David Hauss was also still a candidate for the podium, sitting in fifth place going into Beijing on 2405 points.

He went on to record 13 goals and 24 points in his rookie season.

He went on to have a career season with personal bests of 27 goals, 25 assists and 52 points.

He would go on to play 53 regular season games for the Hurricanes over three seasons, scoring 5 goals and 15 points.

He went on to record six goals and 27 points over 68 games in his professional rookie campaign with the Admirals.

Returning to Nashville, he went on to record a career-high seven goals, 31 assists and 38 points in 82 games.

Highly anticipated in Oshawa, he went on to score 12 goals and 43 points over 50 games as a rookie in 1967-68.

He went on to score 9 goals and 21 points over 58 games as a rookie.

Parma went on to finish the season in second place, 4 points behind eventual winners Bari.

However, despite their rough start, they went on to end the season at a comfortable 9th place, 19 points above relegation.