Lammers to play for Team Cherry
Published on January 19, 2004 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Lethbridge Hurricanes News Release
Toronto - The Canadian Hockey League today announced the team rosters for the 2004 Home Hardware CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game, which will be held on Wednesday January 21 at the John Labatt Centre in London.
The game will showcase 40 of the CHL's top players that are eligible for selection in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft that will be held in Raleigh, N.C. on June 26 and 27. The players were selected by the National Hockey League's 30 teams.
More than 300 players have suited up in the Home Hardware CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game and gone on to be selected in the NHL Entry Draft, including all 40 players who played in the game last year. The game has featured five players who were the first overall picks in the NHL Entry Draft - Chris Phillips (1996), Joe Thornton (1997), Vincent Lecavalier (1998), Rick Nash (2002) and Marc-Andre Fleury (2003)
The 2004 Home Hardware CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game will be broadcast live across Canada on Rogers Sportsnet and RDS. The event will also feature a skills competition on Tuesday January 20 at the John Labatt Centre.
The coaches for the 2004 Home Hardware CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game will be Don Cherry and Bobby Orr, who have been behind the benches for the previous seven of eight games. Orr won three straight games from 1999-2001 and leads the series 4-3. Team Cherry won last year's game in Kitchener.
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