Up-and-coming prospects from non-traditional hockey countries

[wetcoast]

Well, they quite literally founded the IIHF.

That's an answer to a trivia question not a reflection of their standing in the hockey world.

 

[dr1234]

Patryk Zubek from Poland is looking quite good for 2025!

 

[10robinho10]

Patryk Zubek from Poland has applied for Slovak citizenship. Here is an interview with him, his agent, his coach and Slovak U18 NT Martin Dendis

 

[wingerdinger]

Patryk Zubek from Poland has applied for Slovak citizenship. Here is an interview with him, his agent, his coach and Slovak U18 NT Martin Dendis

wish he'd stick it out with Poland help try to grow that program.

 

[BMann]

Extraordinarily disappointing decision to be frank. You need players like these to lift a national programme. Opting to join another NT because it offers better prospects is a slap in the face for domestic hockey in Poland. It's not as if Slovakia will be short on players.

 

[LeProspector]

Patryk Zubek from Poland has applied for Slovak citizenship. Here is an interview with him, his agent, his coach and Slovak U18 NT Martin Dendis

Such a shame. I wonder if Wsol will do the same?

 

[czech]

The Slovenian "new Anze Kopitar" Miha Krajnc will play for the Liberec-u15 team in the new season. He and Dominik Zelezny from the Czech Republic joined the team from their former team Telc in the offseason.
In the future, the best Uzbek hockey player of all time is Jasurbek Rustamkhonov.
China: Ziheng Xu.
Poland: Marceli Stępień
Well, a little exotic...
Singapore: Shane Redden.
Thailand: Plathippakorn Cheevakrianggrai.
Brazil: Michael Lewandowski.

 

[Czechboy]

not sure if Belarus counts but I feel they are cooking up some great hockey players right now.

 

[H3ckt1k]

not sure if Belarus counts but I feel they are cooking up some great hockey players right now.

Agreed. He's under the radar currently but Artyom Levshunov looks like he might be a great player, perhaps even passing Grabovski for title of best Belarusian hockey player in the future.

 

[GagneHanson12]

Mykhailo Haponenko was one of, if not the top player for Ukraine's U18 team in D1A as a double under-ager, and played as high as U20 in Norway as a 16 year old (5 pts in 4 games).

Mykhailo Haponenko - Stats, Contract, Salary & More

Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Mykhailo Haponenko, 2007-11-28 Kharkov, UKR Ukraine. Most recently in the undefined with Stavanger Oilers U20. Complete player biography and stats.

www.eliteprospects.com

 

[BKarchitect]

Mykhailo Haponenko was one of, if not the top player for Ukraine's U18 team in D1A as a double under-ager, and played as high as U20 in Norway as a 16 year old (5 pts in 4 games).

Mykhailo Haponenko - Stats, Contract, Salary & More

Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Mykhailo Haponenko, 2007-11-28 Kharkov, UKR Ukraine. Most recently in the undefined with Stavanger Oilers U20. Complete player biography and stats.

www.eliteprospects.com

What about Kosarev, also on Stavanger? Same age, similar scoring rate in Norway U20 but he's a defesneman and unlike Haponenko, has already even appeared for Ukraine U20.

Mykola Kosarev - Stats, Contract, Salary & More

 

[BKarchitect]

While I was looking at Norway U20, this guy caught my eye - leading U16 scoring in Norway U20, he is a December 2008 which means not even draft eligible until 2027. Best scoring season at that age since Straume Vatne but he's also like 8 months younger for the same level as Vatne was...and unlike Vatne, he's not a little guy - he's already 6-3, 203 pounds at 15. Not sure if he's just beating up on little guys right now but worth watching and he already got a move to Brynas for this fall:

Alexander Søyland

Alexander Søyland - HFBoards

Another '08 Norwegian (but March birthdate) kid with similar scoring also heading to Sweden this fall:

Mathias Sivertsen Andresen

 

[czech]

Leon Stryczek (Poland), draft-27.
This spring he was one of the leaders of the Polish national team, which unexpectedly won the Riga Hockey Cup U16 tournament.
For several years now he has been successfully playing in the Czech championship - first for Ostrava's Poruba, now for the main club from Ostrava - Vitkovice.
He started the current championship very well. Today he scored a hat-trick, including a goal in overtime.

 

[3 Minute Minor]

2007 Brit Jack Clarke made Erie Otters out of camp
2010 Brit Mario Vaksmansky has been great to start his season in Czechia U15