Lot of college/university players are heading to Finland

[KHLJokers*]

Looking forward to see more and more north-American players in our Finnish elite league. many says that Finnish hockey is quite similar with NA hockey. I think its nice for young players which can play away from home and see some other cultures

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[Finnpin]

Here is FEL (SM-liiga) players that jumped to (full year) pro's straight outta NCAA. I left out players with NCAA history that has been playing pro hockey before FEL.

HIFK:
Austin Block (1st year starting)
Braden Birch (1st year starting)

Ilves:
Greg Coburn (1st year starting)

Jokerit:
Steve Moses (2nd year starting)
Jeremy Dehner (4th year starting)

Tappara:
Nick Bailen (1st year starting)

TPS:
Steven Seigo (1st year starting)

 

[JB51Hockey]

Interesting. Saw Coburn at Union a lot of times, solid d-man if I'm thinking of the same person

 

[McGlassbangers]

Interesting. Saw Coburn at Union a lot of times, solid d-man if I'm thinking of the same person

Solid D or not, he got kicked out of his team after 8 training games.

 

[Oilers Chick]

Here is FEL (SM-liiga) players that jumped to (full year) pro's straight outta NCAA. I left out players with NCAA history that has been playing pro hockey before FEL.

HIFK:
Austin Block (1st year starting)
Braden Birch (1st year starting)

Ilves:
Greg Coburn (1st year starting)

Jokerit:
Steve Moses (2nd year starting)
Jeremy Dehner (4th year starting)

Tappara:
Nick Bailen (1st year starting)

TPS:
Steven Seigo (1st year starting)

Tappara got a steal in Bailen. He was one of the top scoring defensemen in the NCAA last season.

 

[BGFalconHawks]

Tappara got a steal in Bailen. He was one of the top scoring defensemen in the NCAA last season.

Saw Bailen at BG before he transferred, he can score but he won't shy away from getting in scraps despite his lack of size either.