The Devils roster includes 15 forwards, nine defensemen and three goaltenders. It features three of the Devils last four first-round picks- 2019 NHL Draft #1 overall, Jack Hughes, 2018 #17 overall Ty Smith, and 2016 #12 overall Michael McLeod. It also includes five players with NHL experience and 2017 second (Jesper Boqvist) and third (Fabian Zetterlund) round picks and 2016 second (Nathan Bastian) and third (Joey Anderson) round selections.

The New Jersey Devils today announced the roster for the Prospects Challenge from Sept. 6 to 9 at Harborcenter in Buffalo. New Jersey will join the Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins in a round-robin challenge featuring prospects from each team.

NEW JERSEY DEVILS 2018 PROSPECTS CHALLENGE ROSTER

# FORWARD (15) POS HT WT S BIRTHPLACE BIRTHDATE

14 Anderson, Joey F 6'0" 195 R Roseville, Minnesota June 19, 1998

42 Bastian, Nathan F 6'4" 205 R Kitchener, Ontario Dec. 6, 1997

90 Boqvist, Jesper F 6'0" 180 L Falun, Sweden Oct. 30, 1998

92 Clarke, Graeme F 6'0" 175 R Ottawa, Ontario Apr. 24, 2001

51 Gignac, Brandon F 5'11" 180 L Repentigny, Quebec Nov. 7, 1997

57 Hoelscher, Mitchell F 5'11" 165 L Waterloo, Ontario Jan. 27, 2000

86 Hughes, Jack F 5'10" 170 L Orlando, Florida May 14, 2001

74 Larson, Ludvig F 6'0" 190 L Malmo, Sweden Oct. 2, 1995

73 Maltsev, Mikhail F 6'3" 200 L St. Petersburg, Russia Mar. 12, 1998

41 McLeod, Michael F 6'2" 195 R Mississauga, Ontario Feb. 3, 1998

70 Popugaev, Nikita F 6'6" 200 R Moskva, Russia Nov. 20, 1998

53 Sharangovich, Yegor F 6'2" 195 L Minsk, Belarus June 6, 1998

46 Speers, Blake F 5'11" 185 R Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Jan 2. 1997

67 Studenic, Marian F 6'0" 165 L Holic, Slovakia Oct. 28, 1998

59 Zetterlund, Fabian F 5'11" 195 R Karlstad, Sweden Aug. 25, 1999

# DEFENSE (9) POS HT WT S BIRTHPLACE BIRTHDATE

62 Bernard, Xavier D 6'3" 210 L Mercier, Quebec Jan. 6, 2000

83 Canade, Nicholas D 5'9" 160 L Mississauga, Ontario Mar. 7, 2000

75 Groleau, Jeremy D 6'3" 195 L St. Nicolas, Quebec Oct. 25, 1999

78 King, Noah D 6'4" 220 L Winnipeg, Manitoba Jul. 2, 1999

82 Okhotyuk, Nikita D 6'1" 195 L Chelyabinsk, Russia Dec. 4, 2000

71 Sissons, Colby D 6'2" 190 L Edmonton, Alberta Jan. 15, 1998

24 Smith, Ty D 5'10" 175 L Lloydminster, Alberta March 24, 2000

81 Vukojevic, Michael D 6'3" 210 L Oakville, Ontario June 8, 2001

2 White, Colton D 6'1" 195 L London, Ontario May 3, 1997

# GOALTENDER (3) POS HT WT C BIRTHPLACE BIRTHDATE

50 Cormier, Evan G 6'3" 205 L Bowmanville, Ontario Nov. 6, 1997

33 Schmid, Akira G 6'4" 165 L Nesslau, Switzerland May 12, 2000

31 Senn, Gilles G 6'1" 205 L Visp, Switzerland Mar. 1, 1996





Tickets for the games are $10 Fans can purchase tickets in person at the KeyBank Center Box Office, by phone at 1-888-223-6000 or online at Sabres.com (click here).

If you can't make it in person, all Devils games will be streamed live right here at NewJerseyDevils.com.

A full game schedule for the Prospects Challenge is below:



Friday, Sept. 6

• Pittsburgh vs. Boston, 3:30 p.m.

• Buffalo vs. New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 7

• New Jersey vs. Pittsburgh, 3:30 p.m.

• Buffalo vs. Boston, 7 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 9

• Boston vs. New Jersey, 9:30 a.m.

• Buffalo vs. Pittsburgh, 12:30 p.m.