According to the Saint John Sea Dogs website, Slovakia will be “competing against Germany, the Czech Republic, and Switzerland in an Under-20 event that will be used as evaluation tool in the selection process for all four countries’ IIHF World Junior Championship entries.”
The Sea Dogs forward will be one of only three players from the Canadian Hockey League to be suiting up for the Slovakians.
Drafted by Saint John with the fourth overall pick in the CHL Import Draft, Jurco registered 26 goals and 25 assists in 64 regular season games last season. His goal total broke Chris DiDomenico’s single season Sea Dogs rookie goal record.
In the post-season, he added seven goals and 10 assists in Saint John’s march to the Presidents Cup Final.
The 17-year old does have some international experience, playing in the 2009 World U-17 Hockey Challenge (5GP-3G-4A-7P) as well as the 2009 IIHF World U-18 Championships (6GP-2G-3A-5P-2PIM) and the 2009 Memorial of Ivan Hlinka Tournament.
Jurco is already a highly touted prospect for the 2011 NHL Entry Draft.
Of course, a post about Jurco wouldn’t be acceptable without the following:
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