EARLY CENTRAL SCOUTING LIST RATES SIX MANITOBANS
The NHL ’ s Central Scouting Bureau has released its annual “ Early Players to Watch List ,” rating players as A ( projected first round selections ), B ( projected second and third round picks ) and C ( projected fourth through sixth round picks ).
There are six Manitobans on the list . The first Manitobans on the list are in the B category : Calen Addison ( Brandon ), a defenseman with the Lethbridge Hurricanes and Jett Woo ( Winnipeg ) a defenseman with the Moose Jaw Warriors .
In the C category there is : Dawson Barteaux ( Foxwarren ), a defenseman with the Red Deer Rebels ; Caiden Daley ( Winnipeg ), a forward with the Brandon Wheat Kings ; Tyler Jubinvill ( Gilbert Plains ) a former Winkler Flyers defenseman now with the Cedar Rapids Roughriders of the USHL ; Riley Stotts ( Winnipeg ) a forward with the Swift Current Broncos ; The 2018 NHL Draft will be held June 22-23 , in Dallas .
Logan Angers
Anika Curtis is completely fearless
WHY WE LOVE THIS GAME Meet Anika Curtis . She ’ s 12 and is playing her first year of “ organized ” hockey in the three-on-three league at the Winnipeg Winter Club . According to her father Spencer , “ She just loves the game .”
“ She skated a few years ago and did a year-or-two of figure skating so she ’ s pretty good within the group ,” said her dad . “ And it seems she ’ s completely fearless . She has chosen to ignore the no bodychecking rule . LOL ! You should just see her out there . It ’ s her first year and she loves it .” That picture is why we love this game .
ST . MARY ’ S LOGAN ANGERS NAMED TO TEAM CANADA
Logan Angers , 17 , from Winnipeg played softball for Manitoba in the 2017 Canada Summer Games . Now she ’ s made Team Canada U-18 women ’ s hockey as a goaltender .
The 5-foot-10 netminder from the St . Mary ’ s Academy Flames will represent Canada at the 2018 IIHF U-18 Women ’ s World Championship in Dmitrov , Russia , from Jan . 6-13 . She ’ ll even celebrate her 18th birthday in Russia on Jan . 7 . She is one of five players making their debuts with Team Canada at the Worlds .
Angers , had played 10 games for St . Mary ’ s through Nov . 20 and had three shutouts to go with an eye-popping 1.52 goals against average . The Flames were 11-4-2 in the Canadian School Sports Hockey League at that point in the season .
Already committed to Quinnipiac University for the Fall Semester in 2018 , Angers grew up playing boys hockey with the Bantam Twins and Triple A Bantam 2 Winnipeg Hawks . She also played girls spring hockey with the Manitoba Maple Leafs and Manitoba Colts .
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