Welcome to Hartley’s Cat Scan!
This is a weekly podcast featuring the ‘who’s who’ of the Prince George Cougars.
Hartley’s guest this week is Cougars Director of Scouting Bob Simmonds.
During the episode, both players brought up a number of topics including:
His interactions with the Royal Family
How scouts are viewing players during the pandemic
Thoughts on the Cougars impressive young core
Who has the final say on making Bantam Draft selections
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Svenson was drafted by the Cougars in the fifth round of the 2018 WHL draft.
The 5’11”, 175-pound forward is the sixth player from the Cougars’ 2018 WHL Draft class to have signed a deal.
“Svenson is a young, physical and determined player and he will help make our team harder to play against. He also has the ability to provide us depth scoring and he’s a welcome addition to our young core of players,” said Cougars’ Director of Scouting, Bob Simmonds.
The 17-year-old started the 2020-21 season with the Winkler Flyers in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL).
Ty Young (Photo from PG Cougars)
The Prince George Cougars have announced 2004-born goaltender, Ty Young has signed a Western Hockey League (WHL) Standard Player Agreement.
“Ty is another goaltender in our system that has a great mix of size and athleticism and has the potential to be a top-level netminder in our league,” said Bob Simmonds, Cougar’s Director of Scouting, “he has a great work ethic and has shown a lot of growth in his game over the last two seasons.”
After being drafted 158th overall in the 2019 WHL draft, the 16-year old Coaldale Alberta product started the 2020-21 season with the Under-18 AAA Lethbridge Hurricanes in the Alberta Elite Hockey League (AEHL).