camp tournament put on annually by the Detroit Red Wings.
From the release earlier this summer, “The NHL Prospects Tournament will return to Traverse City for the 16th season, running from Friday, Sept. 12 through Tuesday, Sept. 16. The eight-team tournament will include the Red Wings, Buffalo Sabres, Carolina Hurricanes, Columbus Blue Jackets, Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild, New York Rangers and St. Louis Blues. Over the tournament’s history, 440 players have gone on to skate in at least one NHL game.”
There’s usually some good video that comes out of these things, as well as scouts and hockey pundits gushing on about the talent they see. Last year it was Val Nichushkin.
This year, fans will hope that Radek Faksa, Brett Ritchie, Jason Dickinson, Jyrki Jokipakka and others shine.
Thanks to Mark Stepneski for tweeting the link to the roster, which is below…
Dallas Stars Traverse City roster is here: https://t.co/WwQYIoqxGh
— Mark Stepneski (@StarsInsideEdge) August 27, 2014
| No. | PLAYER | POS | SHOOTS | HT/WT | BIRTHPLACE |
| 2 | Jyrki Jokipakka | D | L | 6’3”/205 | Tampere, FIN |
| 12 | Radek Faksa | C | L | 6’3”/210 | Opava, CZE |
| 25 | Brett Ritchie | RW | R | 6’3”/220 | Orangeville, Ont. |
| 34 | Patrick Sanvido | D | L | 6’5”/230 | Guelph, Ont. |
| 42 | Troy Vance | D | R | 6’4”/225 | Goshen, N.Y. |
| 44 | Matej Stransky | RW | R | 6’3”/200 | Ostrava, CZE |
| 45 | Aaron Haydon | D | R | 6’4”/195 | Plymouth, Mich. |
| 46 | Ludwig Karlsson | RW | L | 6’3”/195 | Stockholm, SWE |
| 47 | Gemel Smith | C | L | 5’11”/200 | Toronto, Ont. |
| 48 | Brett Pollock | C | L | 6’3”/190 | Sherwood Park, Alta. |
| 49 | Branden Troock | RW | R | 6’3”/210 | Edmonton, Alta. |
| 52 | Esa Lindell | D | L | 6’3”/210 | Vantaa, FIN |
| 53 | Alex Peters | D | L | 6’4”/205 | Blyth, Ont. |
| 57 | Cole Ully | LW | L | 6’0”/170 | Calgary, Alta. |
| 58 | Ludwig Bystrom | D | R | 6’0”/175 | Ornskoldsvik, SWE |
| 59 | Emil Molin | C | L | 6’0”/180 | Gavle, SWE |
| 60 | Julius Honka | D | R | 5’11”/185 | Jyvaskyla, FIN |
| 61 | Collin Shirley | LW | L | 6’2”/180 | Saskatoon, Sask. |
| 62 | Taylor Peters | C | L | 6’2”/210 | Burnaby, B.C. |
| 63 | Remi Elie | LW | L | 6’1”/205 | Green Valley, Ont. |
| 64 | Brendan Ranford | RW | L | 5’10”/185 | Edmonton, Alta. |
| 65 | Mads Eller | LW | L | 6’1”/200 | Rodovre, DEN |
| 67 | Jason Dickinson | C | L | 6’2”/180 | Georgetown, Ont. |
| 74 | Matej Paulovic | LW | R | 6’3”/195 | Topolcany, SVK |
| No. | PLAYER | POS | CATCHES | HT/WT | BIRTHPLACE |
| 30 | Brent Moran | G | L | 6’4”/180 | Orleans, Ont. |
| 31 | Henri Kiviaho | G | L | 6’2”/190 | Lappeenranta, FIN |
| 70 | Philippe Desrosiers | G | L | 6’1”/195 | St.Hyacinthe, Que. |