Canadiens WJC prospects review
Jan 16, 2005 23:06:03 GMT -5
Post by M. Beaux-Eaux on Jan 16, 2005 23:06:03 GMT -5
Written by Simon Richard on 01/16/2005
Of the 104 drafted players present at the 2005 World Junior Championships, the Montreal Canadiens could lay claim to four of them.
In terms of number, that placed the team in the middle of the pack of the National Hockey League teams. The four players were the Belarus Andrei Kotstitsyn (2003, 1st round), the Russian Alexei Yemelin ( 2004, 3rd round), the Swedish Christopher Heino-Lindberg (2003, 6th round) and the Slovak Jaroslav Halak (2003, 9th round).
...Nevertheless, Kostitsyn played very well and was the best player on his team. He had his best moment while Belarus amazed the U.S. team winning 5-3. That night, he was the incontestable Belarus leader on the ice. With one goal and two assists, he was named the best player of the game for his team.
After that game, the Belarus coach Mikhail Zakharov had this amazing comment to say to HF after the press conference, "Andrei is a top class hockey player. If he could manage to be in a good shape, he could be a better hockey player, better than Alexander Ovechkin."
When asked to elaborate on that, Zakharov said, "I assure you that two years ago, at the Under-18 World Championships in Yaroslav, Andrei was better than Ovechkin. He was the second best scorer of the tournament," recalled the Belarus coach.
- www.hockeysfuture.com/article.php?sid=7491&mode=threaded&order=0
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An excellent read.
Of the 104 drafted players present at the 2005 World Junior Championships, the Montreal Canadiens could lay claim to four of them.
In terms of number, that placed the team in the middle of the pack of the National Hockey League teams. The four players were the Belarus Andrei Kotstitsyn (2003, 1st round), the Russian Alexei Yemelin ( 2004, 3rd round), the Swedish Christopher Heino-Lindberg (2003, 6th round) and the Slovak Jaroslav Halak (2003, 9th round).
...Nevertheless, Kostitsyn played very well and was the best player on his team. He had his best moment while Belarus amazed the U.S. team winning 5-3. That night, he was the incontestable Belarus leader on the ice. With one goal and two assists, he was named the best player of the game for his team.
After that game, the Belarus coach Mikhail Zakharov had this amazing comment to say to HF after the press conference, "Andrei is a top class hockey player. If he could manage to be in a good shape, he could be a better hockey player, better than Alexander Ovechkin."
When asked to elaborate on that, Zakharov said, "I assure you that two years ago, at the Under-18 World Championships in Yaroslav, Andrei was better than Ovechkin. He was the second best scorer of the tournament," recalled the Belarus coach.
- www.hockeysfuture.com/article.php?sid=7491&mode=threaded&order=0
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An excellent read.
