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Mason Appleton practises during the Winnipeg Jets Development Camp at IcePlex Wednesday morning.
Apart from the red top, Mason Appleton blends right in with all the prospects and projects and long shots at the Winnipeg Jets development camp.
His is not an uncommon story, passed over in the NHL Draft but then selected as a 19-year-old. The Jets did that in the sixth round last June and what they got might well turn out to be another late-bloomer success story.
The Green Bay, Wis., native was a multi-sport youngster who had the overtime winning goal in the state hockey championship, but his 6-2 height came only after some late growth.