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Milos Roman to Play in 2018 CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game

December 17, 2017 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Vancouver Giants News Release


Vancouver, B.C. - The Vancouver Giants are thrilled to announce that 1999-born forward Milos Roman (Kysucke Nove Mesto, SVK) will suit up in the 2018 Sherwin-Williams CHL NHL Top Prospects Game which takes place on Thursday, January 25th, 2018 in Guelph, ON.

Originally selected by the Vancouver Giants sixth overall in the 2017 CHL Import Draft, the 5'11" 187-pound forward has registered eight goals along with 21 assists for 29 points through 32 games. He's tied for the team lead in assists, he's tied for third in team scoring and heading into the weekend Roman leads all WHL rookies in scoring.

Last season at age 17, Roman represented Slovakia in the IIHF World Junior Championships and recorded a goal and an assist in four games. This weekend he'll be joining Slovakia for their World Junior camp with the hope of once again representing his country internationally. Roman has also earned international experience at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament (2016 and 2017) the World Under-18's (2016 and 2017) and the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge (2015).

Last month Roman was ranked as a 'B' prospect by NHL Central Scouting in their November Players to Watch List.

Roman is the 12th Giant to receive an invite to this prestigious event. Previous Giants to suit up in the CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game include: Mark Fistric (2004), Gilbert Brule (2005), Jonathan Blum (2007), Michal Repik (2007), Tyson Sexsmith (2007), James Wright (2008), Evander Kane (2009), David Musil (2011), Brett Kulak (2012) and Ty Ronning (2016). Giants captain Tyler Benson was also invited in 2016 but did not participate due to injury.

2018 Sherwin-Williams CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game Rosters:

Team 1:

Goaltenders:

Alexis Gravel (Halifax Moosheads)

Kevin Mandolese (Cape Breton Screaming Eagles)

Defencemen:

Calen Addison (Lethbridge Hurricanes)

Kevin Bahl (Ottawa 67's)

Noah Dobson (Acadie-Bathurst Titan)

Jared McIsaac (Halifax Mooseheads)

Ty Smith (Spokane Chiefs)

Jett Woo (Moose Jaw Warriors)

Forwards:

Luka Burzan (Moose Jaw Warriors)

Cole Fonstad (Prince Albert Raiders)

Benoit-Olivier Groulx (Halifax Mooseheads)

Anderson MacDonald (Moncton Wildcats)

Ryan McLeod (Mississauga Steelheads)

Allan McShane (Oshawa Generals)

Kirill Nizhnikov (Sudbury Wolves)

Serron Noel (Oshawa Generals)

Milos Roman (Vancouver Giants)

Riley Sutter (Everett Silvertips)

Andrei Svechnikov (Barrie Colts)

Dmitry Zavgorodniy (Rimouski Oceanic)

Team 2:

Goaltenders:

Jacob Ingham (Mississauga Steelheads)

Olivier Rodrigue (Drummondville Voltigeurs)

Defencemen:

Alexander Alexeyev (Red Deer Rebels)

Evan Bouchard (London Knights)

Xavier Bouchard (Baie-Comeau Drakkar)

Nico Gross (Oshawa Generals)

Ryan Merkley (Guelph Storm)

Rasmus Sandin (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)

Forwards:

Kody Clark (Ottawa 67's)

Ty Dellandrea (Flint Firebirds)

Eric Florchuk (Victoria Royals)

Gabriel Fortier (Baie-Comeau Drakkar)

Barrett Hayton (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds)

Cam Hillis (Guelph Storm)

Vladislav Kotkov (Chicoutimi Sagueneens)

Philipp Kurashev (Quebec Remparts)

Egor Sokolov (Cape Breton Screaming Eagles)

Akil Thomas (Niagara IceDogs)

Joe Veleno (Saint John Sea Dogs)

Filip Zadina (Halifax Mooseheads)

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