SUPERIOR INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
SIJHL MEDIA UPDATE
Release Date: Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015
Trio of SIJHL alums at NHL rookie camps
THUNDER BAY, Ont. – A trio of Superior International Junior Hockey League alumni are currently attending NHL rookie camps.
Former Fort Frances netminder and SIJHL top goaltender award recipient Ryan Faragher is at the Anaheim Ducks prospects camp while ex-Thunder Bay North Stars defenceman Chase Stewart is doing likewise with the Arizona Coyotes and a past member of the Dryden GM Ice Dogs in D-man Kevin Raine is at the Los Angeles Kings rookie camp.
Faragher stopped 34 of 37 shots he faced, including 22 saves in the third period alone, but his efforts were not enough as the visiting Anaheim Ducks rookies fell by a 4-1 count to the San Jose Sharks prospects Saturday evening.
The Ducks hopefuls return to Anaheim for practices Tuesday and Wednesday in a prelude to the club’s main camp beginning later in the week.
For Faragher, the 25-year-old netminder is one of three goaltenders on the Ducks rookie camp roster. He is expected to start the season with their AHL affiliate the San Diego Gulls, who have him signed to a contract for 2015-16.
Meanwhile also out west, Thunder Bay’s Chase Stewart earned an invite to compete at the Coyotes rookie camp in Glendale, Ariz.
That three-day event will feature a trio of on-ice sessions before the Coyotes prospects travel to California for a two-game set Sept. 15-16 vs. similar talent from the L.A. Kings.
Stewart will be one of eight defencemen that will take part for Arizona.
He appeared in the early part of last season with the North Stars before the 18-year-old blueliner was called up to the Saginaw Spirit of the OHL.
After helping the Kings AHL fram team win a Calder Cup title in the spring, Dryden’s Raine is getting an opportunity to show his stuff with the big club.
The 22-year-old defenceman is one of 29 hopefuls currently taking part in the Kings rookie camp out in California.
Part of that event will be a two-game set Tuesday and Wednesday against Stewart and other prospects from the Coyotes.