Yushiro Hirano said he has opened “just one door” in his quest to be the second Japan-born player in the NHL.
The 23-year-old forward signed on Jan. 13 with the American Hockey League’s Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, a farm club for the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins.
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