By Samuel Dummer We came, we saw, we left. Unfortunately for the young Czech’s they were but a mere blip in this year’s Hlinka tournament. Not performing at the level that many of them may
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DRAFTPRO – 2021 HLINKA GRETZKY CUP REVIEW – SWEDEN CROWNED BRONZE MEDALISTS
By Samuel Dummer “Gud ger varje fågel sin mask, men han kastar inte den i boet” is an old Swedish proverb. It is believed to have been first translated and inscribed by Josia Gilbert Holland
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By Samuel Dummer “Good Heavens!” Finnish hockey announcer Anterio Mertaranta let the words leave his mouth in a game between Finland and Russia just over 10 years ago, during an IIHF World Jr tournament, also
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DraftPro scouts discuss a few of the names that stood out to them at the recent U18 Hlinka Gretzky Cup.
Continue ReadingDRAFTPRO – 2021 HLINKA GRETZKY REVIEW – USA OUTMATCHED IN PLAY
By Samuel Dummer Martin Luther King Jr once said, “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” This holds true in the North American Jr hockey world today. Canadian fans watched the Hlinka
Continue ReadingDRAFTPRO – 2021 HLINKA GRETZKY REVIEW – DON’T SLEEP ON THE SLOVAKS
By Samuel Dummer “I fear we have awakened a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve.” That quote was lifted from the film 1970 film ‘Tora! Tora! Tora!’ and believed to have been
Continue ReadingDRAFTPRO – THE 2021 HLINKA GRETZKY CUP – WHERE UNDERAGE STARS SHINE AND RECORDS ARE BROKEN
By Samuel Dummer The Hlinka Gretzky Cup is a best-on-best U18 hockey tournament that runs every year in August. The Hlinka Gretzky Cup, although known by various other names over the years, has been a
Continue ReadingDRAFTPRO – 2022 NHL DRAFT FIRST GLANCE
By Jonah Fleisher With the 2021 Draft having come and gone, the DraftPro team has shifted its sights to the next crop of draft eligible players. And after a relatively thin draft class in 2021
Continue ReadingDRAFTPRO – 2021 NHL DRAFT AFTERMATH – THE DRAFT DAY STEALS
In part one Draft Prospects Hockey Head Scout Jared Brown looked at those who we at DraftPro had ranked inside our top 224 for the 2021 NHL Draft but for one reason or another were
Continue ReadingDRAFTPRO – 2021 NHL DRAFT AFTERMATH – THE DRAFT DAY MISSES
As we conclude the 2021 draft, Jared Brown – DraftPro Head Scout, went back and looked at who out of our top 224 ranked draft eligible prospects weren’t picked in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft.
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