COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – FASTHockey will provide live free-for-view streaming coverage of the fifth annual CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game that will take place September 22, 2016, at Wells Fargo Center, home of the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers.
The event features 42 of the top American-born prospects eligible for the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. Of the 42 players named to this year’s game, 35 appear on the 2016-17 NHL Central Scouting Futures List, which highlights players that have potential to be selected in the first three rounds of the draft.
Those interested can find a link to the live broadcast here beginning at 6:45 p.m. ET on September 22. Tom Willms will handle play-by-play duties and Joe Sindoni will provide color commentary for the game.
MARTIN, MURPHY, BOWLES and BRIGANTI NAMED OFFICIALS FOR 2016 AAPG
USA Hockey also announced today that referees Lucas Martin (Stoughton, Wis.) and Terrance Murphy (Beverly, Mass.) and linesmen Riley Bowles (Spokane, Wash,) and Nick Briganti (Newington, Conn.) have been selected as this year’s game officials.
Martin enters his first full season as a referee in the East Coast Hockey League after previously working in the Southern Professional Hockey League and the United States Hockey League. Murphy has served as an NCAA Division I hockey referee in the Hockey East Association for the last two seasons. His previous experience also includes time in the North American Hockey League, SPHL and USHL.
Bowles is currently a linesman in both the American Hockey League and ECHL who has also spent time in the SPHL and USHL. Briganti enters his second season as a linesman in the AHL and ECHL after serving the last three seasons in NCAA Division I hockey with ECAC Hockey and the Hockey East Association.
All four officials are products of USA Hockey’s Officiating Development Program, which educates and assigns officials for Tier I, II and III junior leagues in the United States.
For more information on the CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game, or to purchase tickets, visit AllAmericanProspectsGame.com.
NOTES: Mark Howe (Detroit, Mich.) and John LeClair (St. Albans, Vt.), both U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame members and former Philadelphia Flyers, will serve as head coaches at the CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game … For the full roster of the 42 players competing in this year’s game, click here … Players selected to compete in the CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game were chosen by USA Hockey in conjunction with NHL Central Scouting … The Philadelphia Flyers and Wells Fargo Center are hosting the CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game for the first time. Previous host sites for the CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game include Buffalo, New York (2012, 2014, 2015) and Pittsburgh (2013) … Philadelphia will also serve as host of the 2016 U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Induction Celebration, which is set for November 30. The U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2016, which includes Bill Belisle, Craig Janney and the 1996 U.S. World Cup of Hockey Team, will be formally enshrined at the event.
