CBC North’s Celina Wapachee posted a profile of Red Wings free agent try-out Israel Mianscum, who was both invited to the Wings’ Summer Development Camp, and now Detroit’s fall prospect tournament:
A hockey hopeful from the Cree community of Mistissini in northern Quebec has been invited to the NHL Prospect Tournament and, for a second time, to a development camp with the Detroit Red Wings.
Israel Mianscum, 20, is currently playing in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) with the Sherbrooke Phoenix. Last year, he had a 61-point season in 65 games, with 30 goals and 31 assists. In July, he attended his first development camp with the Red Wings organization.
“It was very fun, I had a good experience. I saw how others played and that pushed me to play harder. I saw where I needed to be to make it [in the NHL],” said Mianscum in Cree. “There were people that encouraged and helped me, like the coaches and scouts telling me what I need to work on.”
Now Mianscum has been invited back for the NHL Prospect Tournament, which the Detroit Red Wings team is hosting from Sept. 14 to 17 in Traverse City, Mich.
“Six teams of prospects play against each other, about two or three games. That is where you can showcase how you can play,” Mianscum said.
Continued, with comments from now-Grand Rapids Griffins coach Stephane Julien, as well as Mianscum’s parents…
