05-07-2022 16:50 via fraservalleytoday.ca

‘A crazy experience’: Flames’ Mangiapane recalls NHL draft roller-coaster

MONTREAL — Plenty of young hockey players are set to live out childhood dreams this week.
The NHL’s first in-person draft since 2019 will see teenagers hear their names announced inside the cavernous Bell Centre before hugging family members, climbing on stage, and donning the hat and jersey of a new team.
Andrew Mangiapane eventually got that experience. It just took a while. A long, long while.
The winger sat through all seven rounds of the 2014 NHL draft in Philadelphia.
His name
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