San Jose Sharks have invited Japanese born Yushiroh Hirano to this week’s development camp. 20 year old Hirano played with Youngstown Phantoms in the United States Hockey League last season and is hoping to sign a pro contract this summer. Hirano who under JP MacCallum with Tohoku Free Blades 2 years ago has been training in Halifax for the past 3 weeks in preparation for the camp. He’s been on ice with NHLers Brad Marchand and Andrew Bodnarchuk and a number of other university prospects. John Moore caught up with the 1st Japanese born player to ever be ranked be Central Scouting.
