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Westmoreland County native Brandon Svoboda drafted by San Jose Sharks

July 1, 2023 / 10:40 AM EDT / CBS Pittsburgh

Westmoreland native taken in NHL Draft

NASHVILLE (KDKA) - Another local product has his eyes on the National Hockey League.

While he wasn't drafted by the Penguins, the Pens were among those teams congratulating Brandon Svoboda.

Svoboda is from Level Green in Westmoreland County and he was taken 71st overall by the San Jose Sharks.

He was one of several players from the Youngstown Phantoms taken in this year's draft. In two seasons with the Phantoms over 62 games, Svoboda scored 17 goals and 10 assists for 27 points.

Svoboda is committed to heading to Boston University to play in the NCAA this fall.

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Patrick Damp

Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports communication, Patrick decided to pursue his dream of working in journalism in his hometown and joined the CBS Pittsburgh team in 2019.