A Drumheller hockey player has a chance to match his skills with some top calibre Russian players, he only hopes he’ll be healed in time.
Trent Ouellette is in his third season with the Regina Pats and was having a break-out season. The centre man jumped out to being the top scorer for the team through 14 games. He is being noticed and was selected for an elite WHL team for the Canada-Russia Subway Super Series.
He explains the major junior leagues are putting together teams to play an elite Russian junior squad this month.
“We’ll (WHL team) play two games, one in Vancouver and one in Victoria against Russia,” explains Ouellette. He is on the roster to play in the game in Vancouver on November 14.
“It is really exciting and kind of surprising,” Ouellette told The Mail. “I felt honoured to be picked. From going undrafted in the bantam draft to this. It is a big step.”
So far, Ouellette has six goals and eight assists in 15 games this season.
“It’s going really good, I am putting the puck in the net, points are coming my way and I was getting lots of opportunities,” he said, until he was injured in a game versus Lethbridge.
“It was an awkward hit, the guy went low for a hip check and just caught my back leg between the board,” said Ouellette.
He sprained his medial collateral ligament and was listed as indefinite.
He is expecting to be on the ice skating this week and hopes he’ll be back in shape for the Subway Super Series. As far as the season goes, he hopes to pick up where he left off and continue to build some buzz on his strong start and his selection.
