Thunder Bay Kings AAA Hockey Media Update
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THUNDER BAY, Ont. – The North American Prospects Hockey League has announced that Thunder Bay minor midget Kings forward Quintin Loon-Stewardson has been named to take part in the league’s third annual under-16 all-star game Sunday evening at 9 p.m. in Blaine, Minn.
Loon-Stewardson was the lone member of the Kings side chosen to compete from teams that comprise the 19-team U-16 division.
The 15-year-old Sioux Lookout product currently leads the Kings in scoring in NAPHL play with 14 points in 15 games on 10 goals and four assists.
His tally total ties him for fifth overall in U-16 play.
Final roster decisions were based on a combination of the current NAPHL U-16 standings, along with NAHL Central Scouting staff input based on nominations by coaches and scouting evaluations throughout the first three events.
Players that were considered for the U-16 All-Star Game selection process had to have been nominated by each of the NAPHL U-16 head coaches in the league.
The U-16 All-Star Game is a part of the NAPHL’s fourth regular season event of the season, which will feature all 38 NAPHL teams, each playing in five regular season games from Dec 4-7 in Blaine.
Both the Kings minor and major midget Kings will be competing in the fourth round of NAPHL action this weekend.
The minors open up Friday at 1:15 p.m. vs. Omaha.
That will be followed by two contests Saturday starting with a 9:15 a.m. match-up against the Green Bay Gamblers and concludes at 7:15 p.m. with the Meijer AAA U-16’s from Michigan providing the opposition.
Sunday has the U-16s meeting the San Diego Gulls at 3 p.m. before they finish up competition Monday at 8:30 a.m. when they tangle with the Rocky Mountain Roughriders.
As for the major midget Kings, they’ll start off Round 4 of under-18 NAPHL action against the New Jersey Titans at 1:30 p.m. Friday.
Two tilts is on the club’s docket Saturday beginning with a 9:45 a.m. face-off vs. the Washington Little Capitals before they wrap up the day against second place Omaha U-18 at 7:30 p.m.
Thunder Bay’s opponent Sunday will be the Tampa Scorpions and features a 5:30 p.m. start before concluding competition Monday at 2 p.m. as they tangle with the Wilkes Barre/Scranton Knights.
All NAPHL games are available online on a pay-per-view basis at FASTHOCKEY.com.
