Press Release
The Calgary Hitmen Hockey Club announced today that their three overage
players, Brooks Macek, Cody Sylvester and Spencer Humphries, will return
as the team’s leadership core for the 2012-13 Western Hockey League
season. Sylvester, who enters his fifth campaign with Calgary, becomes
the third player in franchise history to wear the ‘C’ in back-to-back
seasons. Macek and Humphries will each wear an ‘A’ for the second
consecutive year.
Sylvester, a Vernon, British Columbia, native also proves to be a community leader by founding the Chance To Play program, a fundraising initiative in support of local minor hockey. At each Hitmen home game throughout the season, Chance To Play
t-shirts will be sold for $20 at the Booster Club table located on the
Scotiabank Saddledome concourse. Net proceeds will provide the
opportunity for local youth to participate in sport.
“I’ve had
the opportunity to play hockey all my life and now I am raising funds
for kids who would not normally have the chance to play so they too can
follow their dreams like I did,” said Sylvester. “The money collected
through the sale of these t-shirts will go towards Calgary Minor Hockey
and young kids in the city who have supported me and the team by
cheering every game.”
The 5-11, 191-pound captain has played 247 WHL
games with the Hitmen over the last four seasons accumulating 56 goals
and 83 assists for 139 points. Sylvester has found success early this
year, tallying three goals and two assists over two games played.
“Calgary
has been very good to me,” Sylvester added. “Over the past five years
I’ve had the chance to play with one of the best organizations in the
WHL and now I want to do something to give back to the people and the
city of Calgary who have treated me exceptionally well during my time as
a Hitmen.”
Brooks
Macek, a native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, recorded 14 goals and added 24
assists for 38 points along with 19 penalty minutes over 54 games with
Calgary last season. The Hitmen acquired the 6-foot, 194-pound right
winger from the Tri-City Americans in January 2010 in a deal that also
saw blueliner Spencer Humphries head to Calgary. During the 2012
post-season, the Manitoba talent suited up for five playoff contests
where he notched one goal and added two assists.
Humphries, a
Tsawwassen, British Columiba product set career highs in goals (8),
assists (20), points (38) and penalty minutes (107) as a member of the
Hitmen in 2011-12. Over five
WHL seasons, the 6-2, 208-pound
defenceman has recorded 55 points, including 12 goals, while amassing
209 penalty minutes over 125 games played in Calgary (2010-2012) and for
Tri-City (2008-2010).
(Nathan can be reached at nathanfournier@mainehockeyjournal.com)
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