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Bonners Ferry man shows star quality in pro
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October 21, 2017 |
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Even though the Kelowna Rockets fell to the
Portland Winterhawks, a young Bonners Ferry
athlete, getting his first start on the ice,
opened his career showing potential to be a star
in the world of hockey.
According to Kelowna Daily Courier reporter Glen
Erickson, goalie James Porter, 17, played a
solid 20 minutes Friday night on the home ice,
stopping all 13 shots fired by Portland.
“He played great,” Rockets head coach Jason
Smith told Erickson. “He did exactly what you
want from your goalies, to give you a chance to
be in the game. He kept us in the game, but we
didn’t play hard enough to get any results out
of it.”
Porter, 5'11" and 157 pounds, played for the
Edge School for Athletes of the Canadian Sport
School Hockey League, which won the championship
in March of this year.
He had a solid record of 11-3-0 with the Edge
while recording a 1.79 goals against average and
a .925 save percentage in 16 starts.
Porter, who was born in Bonners Ferry April 9,
2000, was the Rockets seventh round pick and
153rd overall in the 2015 WHL Bantam draft. He
began practicing with the Rockets shortly after
the Edge School's March championship. He was
selected as one of the Rocket's two goalies for
the 2017-18 season in early September, in time
for the September 22 season start.
He stepped in to start Friday's match after
starting goalie Brodan Salmond was sent to
Calgary earlier in the day to be treated for a
lingering injury. |
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