A Calgary Hitmen draftee will play for the Campbell River Storm this weekend.
Fifteen-year-old Beck Malenstyn of Penticton will be dressing for the Junior B hockey club this weekend for the games against Nanaimo and Comox.
Malenstyn was the 18th overall selection to the Calgary Hitmen in last year’s Major Junior draft and the Storm received special permission from the club to play for these two games.
“Beck was one of 40 players chosen from all over Canada for his age group to participate in the All State Canadian Game held by the NHLPA and has gone to several agency camps and skated with the likes of Nathan MacKinnon, Seth Jones and other NHL draftees,” said Strom head coach Lee Stone. “Beck was also the runner up for the B.C. Bantam Player of the Year, captaining OHA and leading the team with 62 goals and 119 points in 57 games.”
Malenstyn will be arriving in town Thursday and will travel with the Storm to Nanaimo to take on the division-leading Buccaneers.
Then on Friday, the Storm are back home at the Rod Brind’Amour Arena to take on the Comox Glacier Kings at 7:30 p.m.
Last Friday, at home, the Storm thumped basement-dwellers, Oceanside Generals, 6-1. On Saturday, Campbell River followed up with a 4-0 victory in Courtenay over the Glacier Kings.
Jack Surgenor earned the shutout, turning away all 28 shots on net.
The Storm is presently third in the North Island Division, just one point back of the Glacier Kings. However, Campbell River has two games in hand.
