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Welcome to the BIG TIME.(hockey player Dan Hamhuis)

The Sporting News

| July 09, 2001 | KNIGHT, STEPHEN | COPYRIGHT 2001 Sporting News Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

SEE A DIFFERENT GAME

One top prospect, a small-town Canadian teen, rides the unnerving waves of the draft day experience

Dan Hamhuis picks at a piece of imaginary lint on his brand-new suit. He shifts in his aisle seat at the National Car Rental Center in Sunrise, Fla., then absently cracks his knuckles.

Hamhuis, 18, is a 6-0, 195-pound defenseman waiting for his name to be called by an NHL team at the annual entry draft.

A soft-spoken teen from the remote northern British Columbia outpost of Smithers, he is trying to contain himself on the official first day of what NHL scouts suggest--and his family hopes--will be a long career in ...

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