• Brampton Battalion Alum Says Goodbye to the NHL for Europe

  Filed under Finland
  Jun 8
  Kamil Kreps is saying goodbye to sunny Florida and hello to Oulu, Finland. The Brampton Battalion alumnus was not given an offer to stay on board with the Florida Panthers of the NHL so he has signed on with Oulun Karpat.

  Kreps played three seasons in the Ontario Hockey League from 2001-02 to 2003-04, all with Brampton. Kamil was a second round pick of the Panthers in the 2003 NHL draft, 38th overall. He spent 14 games with the Panthers in 2006-07 and has been a regular with the team for the past three seasons. Unfortunately, he wasn’t developing in the manner the Panthers had hoped. One report stated that Kamil just didn’t have the strength to compete physically with NHL calibre players. However, himself and his new team believe that he is a perfect fit for the European game.

  Karpat finished 9th in the 14 team SM-Liiga over the 58 game regular season schedule this past season. Oulu is a city of around 140,000 people located on the west coast of Finland.  The team plays out of the Oulun Energia Areena which fits 6,614 for hockey.

  Kamil has yet to be profiled on the Oulu Karpat official website but you can visit it here.

  For the time being, Kamil Krep’s profile page at the Florida Panthers official website is still available.

  Check out these previous posts on OHL alumni playing in Finland:

  Gabriel Spilar of the Finland Blues.

  Scott Barney of Saipa in Finland.

  Kamil Kreps is also featured in this previous post listing Brampton Battalion alumni playing pro hockey.

  
  
  
  
  Tagged as: brampton battalion, Finland, florida panthers, kamil kreps, oulu karpat, sm-liiga
  
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