Penticton Young Stars Classic hockey tournament tickets go on sale

Single game tickets for the Young Stars Classic hockey tournament go on sale on Friday. The round robin tournament featuring National Hockey League stars of tomorrow is again at the South Okanagan events centre in Penticton from Friday, Sept. 13 to Monday, Sept. 16. Tickets are available for purchase on Aug. 16 at 10 a.m. This annual event allows top prospects from four teams, the Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers and Winnipeg Jets to play against each other. Past players in the tournament include current superstars Elias Pettersson, Arturs Šilovs, Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, Rasmus Andersson, Dustin Wolf, Nikolaj Ehlers and Cole Perfetti who have played in this tournament before. That could be the futures of Vancouver's Sawyer Mynio (third round, 89th overall, 2023), Jonathan Lekkerimäki (first round, 15th overall, 2022) or Elias Pettersson (third round, 80th overall, 2022) or Calgary's Zayne Parekh (first round, ninth overall, 2024), Matvei Gridin (first round, 28th overall, 2024) and Samuel Honzek (first round, 16th overall, 2023). Edmonton is icing Sam O’Reilly (first round, 32nd overall, 2024), Beau Akey (second round, 56th overall, 2023) and Matt Savoie (first round, ninth overall, 2022) while Winnipeg will include Colby Barlow (first round, 18th overall, 2023), Brad Lambert (first round, 30th overall, 2022) and Thomas Milic (fifth round, 151st overall, 2023). Single game tickets will start at $26 for adults and $15 for children aged 12 and under. Double header packages for both NHL games are available for purchase for $35 for the Friday and Monday games. Vancouver and Abbotsford Canuck season ticket members and SOEC Cyber Club Members are eligible for presale tickets for this weekend long event. There are six games taking place during the September weekend spectators can watch. The event will also host the annual party on the plaza and the minor hockey skills and referee clinics throughout the duration of the weekend. All orders for single game tickets can be placed online at her https://valleyfirsttix.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetGroupList?groupCode=GS&linkID=global-penticton&shopperContext=&caller=&appCode= e or at the Valley First Box Office at the South Okanagan Events Centre. To contact a reporter for this story, email Bailey Zimmer mailto:bzimmer@infonews.ca  or call 250-808-0143 or email the editor mailto:news@infonews.ca . You can also submit photos, videos or news tips to the newsroom mailto:tips@infonews.ca  and be entered to win a monthly prize draw. We welcome your comments and opinions on our stories but play nice. We won't censor or delete comments unless they contain off-topic statements or links, unnecessary vulgarity, false facts, spam or obviously fake profiles. If you have any concerns about what you see in comments, email the editor in the link above. SUBSCRIBE to our awesome newsletter here https://infotel.ca/newsletter .