Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Rookie Making Russia Return

From USHL.com

B.J. Salerno may be new to the USHL, but not new to Russia.


Even at a young age, hockey players find themselves on road trips that many times take them across the country. For the Waterloo Black Hawks, they are about to begin the longest trip in team history, one that takes them quite a bit further than any bus ride during the USHL regular season. When they fly to Russia for the 2012 Junior Club World Cup – with stops in Moscow and Omsk – it will be a new experience for nearly the entire team except for one player that is making a return trip to the country.

New Black Hawks forward B.J. Salerno first visited the capital city of Russia a few years ago when he was playing youth hockey for the Toronto Titans. The team spent a week in Moscow playing against local teams in the Tretiak Cup tournament, named after the legendary goaltender Vladislav Tretiak.

“The teams were really good, but we only lost one game which was to the Russian Red Army team,” said Salerno.

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