And is sporting a stitch mustache.

After (probably) suffering some really awful jet lag, Patrick Kane, the Chicago Blackhawks’ resident little shit, returned to practice with the rest of the team earlier today.

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Spoiler Alert: Red gets the big, shiny trophy. (Photo Credit: Kim Wrona)

Blackhawks prospect camp finished with a thriller of a scrimmage on Friday. The goals came early and fairly often in this one.

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Kent Simpson during the scrimmage. (Photo Credit: Kim Wrona)

Thursday’s scrimmage at Blackhawks prospect camp featured some big prospect names that were absent from Wednesday’s game–and a skills competition.

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Teuvo’s in the middle of it all. (Photo Credit: Kim Wrona)

Blackhawks prospect camp on Wednesday featured the first scrimmage of the week after Team A/the Red Team practiced for about an hour beforehand.

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Brandon Saad returns to prospect camp. (Photo: the_mel/flickr)

The Blackhawks have released a general preview for camp that looks at the numbers. It’s full of interesting and sometimes quirky facts, and it offers a great opportunity for me to open my own preview  by looking at some numbers of my own. Out of the 27 forwards attending prospect camp, 14 are Free Agent Invitees–which means the remaining 13 are in the Blackhawks’ system. 14 of those 27 have been playing college hockey, 2 played in the USHL, 1 in the WHL, 2 in the OHL, 1 in high school, 1 in the QMJHL, and the remaining 6 come from European Leagues (1 SM-Liiga, 3 MHL, 1 SEL, 1 SUI-JR). Of the 6 Illinoisans attending camp, 4 of them are forwards. The forwards have one of the notable legacy attendees–right wing Chris Calnan, the Blackhawks’ 79th overall draft pick this year, who just happens to be Jeremy Roenick’s nephew.

Now let’s take a look at the forward attendees one-by-one:

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