3 C.R. RoughRiders players picked for USHL/NHL Top Prospects Game

CEDAR RAPIDS - Three Cedar Rapids RoughRiders players have been selected to participate in the upcoming USHL/NHL Top Prospects game. The game is January 10 at Sioux Falls, S.D.

Defenseman Jakub Sirota and forwards Marc McLaughlin and Robert Arrak will participate. All are included on the latest Central Scouting Service list of players eligible to be taken in the 2017 National Hockey League Draft.

McLaughlin, from North Billerica, Mass., has a goal and three assists in 24 games this season. He has committed to play college hockey at Boston College.

Arrak is from Tallinn, Estonia, and has a goal and assist in seven games. Sirota, from the Czech Republic, has a goal and two assists in 13 games.

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