St. Louis Blue bound for Prince George

The Prince George Spruce Kings have signed a veteran of the St. Louis Blues.

Not the Stanley Cup-champion Blues. At 18, Henry Wagner is still a bit young to be playing in the NHL. But the five-foot-nine, 150-pound native of St. Louis, Mo., is on the verge of a U.S. college hockey career and already has a scholarship lined up to play as a forward at Yale University beginning in 2020.

This coming season, Wagner is intent on playing in Prince George with the Spruce Kings. He’s among a handful of new recruits the the defending B.C. Hockey Leaguechampions have signed for the new season and he had several BCHL teams after his services. Last season, in 37 games combined with the St. Louis Blues under-18 team of the Tier 1 Elite Hockey League and his St. Louis University high school team, Wagner scored 28 goals and totaled 51 points.

The Kings also announced they’ve signed two 2002-born products of the Burnaby Winter Club midget prep team. Forward Brett Pfoh, a Port Moody native who stands five-foot-nine and weighs 155 pounds, collected 19 goals and 27 points in 34 games in the Canadian Sport School Hockey League for Burnaby. Carter Cochrane, a six-foot, 165-pounder from Victoria, scored 10 goals and had 26 points with the BWC prep team. They will join former centre Fin Williams, a 2003-born former teammate who moved up to the Spruce Kings during the Coastal Conference playoff series with Victoria.

Also coming to the Spruce Kings this season are 2001-born forward Mack Stewart and 2001-born defenceman Cole Leal. Stewart played last season in the Alberta Midget Hockey League for the Calgary Royals, finishing with 13 goals and 31 points in 31 games. The six-foot, 170-pound Stewart is a dual citizen born in Villach, Austria. Leal, a five-foot-11, 170-pound Belleville, Ont., native, scored 13 goals and had 17 assists for 30 points in 82 games combined with Northwood School in Lake Placid, NY.

The Kings have added to the roster two other 2002-born players with B.C. Major Midget Hockey League experience to the roster – forward Jake McLean and defenceman Colton Cameron.

McLean, a six-foot, 170-pound native of North Vancouver, scored 19 times and had 29 assists in 40 games last season with the Vancouver North West Hawks. He also played one game for the Kings as an affiliated player. The six-foot-one, 170-pound Cameron, a native of Surrey, picked up five goals and 15 assists in 28 BCHMML games for the Valley West Giants of the B.C. Major Midget League.