They’re back!

After months without Calgary Flames hockey, the club will kick off their annual prospects training camp next weekend! After players report and do their usual fitness check-ins with Flames staff, the meat of the camp will be a pair of games with the Edmonton Oilers prospects! This pair of games replaces the annual Penticton Young Stars tournament, which isn’t being held this season.

They’ll be in Edmonton next Friday (Sept. 12) for a game in Rogers Place (7 p.m. MT start), followed by a Sunday (Sept. 14) rematch at the Scotiabank Saddledome (4 p.m. MT). Tickets for both games are available at Ticketmaster – the game in Edmonton is general admission at $25, while the Calgary game is $10 and you get an assigned seat – and the Flames will be streaming both games on their various platforms for those that can’t be there in-person.

Here’s a snapshot of the 25 players that will be attending prospects training camp!

For the first time in awhile, the Flames will bring three goalies to prospect camp who, combined, have played zero professional games. Say and Sergeev are entering the first year of their entry-level deals, while Switzer is in on a try-out and headed back to the Dub.

This is a really unique group. It features three of the most highly-regarded prospects in the system in Parekh, Brzustewicz and Morin. There’s also Hurtig, who’s a really unique project in the system based on his size, smarts and defensive acumen. In a bit of a surprise, Phillips’ gap season before college involves attending an NHL camp! And after a good showing at the end of the season on an AHL try-out, Mack is back!

Alain, Bondar and Skvortsov are in on try-outs. It’s atypical to have nine defenders available for two games, but it does make sense when you consider that Parekh and Brzustewicz could be playing a lot of hockey this season and having some players around to spell them off in the earliest part of training camp could be a good idea.

The blueline group is star-studded. The forward group arguably is a bit learner on the tippity-top prospects – 2025 first-rounders Reschny and Potter are at school, for instance – but you’ll get to see Basha, Battaglia, Gridin, Honzek, King and Suniev, all of which are prospects you should keep an eye on.

They’re joined by three try-outs in Brisson, Lavigne and McCann. Silye and Wilkie, both signed to AHL deals for this coming season, will also be part of this camp.

All-in-all: a dozen Flames-drafted prospects will be at prospects training camp, with seven of the top 10 prospects from our recent summer rankings in attendance.

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