So, the WHL all-stars (at least the Canadian ones anyway - American and European WHLers aren't allowed to play in this thing) lost to Russia in Cranbrook last night 5-1 in a game which featured a couple fights at the end. Ho-hum. Didn't watch, don't care, yadda yadda.
The Giants have landed yet another NCAA-bound player, their second in a couple weeks. This one is 18 year old forward Garry Nunn, who is passing up a scholarship at Minnesota State-Mankato to join the Giants. The smallish (5'9", 175 lb) Nunn is a very fast skater and was leading the BCHL's Victoria Grizzlies in scoring this year with 40 points in 28 games. His BCHL page with career stats there is here.
How is it that the Giants seem to attract NCAA-bound players regularily while some other WHL teams can never get even one?
The Cougars roster has also swelled by one, with the addition of 16 year old defenceman Matt Cumming from the BCHL's Vernon Vipers. Sounds like Cumming is there to stay.
The bus carrying the ECHL's Elmira Jackals was involved in a highway accident early this morning, seriously injuring the driver and causing minor injuries to a few players. Identities of the players are not known yet but there are two WHL alumni on the team right now as far as I can tell: goaltender Joel Martin and defenceman Luke Fritshaw. Other WHL alumni such as Kirill Starkov, Martin Sagat, and Tomas Kudelka have played for Elmira this year but are not currently on their roster as far as I can see.
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