Kmec named to Team Slovakia for World Junior Hockey Championship

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The 17-year-old is the third-highest scoring defenceman on the Cougars’ roster with 13 points (2 goals, 11 assists) in 25 regular season games. The product of Košice, SVK was selected by Prince George in the second round, 104^th overall, in the 2021 Canadian Hockey League Import Draft.

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Kmec has previous international experience, as he helped Slovakia win their first-ever silver medal at the 2021 Hlinka-Gretzky Cup in August. He also has a long history playing with Slovakia’s Under 16 and Under 18 programs.

This marks the second consecutive year the Cougars will be represented at the World Junior Hockey Championship. In 2021, forward Filip Koffer played for the Czech Republic.

The 2022 World Junior Hockey Championship, co-hosted in Edmonton and Red Deer, AB, opens on Boxing Day and runs through to Jan 5^th. Slovakia is in Group B with Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. Slovakia opens their tournament on Boxing Day against the U.S.