78 - Akim Aliu
Date of Birth: 24/04/1989
Birthcity: Okene, Nigeria
Height: 6.03
Weight: 209
Shoots: Right
Position: Right Wing
NHL Status:
Eligible for 2007 NHL Draft
Acquired:
Trade with Windsor
Career Notes:
Windsors 1st round pick, 7th overall, in 2005
Last Season - Sudbury Wolves
29 GP, 7 G, 6 A, 13 Pts, 54 PIM, -2
About the Handsome Hero
Akim Aliu (born April 24, 1989 in Okene, Nigeria) is an amateur ice hockey player who is now playing for the London Knights. He was drafted 56th overall during the 2007 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks. During the 2006-2007 season, he helped the Sudbury Wolves of the OHL reach the league championship final. Sudbury lost the series to the Plymouth Whalers.
Aliu was born in Nigeria and moved to Toronto at the age of 7. Before arriving in Canada, he spent some time in Kyiv, Ukraine, where his father had earned a scholarship to the university. While in the Ukraine Aliu learned Russian.[1]
On Friday June 1st 2007 Aliu was traded to the London Knights in exchange for London's 2nd Round Pick in 2008 and a 3rd Round Pick in 2009. [1]
http://www.sudburywolves.com/content.php?page=players&player=80
http://londonknights.com/press/display_news.asp?news=866
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