With their selection of Vladimir Provorov this past spring, the Sudbury Wolves sent a clear sign that this year’s OHL draft would be different.

Not only was the talented forward out of the New Jersey Rockets 16U program the first 2008-born player to be chosen amidst a group of 2009s, but the native of Yaroslavl, Russia was also the very first NCAA-committed player to be drafted into the league since a landmark ruling last November to allow Division I hopefuls to play major-junior hockey.

Attendees to recent pre-season games have surely taken note of the skill set and smarts that made the younger brother of Columbus Blue Jackets defenceman Ivan Provorov such an attractive recruiting target for Ohio State University, as well as for the Wolves themselves as they made him a second-roun

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