Savoie heads south
We have BIG roster news!
The Saints have added top 2022 NHL Draft prospect Matt Savoie. Savoie joined the Saints during their 2019 Main Camp. Welcome back, Matt!?: https://t.co/NwmCIEVbsM pic.twitter.com/7M2b7PYGhf
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17-year-old Matthew Savoie (22GP, 0G, 7A with Winnipeg ICE) has been added to the USHL’s Dubuque Fighting Saints roster. This follows a stint with the Sherwood Park Crusaders where Savoie had three goals and three assists in four games before the temporary shut down of the AJHL. Savoie is eligible for the 2022 NHL draft and was the first overall selection of the Kootenay Ice in 2019. He was denied exceptional status prior to the 2019 WHL Bantam Draft
USA bests Canada to take gold
2021 World Juniors Recap: Gold Medal Game
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It was a nearly perfect game by the Americans as they took the gold medal at the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championships. Canada was unable to defend the championship they took home last year. Team USA had one player from the WHL (Dustin Wolf) and Team Canada had 12 representatives win the silver medal. The teams will line up in the same groups in 2022, with that tournament being held in Edmonton and Red Deer.
Card’s time with EC Bad Nauheim is up
Mike Card (269GP, 35G, 112A with Kelowna ’02-’06) has been released from EC Bad Nauheim following a four-week stint with the team. Card was brought back to EC Bad Nauheim due to the departure of three players for the IIHF World Junior Championships. Card won two WHL Championships with the Rockets (2002-03, 2004-05) as well as a Memorial Cup (2003-04).
Thunderbirds prospect signs with BCHL’s Wild
Brodrick Williams joins the Wild for the 2021-2022 season. #WelcomeToWenatchee #Wild4Wenatchee @GoBCHL
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@JrDucks16AAA https://t.co/9mWhLfO9iH pic.twitter.com/kwvGwZ1wPm— Wenatchee Wild (@WenatcheeWild1) January 5, 2021
Brodrick Williams has opted to sign with the Wenatchee Wild of the BCHL for the 2021-22 season. Williams, a product of Huntington Beach, CA, was drafted by the Seattle Thunderbirds in the ninth round of the 2019 WHL Draft. He currently plays for the Anaheim Jr Ducks U16 AAA team, where the defenseman has four goals and seven assists in 24 games.
