Fifteen Ice players return from last season
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THE Winnipeg Ice announced Friday just who will be representing the Western Hockey League team in the Regina hub for the 2021 season.
The roster consists of 26 players, 15 of whom are returning from last year, when the Ice went 38-24-1-0 before the season was cut short owing to COVID-19 concerns.
The most notable returnee is captain Peyton Krebs who was chosen 17th overall by the Vegas Golden Knights in the 2019 NHL Draft. Krebs, a 20-year-old forward, helped Canada to a silver medal at the 2021 World Junior Hockey Championships and started the season in the American Hockey League with the Henderson Silver Knights. Krebs had 12 goals and 48 assists in 38 games with the Ice last year.
Connor McClennon will also be a main source of offence for Winnipeg this season. The third-year winger was fifth in team scoring in 2020 with 21 goals and 28 helpers in 42 contests. McClennon was picked in the sixth round of the 2020 NHL Draft by the Philadelphia Flyers. Jackson Leppard, a 20-year-old coming off a 20-goal campaign, will also return for a second season.
Winnipeg’s Carson Lambos, 18, leads the way on defence. The highly touted 2021 NHL Draft prospect was the team’s top-scoring defenceman last season with 32 points in 57 games.
Strathclair, Man., native Conor Geekie, the second overall pick in the 2019 WHL Draft, is expected to play his first full season with the club. The 16-year-old forward was held pointless in seven games a year ago.
The Ice’s top draft choice from 2020, forward Zach Benson, will enter the hub as an affiliate player. Benson, 15, was picked with the 14th overall pick after scoring 30 goals and adding 56 assists in 30 games for Yale Hockey Academy last season.
Carl Stankowski is the most experienced netminder of the three on the roster. Stankowski, 20, has 34 career WHL games to his name between the Seattle Thunderbirds and Calgary Hitmen.
Forward Matthew Savoie, the first overall pick in the 2019 WHL Draft, is currently suiting up in the USHL for the Dubuque Fighting Saints. He’s eligible to join the Ice at the conclusion of the USHL season.
The Ice will play a 24-game schedule which begins on March 13 against the Brandon Wheat Kings at the Brandt Centre.
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