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Lee hopes to make run at spot in NHL this season

CRANBERRY, Pa. -- Cam Lee's first season in pro hockey surely did not play out the way he had imagined it would.

Or, most likely, the way he would have preferred.

But even though the pandemic forced Lee to split it between two continents -- starting in Slovakia and finishing in Wilkes-Barre -- Baby Penguins coach J.D. Forrest believes Lee benefited from his first foray into the pro game after four years at Western Michigan University.

"Last year was a really good learning situation for him, albeit a shorter season, but his first look at real pro hockey," Forrest said Monday, after Day 3 of the Penguins' development camp at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex.