The Florida Panthers have announced its 29-man roster for the 2024 NHL Rookie Showcase at Ford Ice Center Bellevue in Nashville, Tennessee. The event will run from September 13 to September 16 and will feature the host Nashville Predators, Carolina Hurricanes and Tampa Bay as well as the Kiddie Cats.
Forwards (18): Wilmer Skoog (32), Marcus Nguyen (47)*, Krzysztof Macias (48)*, Josh Davies (56), Gracyn Sawchyn (59), Riese Gaber (63)*, Ben Steeves (73), Ryan McAllister (76), Jay O’Brien (80)*, Nicholas Zabaneh (82)*, Oliver Okuliar (83), Liam Arnsby (84), Hunter St. Martin (85), Kenta Isogai (86)*, Riley Hughes (89)*, Jamie Anderson (91)*, Sandis Vilmanis (95), Kai Schwindt (97)
Defense (7): Michael Benning (20), Marek Alscher (51), Evan Nause (52), Maxim Dirracolo (81)*, Keaton Pherson (90)*, Mikulas Hovorka (96), Andre Anania (98)*
Goalies (4): Mack Guzda (29), Cooper Black (31), Jan Spunar (41)*, Lukas Matecha (50)*
(*) camp Invite
Out of the players that aren’t Panthers property Nguyen, Macias, Gaber, Zabaneh, Pherson, Anania. Spunar and Matecha attended development camp in Fort Lauderdale back in July.
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Matvei Shuravin played on the first defense pairing with Maxim Venskel and collected an assist in Krasnaya Armiya’s 4-3 overtime win over Krylya Sovetov in action from Russia’s MHL. Shuravin drew the secondary helper on Nikita Ovcharov’s second period goal. The 18-year-old was chosen in the third round (97th overall) of the 2024 NHL Entry Draft. He has two assists in two games this season.