Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Injury bug bites as Vees return

by Staff of the Penticton Western News

After starting back-to-back games in each of the last two weekends, Alex Evin seems to have cemented his status as the Vees No. 1 goaltender after playing five of the teams six games over the past two weeks.

Seventeen-year-old speedster Mitch Lebreche has earned a full-time gig with the Vees. The Summerland Sting product impressed the Vees coaches enough over his three games as an AP to warrant the second to last roster position on the club last week.

Super-pest Luke Challier appears to be getting closer to his return to the line up. Challier, who has five fights in seven games, took the pre-game warm-up Friday against Vernon last weekend but likely won’t be ready for this weekends pair.

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