Version No. 4 of the NHL Rookie Faceoff kicks off today in San Jose, after previously being hosted by the Golden Knights, Ducks, and Coyotes. In addition to featuring nine games this weekend stacked with NHL prospects, the Sharks organization will be showing off their brand new 4,000 seat AHL arena. Next year’s event will be hosted by the Kings, at a remodeled Toyota Sports Performance Center.
2022 ROOKIE FACEOFF SCHEDULE
Friday, September 16
Los Angeles Kings vs. Colorado Avalanche (2:00 pm)
Vegas Golden Knights vs. Arizona Coyotes (4:30 pm)
Anaheim Ducks vs. San Jose Sharks (7:00 pm)
Saturday, September 17
Kings vs. Golden Knights (2:00 pm)
Ducks vs. Coyotes (4:30 pm)
Avalanche vs. Sharks (7:00 pm)
Sunday, September 18
Off day for all teams
Monday, September 19
Coyotes vs. Avalanche (10:00 am)
Ducks vs. Golden Knights (12:30 pm)
Kings vs. Sharks (3:00 pm)
LA KINGS ROOKIE FACEOFF ROSTER
Forwards
Eric Alarie – camp invitee
Quinton Byfield – 2020 first round Draft pick
Martin Chromiak – 2020 Draft pick
Riley Fiddler-Schultz – camp invitee
Samuel Helenius – 2021 Draft pick, first year pro
Aatu Jamsen – 2020 Draft pick
Brett Kemp – camp invitee, Ontario Reign
Kaleb Lawrence – 2022 Draft pick
Andre Lee – 2019 Draft pick, first year pro
Tyler Madden – 2019 Draft pick
Justin Nachbaur – camp invitee
Francesco Pinelli – 2021 Draft pick
Bennet Rossmy – camp invitee from Germany
James Stefan – camp invitee
Akil Thomas – 2018 Draft pick
Alex Turcotte – rostered, yet not cleared to play, did not travel with team
Taylor Ward – camp invitee, Ontario Reign
Defensemen
Angus Booth – 2022 Draft pick
Brandt Clarke – 2021 first round Draft pick
Helge Grans – 2020 Draft pick
Tyler Inamoto – camp invitee, Ontario Reign
Landon Kosior – camp invitee
Marc Lajoie – camp invitee
Kim Nousiainen – 2019 Draft pick
Jordan Spence – 2019 Draft pick
Cameron Supryka – camp invitee
Goaltenders
David Hrenak – 2018 Draft pick, first year pro
Jacob Ingham – 2018 Draft pick
A full roster, with detailed stats and information, can be found LAK2022rookie.
NOTE: College bound prospects like Jack Hughes (Northeastern), Kenny Connors (UMass), Jared Wright (Denver), Jack Sparkes (Michigan State), etc. are not eligible for Rookie Camp or the tournament.
NHL ROOKIE FACEOFF STREAM INFO
All games will be available tomorrow watch via a free stream. There will be a different stream for each game and the link will be posted approximately 10 minutes before the specific game begins.
Friday / LAK Game 1 stream available here
Bonus: Game 1 live box score
Saturday / LAK Game 2 stream available here
Bonus: Game 2 live box score
Monday / LAK Game 3 stream available here
Monday live box score
PAST PERFORMANCE
2018 Rookie Faceoff
(inaugural event in Vegas)ANA 3-0
SJS & VGK 2-1
AZ & COL 1-2
LA Kings 0-32019 #RookieFaceoff
SJ 3-0
ANA & AZ 2-1
LA Kings 1-2
COL 1-2
VGK 0-32021 after 2 games…
LA Kings 2-0
AZ, ANA, COL, SJ 1-1
VGK 0-2LA vs VGK tomorrow 11am
ANA v AZ
SJ v COL— The Mayor | Team MM (@mayorNHL) September 20, 2021
Last year, the Kings ended up finishing with a record of 2-1 at the Rookie Faceoff, picking up wins over the Avalanche and Coyotes. They dropped their final game vs. the Golden Knights.
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Where’s the link to watch the stream?
Is Byfield using a longer stick yet?