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Childhood friends often envision scenarios of some day joining the NHL together.
Tyson Galloway and Logan Stankoven of Kamloops lived the dream on Saturday.
“I’m on a high right now,” said Galloway, a 6-foot-3, 220-pound defenceman who toils for the Calgary Hitmen in the WHL. “I’m living on a cloud.”
The Dallas Stars picked Kamloops Blazers’ forward Stankoven in Round 2 (47th overall) and the St. Louis Blues nabbed Galloway in Round 5 (145th overall) of the NHL Draft.
Stankoven and Galloway have been playing with or against each other since they first laced skates in the Kamloops Minor Hockey Association.
Spruce Kings add goaltender, forward to the roster for upcoming season
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The Prince George Spruce Kings have made a pair of acquisitions today (Wednesday).
2002-born Goaltender Kobe Grant will be suiting up in the red, white and blue for the upcoming season.
Grant was previously with the Kelowna Chiefs of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL).
In the 2019-20 season, Grant played 21 games with the Thompson Blazers of the BC Major Midget League, where he sported a 10-10 record, along with 3.19 goals against average.
Grant also affiliated and played in one game with the Vernon Vipers last season.
Cariboo Cougars goalie Jeremy Matte covers up the puck while a couple of defenders move a South Island Royal player out of the action Saturday at the CN Centre. Matte stopped 26 shots in a 3-0 shutout in the first game of a weekend doubleheader. Allan WISHART/Free Press
Jeremy Matte didn’t keep every puck out of the net, but he still got a shutout.
Matte stopped 26 shots Saturday as the Cariboo Cougars downed the South Island Royals in a B.C. Major Midget League game at the CN Centre, but one puck did get by him.
With the Cougars up 2-0 early in the third period, South Island got the puck into the Cariboo goal, but the officials rules it had been intentionally directed in by a Royals player with his body, and the goal was disallowed.