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Cruz Pavao at eliteprospects.com
Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Cruz Pavao, 2008-08-24 Calgary, AB, CAN Canada. Most recently in the WHL with Tri-City Americans. Complete player biography and stats.
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Very skilled offensive weapon. He was one of the highest scoring players in the U15 CSSHL
league this season and he also got a few games in at the U18 level where he was the only other 2008 born player to record a point, other than Noah Kosick. Pavao has a good motor, he uses it well to pressure defenders on the forecheck. He often causes defenders fits with their retrievals because he is so quick to close in and pressure. He is a good skater, he posessss a good straight line speed and good acceleration and is able to gain separation from defenders. His skating isn’t a strength but it also isn’t a weakness either. He has good puck skills and can be deceptive on the ice, good vision and has very good playmaking skills already. Defensive consistency needs work like most forwards his age, but he has the head in which I think he develops this as he progresses in the next few years. Overall a very talented kid and someone to keep an eye on in the coming seasons. Should be a first round selection in the upcoming WHL bantam draft.
