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BSH Community Draft Board 2022, No. 12: Ivan Miroshnichenko

Related Topics: Russia, Conor Geekie

This draft’s emotional story belongs to a top prospect.

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Among all draft-eligible players this year, Ivan Miroschnichenko might have had the worst luck and it wasn’t his fault at all. For reasons out of his control, the gutsy left-winger was originally set to join the USHL’s Muskegon Lumberjacks for his first taste of North American hockey and get more of a profile set up ahead of his draft as one of the top prospects.