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Thunder Bay’s Adam Sergerie is a busy guy these days.
He is a teacher at St Edmond IB World School in Edmonton, involved in the school’s hockey academy and as of April 6th, took on the role as President of Operations with the Sherwood Park Crusaders of the Alberta Junior Hockey League, (AJHL).
Sergerie tells Acadia Broadcasting he’s been learning fast about the business side of running a junior team and admits it’s not as easy as it looks.
The former Thunder Bay King also had to get up to speed on the regular testing methods for his players when it comes to COVID-19.
Two rinks in the outskirts of Dallas will be the center of the hockey universe the next week and a half for both NHL executives preparing for the draft and many of the top prospects they haven t gotten a chance yet to see in person.
The International Ice Hockey Federation s under-18 world championships is an important annual tournament featuring some of the best players eligible for the draft. It s under the microscope even more this year because of how the coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc on developmental leagues, some of which didn t have a season.
The tournament is the last chance this year to see what Columbus Blue Jackets general manager Jarmo Kekalainen called âthe cream of the cropâ of draft prospects. Unlike most years, it s also the only chance for GMs and scouts to see some of the best players in person before the draft this summer.
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âHe kind of went over voluntarily,â Clarke said. âI went over out of desperation.â
Clarke and other 2021 draft-eligible prospects were forced to different paths this season when their leagues couldnât stage a season because of the pandemic. Clarke was supposed to play for Barrie in the Ontario Hockey League, which on Tuesday abandoned plans to play this season, a move that plunged countless young players into uncertainty during a year that has put a dent in hockeyâs developmental pipeline.
âThereâs a lot of my friends in my age group that didnât play this season, and, yeah, that sucks,â said Clarke, who is 18. âSome of them have grown a lot as players and could have taken huge steps in their draft years and whatnot. Itâs hard to base your draft off a 16-year-oldâs season, and now thatâs what a lot of them are getting based off of.â
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