Son of German Legend Coming To Canada?

The Windsor Spitfires traded up to land German forward Tom Khunhackl with the 24th pick in the Canadian Hockey League Import Draft last week.



He is the son of German hockey legend Erich Khunhackl,a 6'5" giant who was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall-of-Fame in 1997 and was named Germany’s ice hockey player of the century in 2000.

“His dad was the Wayne Gretzky of Germany and he has the package,” his agent, Rollie Thompson, said.

There is no guarantee Khunhackl, who is eligible for the NHL draft in 2010, will come to North American for the coming season. Regardless, he is already highly regarded. The Red Line Report ranks him No. 4 among Europeans for next year’s draft and International Scouting Service has him at No. 5.