Bronson Kovacs is world class
HockeyNewsNorth.com has learned that Sault Ste. Marie native Bronson Kovacs will be part of the Hungarian national team that will face off against opponents from Italy, Denmark, Poland, Austria and Korea in a Euro Ice Hockey Challenge tournament to will be held over a five-day span beginning later this week.
The EIHC event will be staged in Tuskecsarnok, Hungary.
A 6-foot-3, 210-pound, 1990 birth-year defenseman, Kovacs is in his second season of pro hockey in Hungary. He plays for MAC Budapest.
Prior to heading to Hungary — where his late grandfather, Zoltan Kovacs Sr., was born and raised — Kovacs spent four seasons starring for (and graduating from) Hobart College, a Division 3, National Collegiate Athletic Association school that is located in Geneva, N.Y.
Before going to Hobart, Kovacs was a standout defenseman with the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League. His dad, Zoltan (Toots) Kovacs, is currently an associate coach with the NOJHL T-Birds.
Good for Bronson. His Dad Toots was a heck of a good player and now mentor with the TBirds,