Banquet to feature Top Prospects jersey auction

The North American Hockey League announced today that it will hold a silent auction for a North, South and Central Division team-autographed jersey from this year’s Top Prospects Tournament at next week’s Robertson Cup Championship Tournament banquet.

The banquet will be held on Tuesday, April 29 at the Doubletree Hotel and Conference Center in Chesterfield, Mo., and begin at 6:30 p.m. CST. 

Tickets for the banquet are available for purchase for $40 and can be reserved by contacting Kim Cannon at the St. Louis Bandits office by phone: (636) 536-4882; or e-mail: kcannon@stlbandits.com.

The bid for each of the three jerseys, which were designed and manufactured by OT Sports, will start at $200.  The auction will open at 6:30 p.m. and close at 9 p.m.

The NAHL Top Prospects Tournament featured all-star teams from the NAHL's Central, North and South Divisions, as well as a team from the U.S. National Team Development Program, competing in a three-game, round-robin tournament from February 17-19 at the Ice Cube in Ann Arbor, Mich.

For more information on the Robertson Cup Championship Tournament, visit RobertsonCup.com.

The oldest and largest junior league in the United States, the North American Hockey League, a USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier II Junior A league boasting 18 teams from across the country, including the esteemed USA Hockey National Team Development Program, prides itself on the social maturity and skill development of student-athletes ages 16-20 with aspirations of advancing to collegiate and/or professional hockey.