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Chiefs’ Kailer Yamamoto to play for All-American Prospects Game

The Spokane Chiefs’ Kailer Yamamoto throws all he’s got into a check on the Tri-City Americans’ Juuso Valimaki, earning a penalty for checking in the back Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015 at the Spokane Arena, the Chiefs’ season opener. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)
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The Spokane Chiefs’ Kailer Yamamoto throws all he’s got into a check on the Tri-City Americans’ Juuso Valimaki, earning a penalty for checking in the back Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015 at the Spokane Arena, the Chiefs’ season opener. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)

Spokane Chiefs forward Kailer Yamamoto has been named to the CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on Sept. 22.

The annual event showcases 42 of the top American-born prospects for next summer’s 2017 National Hockey League draft.

Yamamoto, of Mead, is set to begin his third season for the Chiefs on Sept. 24 at Tri-City. He is one of three Western Hockey League players invited to participate in the game.

In the first four years of the event, 74 participants were later drafted, including 15 first-round selections.

Notable previous participants in the game include NHL standouts Jack Eichel (Buffalo Sabres), Noah Hanifin (Carolina Hurricanes), Dylan Larkin (Detroit Red Wings) and Seth Jones (Columbus Blue Jackets).