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Thrashers Recall Boris Valabik
Monday, Mar. 17th, 2008
Valabik, 22, has recorded eight points (one goal, seven assists), and leads the Wolves with 191 penalty minutes and a plus-23 rating in 54 games this season. He ranks fourth in the AHL in plus/minus rating and is 10th in the league in penalty minutes. The 6-7, 240-pound defenseman has posted a plus- or even-rating in 44 of 54 contests this season.
The Nitra, Slovakia native has appeared in 104 career games over two seasons with Chicago, posting 17 points (three goals, 14 assists), along with 375 penalty minutes and a plus-35 rating. Prior to his professional career, Valabik played four seasons of junior hockey with the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League, recording 29 points (four goals, 25 assists) and 725 penalty minutes in 163 games. He earned more than 200 minutes in penalties in each of his four OHL seasons.
Valabik has represented Slovakia in international competition on three occasions, including the 2005 and 2006 World Junior Championships and the 2004 World Under-18 Championships.
Valabik was selected by the Thrashers in the first round, 10th overall, of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.
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