The bright future of our hockey: Slovak duo in the first two places of the CHL draft! – Športky.sk

Slovak hockey player Adam Sýkora Source: TASR/Martin Baumann BRATISLAVA – Behind the big puddle, the entry draft of foreign talents for junior girls called the CHL Import Draft is taking place, and the great talents of Slovak hockey have not been lost in it, on the contrary. The absolute draft pick was 17-year-old talent Adam Sýkora, who in the past season drew attention to himself in the jersey of HK NItra, the national team of 18, and also scored two goals at this year’s WC in Finland in the jersey of the senior national team. The Medicine Hat Tigers club, operating in the WHL, reached out to the youngster. With the 1st overall pick in the 2022 CHL Import Draft the Medicine Hat Tigers have selected Adam Sýkora from Slovakia!Welcome to the Orange & Black Adam!Details –> https://t.co/LGmi2ydrRA pic.twitter.com/QgvvOb5f16 — Medicine Hat Tigers (@tigershockey) July 1, 2022 A native of Piešťany became the fourth Slovak in history to be drafted first overall in the CHL, after Sersen in 2003, Marinčin in 2010 and Čajković in 2018. With the first overall pick in the 2022 #CHLImportDraft, @tigershockey select Adam Sykora! pic.twitter.com/9B3DzjGUMd — Canadian Hockey League (@CHLHockey) July 1, 2022 Second place was also taken by a Slovak. Immediately behind him was another 17-year-old Slovak talent, Martin Mišiak, who was selected by the Saginaw Spirit team from the OHL. The attacker of the national team’s 18th team in 46 league matches in the Nové Zámky jersey collected ten points for four goals and six assists last season. With the second overall pick in the 2022 #CHLImportDraft, @SpiritHockey selects Martin Misiak! pic.twitter.com/zCuQSNtel2 — Canadian Hockey League (@CHLHockey) July 1, 2022 With the second overall pick of the #CHLImportDraft, the Saginaw Spirit selected Martin Misiak from Slovakia. Welcome to Saginaw, Martin! pic.twitter.com/CJJchPMMcx — Saginaw Spirit (@SpiritHockey) July 1, 2022 Take a look at #CHLImportDraft second overall pick, Martin Misiak 💪🏼 pic.twitter.com/FNB6L5MWvd — Saginaw Spirit (@SpiritHockey) July 1, 2022 In the top 15 of this year’s CHL Import Draft, we can find a total of seven Slovak talents, when the aforementioned duo is complemented by the five players Ondrej Molnár, Jakub Chromiak, Samuel Honzek, Žigmund Zöld and Roman Kukumberg. List of Slovaks at the CHL Import Draft 2022 1. Adam Sýkora – Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL), 2. Martin Mišiak – Saginaw Spirit (OHL), 5. Ondrej Molnár – Erie Otters (OHL), 8. Jakub Chromiak – Sudbury Wolves (OHL ), 10. Samuel Honzek – Vancouver Giants (WHL), 12. Žigmund Zöld – Val-d’Or Foreurs (QMJHL), 15. Roman Kukumberg – Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL), 31. Alex Čiernik – Lethbridge (WHL). Author: © Zoznam Source: Sports