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| 11th August, 2008 - 11:27 am |  NHL.com - The Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament has become somewhat of a showcase for top prospects.
Five of the top six picks in the 2008 Entry Draft played in the last two tournaments.
Unlike the Under-18 World Championship, the Ivan Hlinka Tournament is scheduled for August when players aren?t with their regular teams and can make an international commitment. The puck drops Aug. 12 and runs through Aug. 16 in Breclav, Czech Republic and Piestany in Slovakia. Teams from Canada, the United States, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Sweden, Russia, Finland and Switzerland will take part.
Alex Pietrangelo, who was picked No. 4 by the St. Louis Blues in the 2008 draft, had the chance to play in this tournament, but couldn?t play in the Under-18 World Championship because he was playing for thr Niagara IceDogs in the Ontario Hockey League playoffs.
?There is no better feeling than putting on your country's colors, and putting that jersey on is the best feeling in it the world,? Pietrangelo said. ?We may not have done as well as we thought, but the experience was tremendous.? [READ] |
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