The 2022-23 NHL season is just a slapshot away and Upper Deck has already gotten in on the action. The Upper Deck team traveled to Arlington, VA to put on the 2022 Upper Deck Rookie Showcase alongside the NHL Players Association. The event took place at MedStar Capitals IcePlex, the home and training facility of the NHL’s Washington Capitals. Get a behind the scenes look at all the action here.
Samuel Fagemo, Dylan Holloway, Brandt Clarke
Jakob Pelletier & Connor Zary
Yaroslav Askarov
Brendan Brisson, Owen Power, Matty Beniers, Thomas Bordeleau
The event took place over the course of two days, Sep. 5-6, with 29 of the league’s top prospects in attendance such as first overall draft picks Owen Power and Juraj Slafkovsky, and Upper Deck spokesman, Shane Wright. See below for the full list of players who attended. The Rookie Showcase is an opportunity for Upper Deck to collect autographs and take high-end photos for upcoming product, while also capturing engaging video footage for social media. Follow @UpperDeckSports on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook to keep up with all the latest features!
Juraj Slafkovsky
Matt Boldy
Owen Power
Shane Wright
The two-day event was closed out with a friendly pick-up game, which the players decided would be team bright colors vs. team dark colors. Seattle’s Matty Beniers scored two goals. The game was settled in a shootout with Edmonton’s Dylan Holloway netting the “game winning” goal.
Players take part in a friendly pick up game at 2022 Rookie Showcase. [pictured left to right: Simon Edvinsson, Mavrik Bourque, Hendrix Lapierre, Jakob Pelletier, Lukas Reichel, Connor Zary]
Keep an eye out for your favorite future watches in upcoming Upper Deck product. Out of the 29 players who attended this year’s Showcase, 12 will have Young Guns cards in 2022-23 Series One. View the full UD1 Young Guns checklist here.
Full list of players in attendance:
- Braden Schneider – New York Rangers
- Brandt Clarke – Los Angeles Kings
- Brendan Brisson – Vegas Golden Knights
- Connor Zary – Calgary Flames
- Dylan Guenther – Arizona Coyotes
- Dylan Holloway – Edmonton Oilers
- Fabian Lysell – Boston Bruins
- Graeme Clarke – New Jersey Devils
- Hendrix Lapierre – Washington Capitals
- Iaroslav Askarov – Nashville Predators
- Jack Quinn – Buffalo Sabres
- Jacob Perreault – Anaheim Ducks
- Jake Sanderson – Ottawa Senators
- Jakob Pelletier – Calgary Flames
- Juraj Slafkovsky – Montreal Canadiens
- Lukas Dostal – Anaheim Ducks
- Lukas Reichel – Chicago Blackhawks
- Marco Rossi – Minnesota Wild
- Matt Boldy – Minnesota Wild
- Matty Beniers – Seattle Kraken
- Mavrik Bourque – Dallas Stars
- Owen Power – Buffalo Sabres
- Ryan Suzuki – Carolina Hurricanes
- Samuel Fagemo – Los Angeles Kings
- Samuel Poulin – Pittsburgh Penguins
- Shane Wright – Seattle Kraken
- Simon Edvinsson – Detroit Red Wings
- Thomas Bordeleau – San Jose Sharks
