WHL Everett Silvertips

Mueller Named to Top Prospects Game

Published on December 12, 2012 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Everett Silvertips News Release


TORONTO, ON (League Release) - Everett Silvertips defenseman Mirco Mueller was among the players named Wednesday when the Canadian Hockey League in association with the three regional leagues, the Halifax Mooseheads Hockey Club, and Home Hardware Stores Limited, announced the 40 CHL players that will compete in the 2013 Home Hardware CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game at the Halifax Metro Centre on January 16, 2013.

The 40 CHL players competing in the game were chosen by the 30 NHL clubs then divided into teams by NHL Central Scouting and include 14 players from the Ontario Hockey League, 14 players from the Western Hockey League, and 12 players from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. 27 of the CHL's 60 member clubs are represented in the Top Prospects Game, including ten WHL franchises.

Mueller, 17, gives the Silvertips a highly-touted defenseman in the game for a second consecutive season, following last year's Team Cherry Captain and eventual second-overall NHL Draft pick Ryan Murray. Mueller is currently in his native Switzerland preparing for the 2013 World Junior Championships, where he will play with the Swiss National Junior Team from December 27 to January 5 in Ufa, Russia. The 6-foot-4, 185-pound blueliner was selected by Everett in the first-round (11th overall) of the 2012 CHL Import Draft and was ranked seventh among all WHL skaters in the preliminary draft rankings from NHL Central Scouting.

Last season's game in Kelowna, BC featured 10 players that were selected in the first round of the 2012 NHL Draft, including Ryan Murray. Since the event was first introduced in 1996, the game has featured 10 players that were selected with the first overall pick in the NHL Draft: Chris Phillips, Joe Thornton, Vincent Lecavalier, Rick Nash, Marc-Andre Fleury, Patrick Kane, Steven Stamkos, John Tavares, Taylor Hall, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins.

"Home Hardware congratulates the 40 players selected for the 2013 Home Hardware CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game," said Paul Straus, President and CEO of Home Hardware Stores Limited. "This year marks the 18th annual showcase of the CHL's top-40 NHL draft eligible players and it continues to be an event that Home Hardware is proud to support. These young players represent communities across the country, and like Home Hardware, they and the sport of hockey are truly a part of the fabric of Canada. On behalf of the Dealer-Owners of close to 1,100 Home Hardware stores in communities across Canada, I would like to wish this year's players the very best of luck."

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