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Twenty Seaforth minor hockey
graduates continue their career
By Susan Hund.rtmark
Expositor Editor
Seaforth has 20 graduates
of the local minor hockey and
ringette leagues playing
hockey at junior, university
and professional levels, says
Huron East Recreation and
• Facilities Manager Graham
Nesbitt.
Former NHLer Dave
McLlwain is playing for the
third year in Cologne,
Germany, after winning the
championship of the German
Elite League last year.
"He told me the celebration
in Germany was just like
Toronto had won the Stanley
Cup," says Nesbitt.
Detroit Red Wing Boyd
Devereaux brought the
Stanley Cup to Seaforth this
summer and continues to
play, after a short time off the
ice with a broken thumb this
fall.
Scott Driscoll is in his ninth
year as a linesman with the
NHL.
"Last year, he was one man
away from his Stanley Cup,
officiating at the finals," says
Nesbitt.
NHL player Rem Murray
was traded last week from the
New York Rangers to the
Nashville Predators after
being traded last spring to the
Rangers from the Edmonton
Oilers.
Before leaving Edmonton,
Murray skated in 69 Oiler
games, scoring seven goals
and 17 assists for 24 points
and appeared in his 400th
NHL match on Jan. 23
against Colorado, according
to his statistics on the New
York Rangers' website.
He skated in 11 games for
New York, scoring one goal
and two assists. His first goal
was against Tampa Bay on
April 1.
Rem also became a dad
over the summer with the
birth of his daughter Jillian.
Mike Watt signed a
contract in early July with the
Lowell Loch Monsters, a.
farm team of the Carolina
Hurricanes.
His mom Barb says that
Mike has had a lot of injuries
lately, with pulled muscles
under his ribs taking him out
of the game for two weeks
recently.
"He's back playing again
now," she says.
Dan Wildfong is in his
fourth year with the Bossier -
Shreveport Mudbugs, of the
Central Hockey League, a
farm team for both the
Rochester Amerks and the
Buffalo Sabres.
A month ago, he was the
CHL's player of the week,
says Nesbitt.
Derek Nesbitt, 20, is playig
in his sophomore year for
Ferris State University in Big
Rapids, Michigan.
His team is currently in
firsi place in their conference,
the Central Collegiate
Hockey Association.
"Derek is third in league
scoring at the moment and
leads the league in game -
winning goals," says his dad
Graham.
The Ferris State team is
scheduled to hold a practice
in Seaforth on Jan. 2 at 1 p.m.
on their way to Niagara Falls
University in New York .
"Everyone will get a
chance to see a division one
team practice," says Nesbitt.
Four young women from
Seaforth are playing
university hockey this year:
Nicole Munro, 20, is in her
senior year at the University
of Maine, playing hockey
with their women's team, the
Black Bears.
As a forward, she'4 scored
two goals and one assist this
year so far.
"She's had some challenges
this year but it's still been a
good year. They've been on
the road a lot so it's been
challenging to get the school
work done," says her mom
Janet.
While Nicole is in her last
year at school, she and some
teammates are exploring
playing
hockeyfor
some
women's
teams in
Europe.
"Her name
has been made
available to
them. If she
plays, she'd
billet with a
family and get
paid to play
hockey. It would be a great
education if nothing else,"
says Janet.
Janet credits Seafoth
ringette with Nicole's success
in hockey.
"She played ringette
because girls' hockey wasn't
available but ringette gave her
very strong skating skills,
which is good background for
hockey," she says.
Kim Devereaux, is a
sophomore at the University
of Toronto, playing defence
on the women's hockey team,
the Varsity Blues.
"They have a strong team,
a really good club," says
Nesbitt.
"Kim is having a good
year," says her mom Lynn.
"They've only lost once this
year to McGill University in
Montreal."
Lynn says the family is able
to get to Kim's games when
she plays Western in London
or Laurier University in
Waterloo.
Last year, the women's
Varsity Blues came third in
the nationals.
Kathy Devereaux is in her
sophomore year with the
Wisconsin Badgers, which is
in fourth place in the Western
Collegiate Hockey
Association right now with
nine wins, four losses and
three ties.
As a forward, Kathy has
made two goals and five
assists and played all 16
games this season so far.
Jessica Finlayson is in her
second year with the Windsor.
Lady Lancers and also works
at the Seaforth Hockey
School in the summer doing
off -ice training.
And, while she's still in
Grade 11 at St. Anne's
Secondary School in Clinton,
Leah Craig is playing with
the London Junior Stangs, a
team in the Southwestern
girls' hockey league.
"She's the second youngest
on her team at 16 and was
asked to try out for the
Ontario Under 18 elite girls'
team that goes to the Canada
Winter Games," says Nesbitt.
While she's
too young yet
to be offered a
university
scholarship,
Leah has
received letters
of interest from
schools all
over the United
States.
"She really
looks to the
girls from
Seaforth playing at
universities in both Canada
and the United States. She
wants. to sit down with them
and figure out what to do next
year," says Fran.
Leah is the second highest
scorer on the Junior Stangs
and also plays on the St.
Anne's girls' hockey team.
Josh Holland, 18, started
the season with theJunior B
Listowel Cyclones and was
traded recently to the St.
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