Down on the farm’ is a feature series on Oil Caps prospects. Next up in this series: Jackson Orr. Enjoy. By Lanny Stewart Hard work, perseverance and dedication. It’s those kinds of intangibles that have helped shape Jackson Orr, the hockey player. Just ask his head coach. “Jackson’s strength is his competitive nature,” said Ken […]

Down on the farm’ is a bi-weekly feature series on Oil Caps prospects. Next up in this series: Bray Rookes. Enjoy. By Lanny Stewart Bray Rookes believes he’s got a pretty good understanding of what it’s going to take to make the Oil Caps roster in the future after his training camp stint with the […]

‘Down on the farm’ is a bi-weekly feature series on Oil Caps prospects. Next up in this series: Roux Bazin. Enjoy.  By Lanny Stewart Let’s rewind the clock to the early parts of last year. After spending some time scouting a bantam provincial tournament, it didn’t take long for Troy Leslie, Oil Caps head coach […]

‘Down on the farm’ is a bi-weekly feature series on Oil Caps prospects. Next up in this series: Patrick Comeau. Enjoy. By Lanny Stewart Patrick Comeau’s demeanour on the ice was described by his head coach as Carey Price like, which is fitting considering his love for the Montreal Canadiens. “He doesn’t overreact to anything,” […]

‘Down on the farm’ is a bi-weekly feature series on Oil Caps prospects. Next up in this series: Tyler Thoendel. Enjoy. By Lanny Stewart He may not have lived in the centre of the hockey universe at an early age, but that didn’t deter Tyler Thoendel from playing the game he loves. “I’ve always wanted […]

‘Down on the farm’ is a bi-weekly feature series on Oil Caps prospects. Next up in this series: Jake Poole. Enjoy. By Lanny Stewart As soon as Jake Poole heard the news, he was all smiles. “I was excited to go to Virden,” said the 16-year-old Oil Caps prospect whose rights were acquired via trade […]

‘Down on the farm’ is a bi-weekly feature series on Oil Caps prospects. Next up in this series: Hunter Andrew. Enjoy. By: Lanny Stewart For Virden product Hunter Andrew, the love for the game started at an early age while watching the Canadian hockey tradition on Saturday nights. “We always watched Hockey Night in Canada […]

‘Down on the farm’ is a bi-weekly feature series on Oil Caps prospects. Next up in this series: Colin Cook. Enjoy. By Lanny Stewart There’s nothing flashy when it comes to Colin Cook’s playing style but that doesn’t mean the 17-year-old Brandon product can’t be a productive junior A hockey player when he gets a […]

‘Down on the farm’ is a bi-weekly feature series on Oil Caps prospects. First up in this series: Blake Jacques. Enjoy. By Lanny Stewart His last name is pronounced ‘Jakes’. “Not too many know that,” said 17-year-old Oil Caps prospect Blake Jacques, who is hoping one day he’ll be a household name in the game he began playing at an early age. […]

2018-2019 SEASON February 2019 – Josh Belcher Josh Belcher is the Virden and Reston Drugs Player of the Month for the month of February! Come check out their stores for all your Pharmacy and Grocery needs. In the month of February and the last two games in March, 2nd year veteran, Rapid City Product Josh Belcher, played […]