DETROIT - The Detroit Red Wings will host seven other NHL teams during the 2015 NHL Prospect Tournament at Centre Ice Arena in Traverse City, Mich., from Friday, Sept. 11 to Tuesday, Sept. 15. Returning to northern Michigan for the 17th season, the eight-team tournament is comprised of the Red Wings, Carolina Hurricanes, Chicago Blackhawks, Columbus Blue Jackets, Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild, New York Rangers and St. Louis Blues. Tickets for the tournament are still available for $10 per day, which covers four games, exclusively at Centre Ice Arena or online at www.centreice.org.

This season, the 2015 defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks return to the tournament, replacing the Buffalo Sabres, after previously participating from 1998-2000. Over the tournament's history, 479 players have gone on to skate in at least one NHL game, including 22 who played for Detroit in 2014-15: Justin Abdelkader, Joakim Andersson, Dan Cleary, Pavel Datsyuk, Jonathan Ericsson, Landon Ferraro, Darren Helm, Jimmy Howard, Tomas Jurco, Niklas Kronwall, Brian Lashoff, Alexey Marchenko, Tom McCollum, Petr Mrazek, Gustav Nyquist, Xavier Ouellet, Teemu Pulkkinen, Kyle Quincey, Riley Sheahan, Brendan Smith, Tomas Tatar and Henrik Zetterberg.

The tournament will divide the participating teams into two four-team divisions: the Gordie Howe Division (Carolina, Chicago, Dallas and Detroit) and the Ted Lindsay Division (Columbus, Minnesota, NY Rangers and St. Louis). Teams will play each opponent in their division in a round-robin format before a crossover on the final day of the tournament, capped off with the first-place finishers in each division meeting for the Matthew Wuest Memorial Cup on Tuesday, Sept. 15. The tournament's championship trophy was renamed this summer in honor of Wuest (pronounced WEEST), known for his work on the website CapGeek.com as well as his exclusive coverage and statistical archiving of the NHL Prospect Tournament on RedWingsCentral.com, spanning back to the inaugural tournament in 1998. Wuest passed away in March 2015 after succumbing to a two-year battle with colon cancer.

After Detroit captured its first-ever tournament title in September 2013, coached by new Red Wings head coach and then-Grand Rapids Griffins coach Jeff Blashill, the Blue Jackets return to Traverse City this year as reigning champions. A complete schedule can be found below. The Red Wings will release a finalized roster at a later date.

2015 NHL PROSPECTS TOURNAMENT
TRAVERSE CITY, MI – SEPTEMBER 11-15, 2015

GORDIE HOWE DIVISION TED LINDSAY DIVISION
Carolina Columbus
Chicago Minnesota
Dallas NY Rangers
Detroit St. Louis

Friday, September 11^th DAVID’S RINK WEST RINK
8:30-9:15 a.m. Minnesota NY Rangers
9:30-10:15 a.m. St. Louis Columbus
10:30-11:15 a.m. Chicago Dallas
11:30-12:15 p.m. Carolina Detroit

HOME VISITOR RINK
3:30 p.m. Minnesota vs. NY Rangers David’s
4:00 p.m. St. Louis vs. Columbus West
7:00 p.m. Chicago vs. Dallas David’s
7:30 p.m. Carolina vs. Detroit West

Saturday, September 12^th DAVID’S RINK WEST RINK
8:30-9:15 a.m. Dallas Carolina
9:30-10:15 a.m. Chicago Detroit
10:30-11:15 a.m. Minnesota Columbus
11:30-12:15 p.m. NY Rangers St. Louis

HOME VISITOR RINK
3:30 p.m. Dallas vs. Carolina David’s
4:00 p.m. Detroit vs. Chicago West
7:00 p.m. Columbus vs. Minnesota David’s
7:30 p.m. St. Louis vs. NY Rangers West

Sunday, September 13^th DAVID’S RINK WEST RINK
9:30-10:30 a.m. Carolina Dallas
10:45-11:45 a.m. Chicago Detroit
12:00 -1:00 p.m. Minnesota Columbus
1:15-2:15 p.m. St. Louis NY Rangers

Monday, September 14^th DAVID’S RINK WEST RINK
8:30-9:15 a.m. Minnesota St. Louis
9:30-10:15 a.m. NY Rangers Columbus
10:30-11:15 a.m. Carolina Chicago
11:30-12:15 p.m. Dallas Detroit

HOME VISITOR RINK
3:00 p.m. Minnesota vs. St. Louis David’s
3:30 p.m. NY Rangers vs. Columbus West
6:30 p.m. Carolina vs. Chicago David’s
7:00 p.m. Dallas vs. Detroit West

Tuesday, September 15^th DAVID’S RINK WEST RINK
10:00-10:45 a.m. 2^nd Lindsay 2^nd Howe
11:00-11:45 a.m. 1^st Howe 1^st Lindsay

HOME VISITOR RINK
3:00 p.m. 7^th place game 4^th Lindsay vs. 4^th Howe David’s
3:30 p.m. 5^th place game 3^rd Howe vs. 3^rd Lindsay West
6:30 p.m. 3^rd place game 2^nd Lindsay vs. 2^nd Howe David’s
7:00 p.m. Championship Game 1^st Howe vs. 1^st Lindsay West