Third year eligible player who was recruited as a defenseman in 2012-2013, but switched to wing 20 games in and then back to defense 2013-14, and finally settled in as scoring winger last season potting 36 goals & 84 points during the regular season and 8 goals & 16 points in 13 WHL playoff games. The under six footer has always been fleet afoot and has now almost 180 pounds. He attended the Minnesota Wild's Development Camp in July,2015, continuing at the NHL Prospects Tournament in Traverse City, Mich., and extending into training camp, but the team in his home state didn’t offer him a contract, so he returned to Victoria, where things worked out.
--Bill Placzek--