Once a prized player in the 2013 Draft, Hunter Shinkaruk has gone from a top NHL prospect to the bottom of the pipeline. The question many hockey fans ask about the WHL superstar is: What went wrong? To solve this crux, we must start at the beginning.
This story embarks in Medicine Hat, Alberta, where then 16-year-old Hunter Shinkaruk began his junior career. The 2010-11 season began for Shinkaruk after breaking both his tibia and fibula in his right leg his last year of midgets. These injuries didn’t stop the Calgary native though as he put up 42 points in 63 regular season games, and 9 points in 14 playoff games.