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Edmonton, AB – The Edmonton Oil Kings announced today the team’s leadership group ahead of the 2020-21 Western Hockey League season.
Forward Scott Atkinson (Vancouver, BC) will serve as the team’s captain for a second consecutive year, joining Mark Pysyk (2010-2012) and Griffin Reinhart (2012-2014) as the only multi-year captains in franchise history.
Atkinson, 20, is entering his fourth and final season in the WHL, having spent his entire career with the Oil Kings after being drafted in the fifth-round (98th overall) of the 2016 WHL Bantam Draft. In 175 career games played, he has amassed 30 goals and 40 assists. He was named the team’s Kristians Pelss Award winner following the 2018-19 season, given to the player who best exemplifies what it means to be an Edmonton Oil King on and off the ice. He is the 13th captain in modern franchise history.