Hockey Foreseen
A Prospect Spotlight featuring Lars Steiner
Lars Steiner, the sixteen-year-old right winger from Davos, Switzerland, has started off his initial season in North America with eleven points in his first three games for Rouyn-Noranda of the QMJHL. Playing well above his age group is nothing new for Steiner, who has throughout his young career played in leagues in which most of the players were two or three years older than him. At 12 he was playing U15 hockey, and at 14 he was playing U17 hockey. He played most of last season in Switzerland's U20 league at 16 years of age (he put up 22 points in 33 games as one of the youngest players in the league) and he was a leader on Switzerland's squad at the U18 Hlinka-Gretzky Cup last summer (he was tied for first in team scoring, albeit at just 2 points in four total games). Now, as a rookie for the Huskies, he is among the youngest players on the team.