NHL Prospects Playing in the 2012 Memorial Cup

 The 2012 MasterCard Memorial Cup begins this Friday, and four extremely competitive teams will battle for Canada's greatest prize again this year, as usual. Qualifying for a chance to compete for glory were the WHL Champions, the Edmonton Oil Kings, the OHL Champions, the London Knights, back-to-back QMJHL Champs and defending Memorial Cup Champions, the Saint John Sea Dogs, and the host team from the Q, Shawinigan Cataractes.
 Now, the Memorial Cup's televised games have always garnered a huge following north of the border, but many hockey fans that reside in cities outside of junior hockey territory often find themselves somewhat disinterested as a result of no rooting interests. Well, the Hart of Hockey has compiled a list of all the players on every Memorial Cup team's roster that shows every player who belongs to an NHL team, as well as every player who is draft eligible for the first time.
 Take a look and see if your team has any prospects invested in winning a Memorial Cup this year and see this summer's draftees try to further prove to scouts why they deserve to be wearing an NHL sweater competing for a different Cup some day...

EDMONTON OIL KINGS
FORWARDS:
Henrik Samuelsson (2012 draft eligible)*
Michael St. Croix (New York Rangers)
Travis Ewanyk (Edmonton Oilers)
Tristian Sieben (2012 draft eligible)
Kristians Pelss (Edmonton Oilers)
Mitchell Moroz (2012 draft eligible)
DEFENCEMEN:
Cody Corbett (2012 draft eligible)
Martin Gernat (Edmonton Oilers)
Keegan Lowe (Carolina Hurricanes)
Mark Pysyk (Buffalo Sabres)
Griffin Reinhart (2012 draft eligible)*
Ashton Sautner (2012 draft eligible)
GOALIES:
Laurent Brossoit (Calgary Flames)

LONDON KNIGHTS
FORWARDS:
Josh Anderson (2012 draft eligible)
Andreas Athanasiou (2012 draft eligible)*
Jared Knight (Boston Bruins)
Gregory McKegg (Toronto Maple Leafs)
Vladislav Namestikov (Tampa Bay Lightning)
Matt Rupert (2012 draft eligible)
Ryan Rupert (2012 draft eligible)
Chris Tierney (2012 draft eligible)
Austin Watson (Nashville Predators)
Brett Welychka (2012 draft eligible)
DEFENCEMEN:
Scott Harrington (Pittsburgh Penguins)
Olli Määtä (2012 draft eligible)*
Jarred Tinordi (Montréal Canadiens)
GOALIES:
Michael Houser (2010 draft eligible)**

SAINT JOHN SEA DOGS
FORWARDS:
Charlie Coyle (Minnesota Wild)
Stanislav Galiev (Washington Capitals)
Danick Gauthier (Tampa Bay Lightning)
Jonathan Huberdeau (Florida Panthers)
Tomas Jurco (Detroit Red Wings)
Stephen MacAulay (St. Louis Blues)
Devon Oliver-Dares (2012 draft eligible)
Zack Phillips (Minnesota Wild)
Ryan Tesinik (St. Louis Blues)
DEFENCEMEN:
Nathan Beaulieau (Montréal Canadiens)
Charles-Olivier Roussel (Nashville Predators)
GOALIES:
Mathieu Corbeil (Columbus Blue Jackets)

SHAWINIGAN CATARACTES
FORWARDS:
Félix-Anotine Bergeron (2012 draft eligible)
Michaël Bournival (Montréal Canadiens)
Michael Chaput (Columbus Blue Jackets)
Alexandre Grandmaison (2012 draft eligible)
Justin Haché (2012 draft eligible)
Kirill Kabanov (New York Islanders)
Yannick Veilleux (St. Louis Blues)
DEFENCEMEN:
Dillon Donnelly (Colorado Avalanche)
Morgan Ellis (Montréal Canadiens)
Brandon Gormley (Phoenix Coyotes)
Jonathan Narbonne (Philadelphia Flyers)
Jonathan Racine (Florida Panthers)
GOALIES:
Alex Dubeau (2012 draft eligible)

* = ranked in the Top 50 of the International Scouting Services' May rankings
**= although Michael Houser was passed over twice in the draft, he is currently ranked as the 16th best North American goalie in Central Scouting's final rankings, and was named the OHL's Most Outstanding Player for the 2011-12 season