Team captain eager, and expected, to make his Western Hockey League season debut Friday against the visiting Brandon Wheat Kings.
Head coach Michael Dyck wants a hard-working, heavy-forechecking crew that plays a sound team game all over the ice. That’s the modus operandi of Ostapchuk, a 19-year-old forward and team captain who’s back for a fourth year with the club after being reassigned to junior this week by the National Hockey League’s Ottawa Senators.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.
Ostapchuk is expected to make his Vancouver season debut Friday, when the Giants play host to the Brandon Wheat Kings in Western Hockey League action at the Langley Events Centre. “We have to use each other, we have to help each other,” Ostapchuk said of this year’s Giants team. “We don’t have any superstars, so it’s going to need to be a solid team effort.Goalie Jesper Vikman added of Ostapchuk’s return: “It’s a huge boost. He plays the right way all the time. There’s a reason why he’s the captain and a reason why he’s made it as far as he has in this career.”Article content📹 Zack Ostapchuk comments on his experience in Ottawa.
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