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Four Forwards Highlight Penguins’ 2015 Draft Class

The Pittsburgh Penguins selected four forwards on the second day of the 2015 NHL Draft.

After drafting Daniel Sprong earlier in the day with their second-round selection, the Penguins took a trio of forwards including fifth-round pick Dominik Simon (137th overall), sixth-round selection Frederik Tiffels (167th overall) and seventh-rounder Nikita Pavlychev (197th overall).

Sprong and Pavlychev both played amateur hockey for the Wilkes-Barre Knights, located in the same town as the Penguins’ American Hockey League affiliate Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.

In the fifth round, Pittsburgh added to its forward depth by selecting 20-year-old Dominik Simon of the HC Plzen of the Czech Extraliga, the team that is owned by former Penguin Martin Straka.