| Kubota CHL/USA Prospects Challenge | |
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| Date(s) | November, annually |
| Country | Canada |
| Inaugurated | 1992 |
| Activity | Ice hockey |
| Organised by | Canadian Hockey League |
| Sponsors | Kubota (since 2020) Sherwin-Williams (2017–2019) Bank of Montreal (2014–2016) Home Hardware (2000–2013) |
| Website | kubotatopprospects |
The CHL/USA Prospects Challenge is an annual event in which forty of the top NHL Entry Draft eligible prospects in the Canadian Hockey League play against each other in all-star games. Players are visible to National Hockey League scouts and general managers attending. Each team is led by a celebrity coach, with Don Cherry and Bobby Orr as frequent coaches.
From 1992 to 1995 the event was known as the CHL All–Star Challenge, between the three constituent leagues of the CHL. In 1996, the Canadian Hockey League entered into a partnership with the National Hockey League to create a prospects game, known as the CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game.[1] Rosters for the event are chosen in conjunction with the NHL's central scouting and general managers.[2] The CHL announced Home Hardware as the corporate title sponsor of the event starting in 2000,[1] followed by Bank of Montreal (BMO) in 2014,[3] Sherwin-Williams in 2017,[4] and Kubota in 2020.[5]
- ^ a b "Kitchener To Host Top Prospects Game". Kitchener Rangers. Canadian Hockey League. October 7, 2002. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
- ^ "CHL Announces Rosters for the 2010 Home Hardware CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game - Hockey's Future". Hockey's Future. December 28, 2009. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
- ^ "BMO named title sponsor of BMO CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game". Canadian Hockey League. November 15, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
- ^ "CHL and Sherwin-Williams announce expanded partnership". Canadian Hockey League. October 3, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
- ^ "CHL welcomes Kubota as Top Prospects Game title partner". Kubota Top Prospects. Canadian Hockey League. October 16, 2019. Retrieved December 23, 2019.