When you first join a team, it can be slightly stressful meeting your new teammates. Luckily for Sam Rinzel , he saw a familiar face at Fifth Third Arena — his former Minnesota teammate Oliver Moore.

The Blackhawks had their opening day of rookie camp on Wednesday, which was highlighted by 2024 No. 2 draft pick Artyom Levshunov, Brantford Bulldogs’ Nick Lardis and Rinzel. It was a welcome-to-the-league day for the prospects, as they went through a plethora of 2-on-2 drills.

“We told the guys before (that) you’re going to be tired,” Rockford IceHogs head coach Jared Nightingale said. “It was more of a resilient, kind of a gut-check type of practice.”

Rinzel, the reigning Big Ten defenseman of the year, impressed in his first day out. He blocked a good number of shots in the drills, a

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