THE NEXT BIG THING

Alexander Carmanov is a raw 16-year-old from the hockey hinterland of Moldova who needs to work on his skating – and, oh yeah, he stands seven feet tall and weighs 260 pounds

BY KEN CAMPBELL

FROM THE TIME HE saw a group of kids playing on a frozen pond when he was three, Alexander Carmanov has been in love with the game. The way Carmanov tells it, he was walking in the park with his parents and pointed at the boys on the ice and said, “Hockey! Hockey! Hockey!” and he’s been playing ever since. Now, it’d be really something if the most intriguing thing about the 16-year-old Carmanov were that he’s from Moldova, a tiny former Soviet republic tucked between Ukraine to the east and Romania to the west. After all, the country has only two indoor rinks and has never produced a player for the NHL or the KHL. It might even be fairly interesting if the hook were he’s playing for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights…

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The Hockey News (Digital) - 1 Issue, World Juniors Special 2025

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