Thursday, December 6, 2007

Newcomers make an impact with Nanaimo

by Greg Sakaki of the Nanaimo News Bulletin

Their first flight from Edmonton couldn’t land at Comox Saturday. Neither could their second flight. Ziegler and Cherniwchan finally landed in Victoria Sunday afternoon, then endured a Greyhound trip that saw their bus get stuck in the snow, twice.

Both he and Cherniwchan have NCAA scholarships for next fall, anyways, with Ziegler heading to Yale; Cherniwchan, to Northern Michigan.

“He can score goals out of situations where you don’t think a goal is possible,” Ziegler said. “And he’s not afraid to play defence and be physical.”

“He’s very physical; the hardest worker out there,” said Cherniwchan. “Likes to get in the corner and dig, and battle in front of the net.”

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