See Mitch Marner, Jeremy Bracco and four other Leafs prospects at the NJEC this week. The games are available on TSN, online—or by road tripping to Plymouth, Michigan.
What is it?
The NJEC is an annual tournament organized by USA Hockey to evaluate their junior team prospects ahead of the coming season. This is their long list for next year's World Junior Championship.
To accomplish this they start with a split squad of USA players, Team White and Team Blue, who play each other. Next, they add in Team Finland and Team Sweden, trim the USA roster to a single team, and finally, Team Canada rolls across the border to join in.