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Wilkes-Barre Watch: Almeida rebounds from injury

Justin Almeida had a greatly successful final season of junior hockey.

Almeida, the Penguins' fifth-round pick in 2018, produced at nearly a two-points-per-game pace, amassing 33 goals and 78 assists in 64 games for the Moose Jaw Warriors of the WHL

Those numbers are all the more impressive when you realize that Almeida was really only playing with one healthy shoulder for the entire season.

Almeida, 20, suffered a torn labrum in his left shoulder while playing in the Canada-Russia series in November, and had to wear a brace for the remainder of the season.