First-round draft choice Joe Veleno is one of four Detroit Red Wings' draft picks who will compete in the World Junior Summer Showcase, which gets underway Friday and continues next week at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth.
The nine-day tournament features 11 international games with many of the best under-20 players representing four nations: the U.S., Canada, Finland and Sweden.
Veleno, a 6-1, 194-pound center who had 42 goals and 104 points for the Drummondville Voltigeurs last year, will play for Canada and will open the tourney against Team USA on Tuesday at 4 p.m.
Two of the other Detroit picks, goalie Jesper Eliasson and forward Jonatan Berggren, are with Team Sweden and will face the USA Blue team on Saturday at 4 p.