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Prospective draftees receive multiple questionnaires from various NHL teams throughout the season, but have very little, if any, personal contact with interested parties. Bala and Steve Moore were two of the exceptions. After dazzling the ECAC with their offensive one-two punch, they sparked more than a passing interest...
...draft, which is held in a different location each year, players spend most of their waking moments hustling to interviews designed to give NHL organizations one final look at the options...
...NHL draft, held in Calgary last June, was one of the Crimson's more successful showings. Of the ten ECAC student-athletes selected, nearly half came from Harvard's roster. Fried went first for the Crimson, selected 77th overall in the third round by the Florida Panthers. Dominic Moore quickly followed suit, as the New York Rangers drafted him 95th overall. Nowak went early in the fourth round, as he was selected 103rd overall by the Bruins. Kolarik rounded out the list with a selection by the Blue Jackets in the fifth round and 150th overall...
...exciting as it is to be drafted, that is only the first of many steps a student-athlete takes towards making it in the NHL. A player still needs to be contacted by his team after graduation (or sooner, if he ends his college career prematurely), and if the team is still interested, they will enter into contract negotiations...
...diehard hockey fans out there, keep your eyes open next time you make the trip to Bright Hockey Center because it's not just an extra-curricular. It's your first opportunity to see some of the players that are destined for NHL fame...