We’ have some hockey today! The Florida Panthers will face the Nashville Predators this afternoon at the 2024 NHL Rookie Showcase at Ford Ice Center Bellevue in Nashville, Tennessee. The rookie tournament game will start at 3 p.m. and will be streamed on floridapanthers.com.
These are players the players that traveled to Nashville.
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
Panthers prospect Stepan Gorbunov centered the first line and was held off the score sheet Chelyabinsk Belye Mevedi’s 3-0 loss to Omskie Yastreby in action from Russia’s MHL on Thursday. Gorbunov was selected in the sixth round (169th overall) of the 2024 NHL Entry Draft.
In Sportsnet’s latest Power Rankings, the Panthers were placed fourth behind the Edmonton Oilers, Dallas Stars and New York Rangers with Ryan Dixon having this to say about the Cats:
Two straight trips to the final will likely take a toll in the regular season, but we know Florida is filled with scrappy skill. The Cats will be there, battling to hang another banner when it’s all said and done.