January 28th, 2019 MONTREAL – Do you know a lot of players who have embarked on a volunteering trip just a week after being drafted into the NHL? Well, if you’re a Habs fan, you know at least one: Matthew Peca. A week after hearing his name being called at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint
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Roundtable: Prospects on getting drafted, their roads to the NHL
Peter Roumeliotis Friday March 10th, 2017 From the instant they get drafted, things change in the life of an NHL prospect. There’s the rush of being drafted, attending their first training camp with the big club and, for a number of them, getting a chance to represent their home countries at the World Junior Championships.