A total of 23 B.C. Hockey League alumni were on NHL opening-night rosters this week, including Jamie and Jordie Benn and Alex Newhook out of the Victoria Grizzlies and Matt Irwin from the Nanaimo Clippers.
Most junior hockey players won’t get there, of course, but that doesn’t stop the striving or the dreaming. It continues across the country, including tonight at The Q Centre, with the resurgent Cowichan Valley Capitals coming down-Island to face the Grizzlies in an intriguing BCHL match-up.
“Jackson is a getting used to his surroundings and is a mature kid who fits in well,” said Passmore, of the NCAA Div. 1 Dartmouth College-bound Morehouse. “Both guys compete hard and are making the saves they need to make, several of them I would rate Grade A saves,” said Passmore. “Cowichan Valley is off to a good start and has received excellent goaltending,” said Grizzlies GM and head coach Rylan Ferster.