Sarnia Sting forward Nail Yakupov will not attend this year's CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game, the team announced on Monday.
"Dr. R. Giffin of the Fowler Kennedy Clinic in London has advised the hockey club that it is in the best interest of the player not to partake in the Top Prospects game on Wednesday in Kelowna," Sting general manager Jacques Beaulieu said in a statement on behalf of the hockey club.
The top-ranked prospect for the 2012 NHL draft returned to the Sting lineup last Friday after suffering a knee injury in the gold-medal game of the World Junior Hockey Championship.
The rosters for the Top Prospects Game are chosen in a poll of the 30 NHL clubs and co-ordinated by NHL Central Scouting.
The prospects will take part in a skills competition on Tuesday and the Top Prospects Game on Wednesday. Long-time NHL coach Pat Quinn will coach Team Orr, while three-time Stanley Cup champion Mark Recchi will coach Team Cherry.
The game features seven of the top 11 skaters on Central Scouting's midterm rankings -- Quebec Remparts forward Mikhail Grigorenko (No. 2), Everett Silvertips defenseman Ryan Murray (No. 3), Kitchener Rangers forward Radek Faksa (No. 4), Red Deer Rebels defenseman Mathew Dumba (No. 7), Edmonton Oil Kings defenseman Griffin Reinhart (No. 8), Portland Winter Hawks defenseman Derrick Pouliot (No. 10), and Belleville Bulls forward Brendan Gaunce (No. 11).
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