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from Dana Wakiji of the Wings' website,

Although Detroit Red Wings prospect Otto Kivenmaki has played center most of his life, he did not last season while playing for Assat.

Some things are apparently not like riding a bike.

"I suck at face-offs!" Kivenmaki exclaimed after Team Finland's 7-1 loss to Team USA Blue Sunday afternoon at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth, Mich. "That's the thing that I gotta work on. Last year, I wasn't playing center so I wasn't doing any face-offs. That's a thing that I gotta work on."

Kivenmaki, 19, struggled in the face-off circle against Team USA's 6-foot-2 center Shane Pinto, 6-foot centers Jon Gruden and Owen Lindmark and 5-foot-11 center Alex Turcotte.