Pittsburgh Penguins select future Spitfire Tomas Kuhnackl in the 4th round, 110th overall, in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft
Kuhnackl was selected in the first round, 24th overall, of the CHL Import Draft and will be joinging the Spitfires this fall. The 6’2?, 195-lb. right-winger had 12 goals and 12 assists with the Landshut Cannibals in his native Germany. Kuhnackl went pointless in four games with the Ausberger Panther, a team in Germany’s top hockey league. Kuhnackl’s father Eric was voted the top German hockey player of the 20th century.
??We have have had a lot of good players in Windsor over the last four seasons, and Tom will be right up there with the best of them when it comes to pure skill and skating ability,? contends Spitfire general manager Warren Rychel.
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