The Saint John Sea Dogs forward has been added to the roster for the 2024 Kubota CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game, which is scheduled for Wednesday, January 24, at the Avenir Centre in Moncton. This information was released by the Canadian Hockey League today.
With 15 goals and 15 assists for 30 points in 30 games played, Mateiko, who is in his second season in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League, is scoring goals at a rate of one per game. At the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship in Gothenburg, Sweden, the six-foot-five, 210-pound forward played for Latvia and scored one goal in five games.
As previously disclosed in December, Mike Kelly and Gerard Gallant, two former Saint John Sea Dogs coaches, will lead Team White and Team Red as honorary coaches, respectively.
The goal of the 2024 Kubota CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game is to boost the draft stock of the top 40 prospects in the CHL in front of hundreds of NHL scouts and thousands of fans in Moncton. The NHL Draft is scheduled to take place in Las Vegas, Nevada, on June 28 and 29 of that year. The Kubota CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game, which will take place this year, will be the 28th iteration of this showcase and the first to ever be held in the province of New Brunswick.
The 2024 Kubota CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game airs live from the Avenir Centre on TSN, TSN.ca, the TSN App, RDS and RDS.ca on Wednesday, January 24 starting at 6:30 p.m. ET / 3:30 p.m. PT.
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