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    When he joined the Helsinki Capitals as a first-year pro two seasons ago, he was known as the little guy on the right wing.
     But no one looks at Jakub Klepis as little anymore, especially with the big numbers he has been putting up in the Development League.
     His 6-foot frame carries only 179 pounds, but Klepis has been huge for the Caps.
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    He has had seasons of 37 and 25 goals in his first two years with Helsinki, and scored an amazing 69 tallies in his final year of junior.  With scoring down league wide so far in the DL, Klepis has still managed to light the lamp eleven times while adding 28 points.
     A second round draft pick (23rd overall) of Helsinki in 2004, he's successful because he's nimble, quick, creative and perhaps most importantly, fearless.  He delivers big hits and has never shied away from the front of the net.
     "He gets his nose dirty for a little guy," says Capitals' veteran winger Sami Kapanen.  "I don't even find him little anymore, but then who am i to talk."
     It's safe to say that opponents don't find him small either.  Sometimes, they can't find him at all.  Despite being a focul point on the power play, he always seems to sneak into the clear.
     "That's because he's not predictable," said linemate Craig Adams, who sets up the Klepis one-timer by laying a pass across from circle to circle.  "Sometimes he's low, sometimes he's high.  Sometimes he's one-timing it, sometimes he's stopping it.  He has a real talent of one-timing it because i'm throwing muffins over there."
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Corey Perry-Braves 2 27 29
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