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DRAFTPRO – 2021 HLINKA GRETZKY CUP REVIEW – CZECH ENGINE LIGHT

August 20, 2021August 20, 2021Features

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

DRAFTPRO – 2021 HLINKA GRETZKY CUP REVIEW – SWEDEN CROWNED BRONZE MEDALISTS

August 18, 2021August 18, 2021Features

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

DRAFTPRO – 2021 HLINKA GRETZKY REVIEW – GOOD HEAVENS

August 17, 2021August 17, 2021Features, Reports

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

DRAFTPRO – HLINKA GRETZKY CUP STANDOUTS

August 16, 2021August 16, 2021Features, Reports

DraftPro scouts discuss a few of the names that stood out to them at the recent U18 Hlinka Gretzky Cup.

DRAFTPRO – 2021 HLINKA GRETZKY REVIEW – USA OUTMATCHED IN PLAY

August 12, 2021August 12, 2021Features

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

DRAFTPRO – 2021 HLINKA GRETZKY REVIEW – DON’T SLEEP ON THE SLOVAKS

August 10, 2021August 10, 2021Features

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

DRAFTPRO – THE 2021 HLINKA GRETZKY CUP – WHERE UNDERAGE STARS SHINE AND RECORDS ARE BROKEN

August 9, 2021August 10, 2021Features

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

DRAFTPRO – 2022 NHL DRAFT FIRST GLANCE

August 6, 2021August 6, 2021Features, Rankings, Reports

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

DRAFTPRO – 2021 NHL DRAFT AFTERMATH – THE DRAFT DAY STEALS

August 5, 2021August 5, 2021Features, Reports

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

DRAFTPRO – 2021 NHL DRAFT AFTERMATH – THE DRAFT DAY MISSES

August 4, 2021August 4, 2021Features, Reports

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.