Igor Karpenko - he starred in goal for Ukraine during the 1995 World Juniors that Calgary co-hosted so I was excited when he joined the Flames. He ended up getting called up to take the warm-up during the injury nightmare season in 1999 the Flames had because the other goalie they were trying to recall was late getting to the game.
Levente Szuper was another of the Euro goalies I was interested in following. He was the first Hungarian player to be on an NHL team when the Flames called him up after Turek got injured. Sat on the bench for 9 games, never made an appearance and was never heard from again.
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