Lost in the Avalanche: Wojtek Wolski

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty ImagesIn this edition of Lost in the Avalanche, Wojtek Wolski is the man to go over. The forward was born in Poland and then moved to Canada to embark on his hockey adventure.

Wolski was highly rated for having a solid junior career with the Brampton Battalion for four seasons in the OHL. He averaged over a point a game, earning him the 21st overall pick in the 2004 NHL Draft with the Colorado Avalanche.

He would actually start the 2005-06 season with the Avs. He played the first nine games of the entry-level contract he had signed in September 2005, with his NHL debut made on October 5 in Alberta against the Edmonton Oilers. Five days later, in the home…