Sarnia Sting rookie Adam Ruzicka will suit up for Team Cherry at the CHL/NHL Top Prospects game in Quebec City on January 30, 2017.
The 17-year-old Slovak has 12 goals and 22 points in 31 games this season, and is expected to be chosen in the first round of the 2017 NHL draft.
He was selected by the Sting in the 2016 CHL import draft. In 30 games with HC Pardubice U20 (CZE) last season, the Bratislava-native notched 14 goals and 30 points in 30 games played.
In seven games with Slovakia’s U18 squad last season, Ruzicka registered 5 goals and 4 assists for a total of nine points.
Since the top prospects game was first introduced in 1996, the game has featured 13 players selected with the first overall pick in the NHL Draft including Steven Stamkos.
Team Cherry:
Goaltenders: Ian Scott (Prince Albert Raiders) Stuart Skinner (Lethbridge Hurricanes)
Defencemen: Cal Foote (Kelowna Rockets) Antoine Crête-Belzile (Blainville Boisbriand-Armada) Henri Jokiharju (Portland Winterhawks) Pierre-Olivier Joseph (Charlottetown Islanders) Artyom Minulin (Swift Current Broncos) Jarret Tyszka (Seattle Thunderbirds)
Forwards: Maxime Comtois (Victoriaville Tigres) MacKenzie Entwistle (Hamilton Bulldogs) Jake Leschyshyn (Regina Pats) Ivan Lodnia (Erie Otters) Antoine Morand (Acadie-Bathurst Titan) Nolan Patrick (Brandon Wheat Kings) Isaac Ratcliffe (Guelph Storm) Adam Ruzicka (Sarnia Sting) Nick Suzuki (Owen Sound Attack) Robert Thomas (London Knights) Owen Tippett (Mississauga Steelheads) Gabriel Vilardi (Windsor Spitfires)
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Team Orr:
Goaltenders: Michael DiPietro (Windsor Spitfires) Alex D’Orio (Saint John Sea Dogs)
Defencemen: Nicolas Hague (Mississauga Steelheads) Jacob Paquette (Kingston Frontenacs) Markus Phillips (Owen Sound Attack) Eemeli Rasanen (Kingston Frontenacs) Conor Timmins (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds) Juuso Valimaki (Tri-City Americans)
Forwards: Sasha Chmelevski (Ottawa 67’s) Alex Formenton (London Knights) Morgan Frost (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds) Cody Glass (Portland Winterhawks) Nico Hischier (Halifax Mooseheads) Kole Lind (Kelowna Rockets) Stelio Mattheos (Brandon Wheat Kings) Nikita Popugaev (Moose Jaw Warriors) Michael Rasmussen (Tri-City Americans) Nate Schnarr (Guelph Storm) Matthew Strome (Hamilton Bulldogs) Kailer Yamamoto (Spokane Chiefs)
