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Scouting Report written by Josh Tessler

Jiří Kulich is a 2022 NHL Draft eligible prospect, who hails from Kadan, Czechia. He played youth hockey for the local club in Kadan, SK Kadan. Kadan is located right near the Germany border and the nearest major German town is Chemnitz, which is about an hour drive from Kadan. Kadan is located in the Chomutov District. After playing for SK Kadan, Kulich ended up moving over to the capital of the district, Chomutov and played for U16, U17 and U20 hockey for Pirati Chomutov.

Last season, he was loaned out to his current club, HC Energie Karlovy Vary and suited up in eight games for them. It was his first stint in the Czechia Extraliga. This season, he is back with Karlovy Vary, but he is playing full-time in the Extraliga.

On the international stage, he has suited up for Czechia at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup and is on the Czechia team at the 2022 World Juniors in Edmonton, Alberta and Red Deer, Alberta.

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Scouting Report written by Josh Tessler

Juraj Slafkovsky is a Slovakian 2022 NHL Draft eligible prospect and he hails from Košice, Slovakia.

Slafkovsky played youth hockey for the local club, HC Košice. It’s the same program that developed several current and former NHLers including Peter Bondra, Ladislav Nagy, Erik Černák, Martin Marinčin, Tomáš Jurčo and Marek Svatoš. During Slafkovsky’s time playing youth hockey, he played alongside Green Bay Gamblers goaltender and fellow 2022 NHL Draft eligible prospect Rastislav Eliáš. The Slovakian winger played his final season with HC Košice in 2017-2018 and then he packed up his bags to play abroad.

In 2018-2019, Slafkovsky played for the Red Bull Hockey Academy U18 club (Salzburg, Austria) and for the U16 and U19 HK Hradec Královéc clubs (Hradec Králové, Czechia). The following season, 2019-2020, Slafkovsky moved to TPS in Finland (Turku, Finland). Since joining TPS, he played for the club at the U16, U18 and U20 levels before making his Liiga debut this season (2021-2022).

In international play, Slafkovsky has represented Slovakia at the International Level at the World Juniors. He participated in the 2021 and 2022 IIHF World Juniors. In addition, he was on the Slovakian roster for the 2021 IIHF World Championships.

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