An eye-opening performance at the Ivan Hlinka Tourney, where he dominated in matches. A lean six footer, he most certainly seemed to have a high level of functional strength. Also possesses blazing speed that aided him in dominating battles all over the sheet. Not the most gifted high end skill player, he nonetheless give great energy. Created lots of scoring opportunities by carrying defenders on his back to the net, tipping in shots, it is more like he is a tenacious player that takes advantage of what the play gives him over not high tooled overly gifted born to hit the sheet guy. He wins most board battles and thrown big hits, and driving hard to the net strong on the puck. His wide stance enabled his quick pivots to receive passes and loose pucks and drive hard on the attack. Pounces on turnovers and capitalizes. Saw little time with his top end teammates, which left me wondering what if he was surrounded by quality line mates. Worth a look.
—Bill Placzek—
