VANCOUVER, BC - MARCH 30: Vancouver Canucks Defenceman Quinn Hughes (43) skates up ice during their NHL game against the Dallas Stars at Rogers Arena on March 30, 2019 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Vancouver won 3-2 in a shootout. (Photo by Derek Cain/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

The Vancouver Canucks are opening their prospect training camp to fans, giving this passionate fanbase a chance to see the next wave of youth in person.

What are you doing this weekend Vancouver Canucks fans? If you don’t have anything going on between 11AM-12PM, be sure to head over to Gate 10 at Rogers Arena to watch players such as 2016 first-round pick Olli Juolevi, 2018 first rounder Quinn Hughes, along with many more talented young prospects.

The Canucks announced the full list of prospects expected to take part in their 2019 prospects training camp a couple of days ago on Twitter. You can view the full list of players who are expected to be there here.

In past years, the Canucks have held a “Summer Showdown” game in which their prospects compete against one another at the end of development camp. Since the draft was held in Vancouver this year, the Canucks had their development camp earlier than they did in past years and elected to not have a scrimmage that was open to the public.

In a fan base as passionate as this one, many fans pay close attention to what the Canucks prospects are doing and how they’re developing in their respective leagues, even the ones whose games are played at 3 AM. This is a great opportunity for fans to get a closer look at these prospects in person.

Did I mention it’s free? That’s right, all you have to do to enter is go to Gate 10 between 11AM-12PM this Saturday or Sunday. As per the Canucks’ Twitter account, the parking garage will be closed, so they are encouraging fans to use TransLink to get to the game because we all know how hard parking downtown can be.

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It will be interesting to see what kind of turnout the free event gets. In past years at the Summer Showdown games, the upper bowl was almost empty and the lower bowl was almost full. Then again, tickets were about five dollars, and people do love free stuff. It’s been a long offseason, and now is fans chance to finally watch some Canucks hockey!