On Monday, the Avalanche played the third and final game of the 2024 Rookie Showcase, a 6-3 loss against the San Jose Sharks. Over the past three games, several Avalanche prospects made strong impressions ahead of training camp, which begins on Thursday.

With the teams set to open training camp on Thursday, they both have prospects to feel good about after watching the youngest Kings prevail 2-1 in overtime in a game punctuated by multiple fights.

The Ducks 2024 rookie camp and the Rookie Faceoff tournament are now in the books. The Ducks prospects finished with a 1-1-1 record, finalized by a 2-1 overtime loss against the prospects from the rival Los Angeles Kings on Monday afternoon in El Segundo.

A squad of Colorado Avalanche rookies defended on Los Angeles to play a three-game set against their west coast foes for the Rookie Faceoff. While they didn’t earn any wins there were several nice goals scored and encouraging performances to take note of.

Coulson Pitre tied the game late in the third period but Quinn Olson scored the game-winner in overtime as the LA Kings downed the Ducks prospects 2-1 in the 2024 Rookie Faceoff finale at Toyota Sports Performance Center in El Segundo.

Takeaways from the Ducks 4-3 Victory over the Colorado Avalanche in Rookie Faceoff After a first period where each team scored a goal a piece, the Sharks pulled ahead in the second and third, scoring five straight goals and would go on to win by a final of 7-2.