PHOTO COURTESY Czech Ice Hockey Association Medicine Hat Tigers forward Liam Ruck fires a shot past the Czechia net minder in Canada's 5-0 win over Czechia at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup on Aug. 13.

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Markus and Liam Ruck have been racking up the passport stamps in their young career.

The twin Medicine Hat Tigers forwards are coming off a third-place finish with Canada at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup held in Czechia and Slovakia. In 2024 they donned the red and white at the Youth Winter Olympics in South Korea with a domestic stop in Sarnia, Ont. last fall at the U17 Hockey Challenge.

“It’s been pretty cool, we’ve got to visit a lot of new places, meet a lot of different people just from playing the game at a high level,” Markus said. “It’s crazy what hoc

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