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Chicago Steel Drafts Jack Jablonski
The United States Hockey League team chose him as its final pick in Tuesday's draft.
A United States Hockey League team selected paralyzed Benilde-St. Margaret's student Jack Jablonski in Tuesday’s draft not long after Jablonski started feeling tingling in his right foot.
The pick began at 10:55 p.m. Monday when Jablonski tweeted:
Dear USHL teams,
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Just thought I'd let u know I am eligible for tomorrow's draft.
Sincerely
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Jack Jablonski
On Tuesday, the Chicago Steel answered with this tweet:
With the final pick the Steel draft Jack Jablonski. Congrats @Jabs_13 on becoming a member of the Steel!
The team followed up with the following statement on its website:
With their final pick in the 2013-2014 USHL draft, The Chicago Steel are extremely proud to announce that they have drafted forward Jack Jablonski from Minneapolis, Minnesota.
On December 30th, 2011 Jack was a sophomore at Benilde-St. Margaret’s High School in St. Louis Park, MN when he got hit during a high school hockey game on and sustained an injury to his spinal cord (High Tetraplegia to the C4 vertebrae). Although Jack has been told he will not be able to walk nor skate again, he has pushed through many trying times as he strives for success in his lengthy rehabilitation.
Jablonski tweeted back a simple message: “Best night ever. #steel”
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