Four Prospects are Native New Yorkers

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – While the players for the third annual CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game were previously announced, USA Hockey today unveiled the division of players that will comprise Team Grier and Team Olczyk. Former NHL players Mike Grier and Eddie Olczyk will each coach a team in the event, which will feature 42 of the top American-born prospects eligible for the 2015 National Hockey League Entry Draft. The game is slated for Sept. 25, at First Niagara Center, home of the National Hockey League’s Buffalo Sabres.

Twenty-three players appeared on NHL Central Scouting’s “Futures List,” which highlights players that have potential to be selected in the first three rounds of the draft.

The game will include four players from New York, Jeremy Bracco (Freeport, N.Y.), Joseph Cecconi (Youngstown, N.Y.), Jordan Greenway (Potsdam, N.Y.) and Steven Ruggiero (Kings Park, N.Y.).