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MSU hockey adds potential top 10 NHL draft pick from Belarus to freshmen class

The Detroit News

Michigan State hockey coach Adam Nightingale added one of the top defensemen for the 2024 NHL Draft to this year's highly-ranked recruiting class.

Artyom Levshunov, a 6-2, 198 pound defenseman from Belarus, is rated fifth overall by The Hockey News for next year's draft and was one of 10 freshmen that Nightingale introduced in a news release on Monday.

Levshunov, 17, played for the Green Bay Gamblers of the United States Hockey League this year and made the league's all-rookie team with 13 goals and 29 assists for 42 points in 62 games.