Moose at NHL Rookie Camps

Somehow we are in September already which means the National Hockey League season will start soon but first teams must go through rookie camps. There will be six current Halifax Mooseheads players looking to show their chops to the professional clubs next week along with a few alumnus. 

Veteran Zachary L'Heureux, who was selected in the first round of the 2021 NHL draft, will be joined by goaltender Brady James at the Nashville Predators camp. James received a free agent invitation earlier in the summer by the Preds. Both players will leave on Tuesday. Second year forward Robert Orr will leave Halifax to head to Carolina Hurricanes camp on Sunday after being drafted by the team back in July. All three players will most likely be participating in the 2021 NHL Prospect Showcase from Sept. 18-21 which is hosted by the Tampa Bay Lightning. The hosts have invited Herd alum Antoine Morand to their rookie camp. 

Below is the schedule for the 4 team tournament. 
Sept. 18   Carolina vs. Florida   10 a.m.
                Tampa Bay vs. Nashville   1 p.m.
Sept. 19   Nashville vs. Florida   10 a.m.
                Carolina vs. Tampa Bay   1 p.m.
Sept. 21   Nashville vs. Carolina   10 a.m.
                Florida vs. Tampa Bay   1 p.m.

Photo - NHL website

As mentioned in a previous post, 19-year-old Senna Peeters received an invite to Arizona Coyotes rookie camp. The Coyotes will host the Arizona Rookie Faceoff tournament from Sept. 16-20 which features six teams in total. The tournament is set to feature two former Mooseheads players as well as Benoit-Olivier Groulx and Justin Barron will suit up for the Anaheim Ducks and Colorado Avalanche respectively. 

Sept. 17   3 p.m. - Los Angeles at Colorado
                5 p.m. - San Jose at Anaheim
                7:30 p.m. - Vegas at Arizona
Sept. 19   2 p.m. - Vegas at San Jose
                4 p.m. - Colorado at Anaheim
                6:30 p.m. - Los Angeles at Arizona
Sept. 20   9 a.m. - San Jose at Colorado 
                11 a.m. - Los Angles at Vegas
                12 p.m. - Anaheim at Arizona 

Other current and Mooseheads alumni attending rookie camps include
Cameron Whynot (CAL 2021) - Calgary Flames
Elliot Desnoyers (PHI 2021) - Philadelphia Flyers
Raphael Lavoie (EDM 2018) - Edmonton Oilers
Jared McIsaac (DET 2020) - Detroit Red Wings
Ostap Safin (EDM 2017) - Edmonton Oilers

More former players could be invited to camps but not every team has announced their rosters yet so keep looking back to my social media for updates.