Once again, the Red Wings will be hosting the 2011 NHL Prospect Tournament in Traverse City this September. Each summer, the tournament boasts some of the finest incoming hockey talent and the organization released the roster that will be representing the Winged Wheel in a press release a few moments ago:

FORWARDS
14 Gustav Nyquist
28 Tomas Jurco (@Jurky13)
49 Andrej Nestrasil
50 Brooks Macek (@MaceALace)
53 Louis-Marc Aubry
57 Landon Ferraro
58 Nick Oslund* (rights are set to expire in a few days — more on that later)
60 Trevor Parkes (@TParkes19)
63 Joakim Andersson
64 Adam Estoclet*
65 Mitchell Callahan (@Emcy2four)
70 Willie Coetzee
71 Marek Tverdon
72 Zach Franko*
74 Alan Quine (@Quiner26)

DEFENSEMEN
2 Brendan Smith (@bssmith7)
25 Brian Lashoff
56 Bryan Rufenach* (rights are set to expire, like Oslund, on August 15th)
61 Xavier Ouellet
62 Ryan Sproul (@sproully93)
67 Gleason Fournier (@GleasonFournier)
73 Richard Nedomlel
75 Artem Sergeev*

GOALTENDERS
34 Petr Mrazek
68 Evan Mosher*
76 Ramis Sadikov*

*-denotes free agent tryout.

Of the 26 participants on the Wings’ roster, seven will be considered “tryouts,” as they are not official property of the Red Wings as of the September 10th tournament start date. Goaltender Ramis Sadikov is the only tryout that was not part of the strength and conditioning camp in mid-July. The Russian-born netminder has played the past two seasons in the OHL for the Erie Otters.

In addition to Sadikov, Joakim Andersson and Andrej Nestrasil will join the Red Wings for the week. They were not present at strength camp last month, and were likely overseas for the off-season.

If you’re interested in purchasing tickets to the tournament, which is four days of games and a day of practice in the middle, they’re available for purchase at CenterIce.org and run only $10 a day. Morning practices are free of charge. A full schedule of events follows:

Saturday, September 10

PRACTICE TIMES DAVID’S RINK HUNTINGTON RINK

8:30 – 9:15 AM                        Buffalo                                                   Minnesota

9:30 – 10:15 AM                     Carolina                                                Dallas

10:30 – 11:15 AM                   NY Rangers                                         St. Louis

11:30 – 12:15 PM                    Columbus                                             Detroit

GAME TIMES                           HOME                         VISITOR         RINK

3:30 PM                                  Minnesota       vs.       Buffalo             David’s

4:00 PM                                  Carolina           vs.       Dallas               Huntington

7:00 PM                                  NY Rangers    vs.       St. Louis         David’s

7:30 PM                                  Detroit              vs.       Columbus      Huntington

Sunday, September 11

PRACTICE TIMES DAVID’S RINK HUNTINGTON RINK

8:00 – 8:45 AM                    Buffalo                                                       Columbus

9:00 – 9:45 AM                    St. Louis                                                    Carolina

10:00 – 10:45 AM               Dallas                                                         NY Rangers

11:00 – 11:45 AM                Minnesota                                                Detroit

GAME TIMES                        HOME                          VISITOR            RINK

2:30 PM                                  Buffalo             vs.       Columbus         David’s

3:00 PM                                  St. Louis          vs.       Carolina            Huntington

6:00 PM                                  NY Rangers    vs.       Dallas                David’s

6:30 PM                                  Minnesota       vs.       Detroit               Huntington

Monday, September 12

PRACTICE TIMES DAVID’S RINK HUNTINGTON RINK

9:15 – 10:30 AM                  St. Louis                                                    Buffalo

10:45 – Noon                        Carolina                                                    Detroit

12:15 – 1:30 PM                   Columbus                                                 NY Rangers

1:45 – 3:00 PM                     Minnesota                                               Dallas

Tuesday, September 13

PRACTICE TIMES DAVID’S RINK HUNTINGTON RINK

8:30 – 9:15 AM                    NY Rangers                                             Carolina

9:30 – 10:15 AM                 Dallas                                                          St. Louis

10:30 – 11:15 AM               Columbus                                                 Minnesota

11:30 – 12:15 PM                Buffalo                                                       Detroit

GAME TIMES                       HOME                         VISITOR             RINK

3:00 PM                                  Carolina        vs.       NY Rangers      David’s

3:30 PM                                  Dallas              vs.       St. Louis            Huntington

6:30 PM                                  Columbus      vs.       Minnesota        David’s

7:00 PM                                  Detroit            vs.       Buffalo               Huntington

Wednesday, September 14

PRACTICE TIMES DAVID’S RINK HUNTINGTON RINK

10:00- 10:45 AM                 2^nd Howe                                             2^nd Gretzky

11:00 – 11:45 AM                  1^st Gretzky                                          1^st Howe

GAME TIMES                                                HOME                         VISITOR                     RINK

3:00 PM (7^th Place Game)                 4^th Howe         vs.       4^th Gretzky                  David’s

3:30 PM (5^th Place Game)                 3^rd Howe         vs.       3^rd Gretzky                  Huntington

6:30 PM (3^rd Place Game)                 2^nd Howe         vs.       2^nd Gretzky                David’s

7:00 PM (Championship Game)        1^st Howe          vs.       1^st Gretzky                  Huntington

The divisions are as follows:

HOWE DIVISION
Detroit Red Wings prospects
Buffalo Sabres prospects
Columbus Blue Jackets prospects
Minnesota Wild prospects

GRETZKY DIVISION
St. Louis Blues prospects
Dallas Stars prospects
New York Rangers prospects
Carolina Hurricanes prospects