Wudrick info

By Rich Hammond on June 21, 2008 8:33 AM | Permalink | Comments (2) |

Geordie Wudrick, the Kings' third-round pick at No. 88, is a left winger from Swift Current in the WHL. On his bio on the team's website, it says Wudrick ``looks up to NHL players Sidney Crosby, Eric Staal, and Anze Kopitar.'' Wudrick had 20 goals and 24 assists in 66 games with Swift Current last season.

Hockey's Future's analysis: ``Established himself as a confident handler of the puck. He continues to develop a nose for the net, showing little hesitation to aggressively drive through traffic to create scoring opportunities.''

Here's what Wudrick told his hometown paper, the Southwest Booster:

"To tell you truth all of the different rankings have me all over the place right now. I know Central Scouting has me about 71st among North Americans. Hockey News and ISS rating all have me about 50th overall. I am thinking that it is so wide open that I could go anywhere from possibly late first round to third of fourth but who knows."

"It is going to be a pretty exiting time and I am trying not to get too stressed out about whether I go first, second, third or fourth round it is just going to be an exiting time. I am just going to be there just in case any teams want to do any last minute interviews just for convenience purposes that way."

"I am living here in North Vancouver by myself right now and working out right in downtown Vancouver with a couple of trainers that I have been working with over the past couple of summers. Just working on things that obviously I need to get better at like upper body strength and getting faster. I am working on all my skills on-ice a couple of times a week as well."

Wudrick ready for NHL Entry Draft day

2 Comments

DellaNooch

said:

Another player happy to be coming our way, I think this is the first year I've actually heard players say their excited to be drafted by us

June 21, 2008 9:13 AM

brianguy

said:

seems like a great value pick... Dean sure knows how to grab 'em.

his comments were unbelievable -- I can't believe how many of these guys say how excited they are to come here, and it actually is believable rather than just them blowing smoke and happy to be a part of the NHL. great stuff

June 21, 2008 3:39 PM

J.P. Hoornstra writes about NHL and IHL hockey for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group. He welcomes any and all dialogue on the finer points of hockey. E-mail J.P. at jp.hoornstra
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Jill Painter joined the Daily News in 2000 and during the last eight years she's covered the Dodgers, Cal State Northridge, UCLA, Kings, golf and everything in between. Even though she's from Colorado, she still freezes in the Staples Center press box but always manages to thaw her fingers in time to make deadline. E-mail Jill at jill.painter@dailynews
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