Oilers rookies: 5 prospects to watch at Penticton Young Stars Classic [Video]

The fruit harvest in British Columbia’s Okanagan is usually very much over (not much of one this year, though), but hockey players on their journey to the professional ranks will further ripen there starting Friday night.

At Penticton’s South Okanagan Events Centre starting at 8:30 p.m. MT, a rookie squad of Edmonton Oilers prospects and hopefuls is slated to face off against host counterparts from the Vancouver Canucks.

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The annual prospects showcase typically features players from the National Hockey League’s organizations from western Canada: the Oilers, the Canucks, the Calgary Flames and the Winnipeg Jets.

The Oilers rookies will play the Flames rooks on Saturday and the Jets’ ones on Monday morning. All Oilers rookie games will be livestreamed by the team on their online subscription site.

Here are five Oilers players to watch in the tourney: