Entering his 10th pro season, center Marco Rosa(19) skips the country to play with Espoo Blues of the SM-liiga for the 2012/2013 season.
Hampered by post-concussion symptoms, he was limited to just 31 games during the regular season but did manage to produce close to a point per game with 6 goals and 21 assists.
He was on par to beat his career high point totals from 2 years ago until he got sidelined.
Although he did return for 9 postseason contests, he wasn’t nearly the same player, getting only one assist.
Originally a Dallas Stars‘ 8th round pick in the 2001 draft (#255 overall), the 6’ 180 lbs. forward worked his way up through the ranks first with a few years in the ECHL and for the last 5 seasons he’s been an AHL mainstay.
At 30 years old, no doubt he’s making the right decision to possible play his final years in Europe.
