Press Release
EVERETT – The Everett Silvertips today
announced four players who will serve as Captains for the team during
the 2012-13 WHL season. Wearing the Captain’s “C” for a third
consecutive season is defenseman Ryan Murray, who will be joined by
alternate Captains Cody Fowlie, Ryan Harrison and Manraj Hayer. The
three newly-named alternates replace Josh Birkholz, Brennan Yadlowski
and Josh Caron, each of whom wore an “A” for the ‘Tips last year as an
overager.
Murray, who turns
19 next week, recently returned to the Silvertips for his fourth season
with the club. He has served as Captain since assuming the role as a
17-year-old during Landon Ferraro’s injury absence midway through the
2010-11 season. Selected second overall in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft,
the White City, Saskatchewan native was expected to start the season
with the Columbus Blue Jackets before a labor dispute postponed the
start of the NHL preseason. Murray has been named team MVP in each of
the last two seasons.
Fowlie,
20, is back for his third season in Everett and first as a Captain in
2012-13. He was the only player to appear in all 72 games for the
Silvertips last season, more than doubling his previous offensive output
in the process. Hailing from Airdrie, Alberta, Fowlie scored 14 goals
and added 26 assists for a total of 40 points along with 68 penalty
minutes a year ago.
Harrison,
20, returns for a third year with the ‘Tips after coming over from
Medicine Hat at the trade deadline in 2010-11. The Kelowna, British
Columbia native was Everett’s second-leading scorer last season with 20
goals and 32 assists for a total of 52 points. He also recorded 103
penalty minutes and a +5 rating, good enough for second on the team as
well.
Hayer, 19, also
embarks on a third season in green and silver after last year’s
injury-shortened campaign. A series of ailments limited Hayer to only
18 games in 2011-12, during which he scored five goals and added three
assists. Fully healthy coming into this season, the Vancouver, British
Columbia product had a strong preseason and is looking forward to a
comeback year.
(Nathan can be reached at nathanfournier@mainehockeyjournal.com)
Friday, September 21, 2012
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