Want to get your hands on the first cards of Connor Bedard or Kevin Korchinski in a Blackhawks’ sweater? It sounds like they’ll be getting some photos taken next week for that purpose.
Bedard and Korchinski, the Blackhawks’ top pick in the last two NHL drafts, are reportedly among the 35 prospects invited to the 13th annual National Hockey League Players’ Association Rookie Showcase on September 5 at MedStar Capitals Iceplex in Arlington, Virginia. The goal of the event is to allow Upper Deck “to gather content of many of the game’s top young prospects and rookies in their respective NHL team jerseys to be used for upcoming trading cards and related promotional materials.”
Lukas Reichel represented the Blackhawks at the event .
Upper Deck an exclusive a𝐆utographed trading card deไal with Bedard at the end of July.
Here’s the complete list of 35 participants in the event:
Leo Carlsson (Anaheim Ducks)
Pavel Mintyukov (Anaheim Ducks)
Logan Cooley (Arizona Coyotes)
Conor Geekie (Arizona Coyotes)
Matthew Savoie (Buffalo Sabres)
Matthew Coronato (Calgary Flames)
Dustin Wolf (Calgary Flames)
Connor Bedard (Chicago Blackhawks)
Kevin Korchinski (Chicago Blackhawks)
Adam Fantilli (Columbus Blue Jackets)
Denton Mateychuk (Columbus Blue Jackets)
Stanislav Svozil (Columbus Blue Jackets)
Logan Stankoven (Dallas Stars)
Sebastian Cossa (Detroit Red Wings)
Marco Kasper (Detroit Red Wings)
Xavier Bourgault (Edmonton Oilers)
Brock Faber (Minnesota Wild)
Jesper Wallstedt (Minnesota Wild)
Owen Beck (Montreal Canadiens)
Sean Farrell (Montreal Canadiens)
Filip Mesar (Montreal Canadiens)
Luke Evangelista (Nashville Predators)
William Dufour (New York Islanders)
Will Cuylle (New York Rangers)
Brennan Othmann (New York Rangers)
Tyler Boucher (Ottawa Senators)
Ridly Greig (Ottawa Senators)
Tyson Foerster (Philadelphia Flyers)
Ozzy Wiesblatt (San Jose Sharks)
Ryker Evans (Seattle Kraken)
Tye Kartye (Seattle Kraken)
Zachary Bolduc (St. Louis Blues)
Zach Dean (St. Louis Blues)
Matthew Knies (Toronto Maple Leafs)
Vincent Iorio (Washington Capitals)
