Red Wings prospect Donovan Sebrango certainly played like a leader among men at the World Junior Championship, finishing a tournament for 18-to-20-year-olds with 2 assists, a +7 and 19:58 in average ice time over the course of 7 Gold Medal-winning games.
As it turns out, Detroit Hockey Now’s Bob Duff also reports that Sebrango was the oldest player to win a World Junior Championship, thanks to the fact that the 2022 World Juniors were re-held in Edmonton this summer after being cancelled last December due to COVID concerns:
Born on January 12, 2002, at 20 years, 220 days of age, Sebrango is the oldest player ever to win a world junior title. Since players from the postponed December World Junior tourney were still considered eligible for the August rescheduled event, Sebrango was able to make his mark on tournament lore.
Sebrango wasn’t about to let anyone label him an old man, however.
“Kind of being around the same age group, you kind of go back,” Sebrango said. “You get that feeling like you’re back in junior. But I mean I guess I kind of feel like a veteran here but I still feel pretty young and I am pretty young.
“Maybe I feel a little older than these guys. When you’re around guys the same age, you kind of bond a little quicker.”
Continued; not a bad record to have.
