A former Vancouver Giant forward won the Canadian Hockey League鈥檚 Memorial eCup.
Lukas Svejkovsky represented his current team, Medicine Hat Tigers, during the 64-team video game tournament.
On Thursday (Dec. 17), Svejkovsky was 鈥渄ominant from start to finish鈥� as he finished the tournament undefeated in eight games. He knocked off the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League鈥檚 Saint John Sea Dogs and Riley Bezeau in two consecutive games to claim the best-of-three championship series.
鈥淲hat a performance!,鈥� the WHL tweeted.
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Svejkovsky, a product of Point Roberts, Wash., previously played at Delta Hockey Academy, where his father, Jaroslav, or Yogi, continues to coach.
The CHL鈥檚 eSports tournament featured all 60 CHL clubs, plus four 鈥渄istinguished hockey personalities鈥� as guest participants. The 鈥淣HL 21鈥� event ran from Nov. 28 to Dec. 17 on the Sony PlayStation 4 system.
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As part of the Kia-presented event, the CHL will make a donation of $1,000 to a charity of Svejkovsky鈥檚 choice. Kia Canada also provided a gift card of $1,000 for the tournament winner, which Svejkovsky has chosen to donate back to a second charity. The two charities Svejkovsky has chosen to support are Medicine Hat Santa Claus Fund and the Medicine Hat Women鈥檚 Shelter Society.
During the tourney, Svejkovsky knocked off WHL Alumni guest Zach Hodder, Rhett Rhinehart and the Saskatoon Blades, Zachary Roy and the Hamilton Bulldogs, Danny Katic and the Saginaw Spirit, and Ty Collins and the Mississauga Steelheads, before Thursday鈥檚 championship win over Saint John.
Through eight games, Svejkovsky scored 43 goals for while only allowing 11 goals against.
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Selected by Pittsburgh Penguins in the fourth round (108th overall) of the 2020 NHL Draft, Svejkovsky has split his time in the WHL between the Vancouver Giants and Medicine Hat Tigers. In 119 career WHL regular season contests, he has collected 64 points (27G-37A), adding another 13 points (4G-9A) in 22 WHL playoff games.
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