Who is Aito Iguchi, 11-year old Japanese hockey wizard?
There’s an 11-year old currently playing for Japan’s Saitama Junior Warriors that, if what he can do with the puck stays with him through adolescence, we may be hearing about come the 2021 NHL Draft.
Meet Aito Iguchi, viral dangler extraordinaire.
Via Reddit, Pavel Barber, who has a YouTube page dedicated to awesome dangles, has a bunch of footage of Iguchi showing off his skills, and boy, are they impressive:
There’s the splitting of a D that’s looks like the New York Rangers’ penalty kill unit:
How about a little toe drag action?
Little Iguchi can also dish it, spin-o-rama style:
Sure, we've heard about the likes of Sidney Crosby, Taylor Hall and Connor McDavid since they were 14-15-16, is 11 too early to start the hype train for Iguchi?
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Sean Leahy is the associate editor for Puck Daddy on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at puckdaddyblog@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter! Follow @Sean_Leahy
