
Hurricanes select two forwards in CHL Import Draft
LETHBRIDGE, AB – The Lethbridge Hurricanes have selected two forwards in the CHL Import Draft.
18-year-old Yegor Klavdiev was picked with the 11th overall pick. The product out of Minsk, Belarus recorded 11 points (six goals, five assists), along with 13 penalty minutes in 24 regular season games with the Belarus Under-18 team. He played an additional 13 regular season games with Dinamo-Molodechno of the Belarusian ExtraLeague A, where he scored two goals and record two assists. He added three points in five playoff games.
Hurricanes GM Peter Anholt said, “after watching Klavdiev at the World Under-18 Championship in Dallas this spring, we liked what we were able to see and hot a good sense of what his potential could be.”
“We think he will be able to fit into our forward group for next season.”