Sabres Prospects Showing Off At Scrimmage

The Buffalo Sabres finished off their five-day Development Camp with a three-team, three-on-three scrimmage at the HarborCenter on Thursday, showing off the offensive talents of the club’s top prospects from the last three drafts.

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2023 first-rounder Zach Benson scored twice, as his Team Robert squad went 3-1 to win the tournament. Other prospects who impressed were 2023 second-rounder Anton Wahlberg, 2022 sixth-rounder Jake Richard, seventh-rounder Joel Ratkovic-Berndtsson, and Russian forwards Nikita Novikov and Viktor Neuchev.

Richard flashed some impressive stickhandling and scored three times, as did Ratkovic-Berndtsson, while Novikov and Neuchev each scored twice.

Round Robin 

Team Martin vs. Team Perreault

Martin wins 3-2 in a shootout

Martin – Olivier Nadeau, Chris Jandric

Perreault – Richard (2)

Stiven Sardarian with the shootout goal for Martin

Team Martin vs. Team Robert

Robert wins 3 – 2 

Martin – Gustav Karlsson, Gavin McCarthy

Robert – Ratkovic-Berndtsson (2), Novikov

Team Perreault vs. Team Robert

Perreault wins 3-1

Perreault – Kisakov (2), Lawson Sherk

Robert – Novikov

Team Martin takes on Team Robert next!

The winner will face Team Perreault in the championship.

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Semi-Final: Team Martin vs. Team Robert 

Robert Wins 3-1

Martin – Wahlberg

Robert – Viljami Marjala, Ratkovic-Berndtsson, Benson

Final: Team Robert vs. Team Perreault

Robert – Marjala(2), Novikov, Neuchev(2), Benson

Perreault – Matteo Costantini(2), Ryan Johnson, Richard