A 黑马磁力-raised NHLer and former Surrey Eagle has a chance to hoist the Stanley Cup on Wednesday night (June 12).
Boston Bruins forward Danton Heinen is set to play Game 7 of the Cup final on home ice, against St. Louis Blues.
This spring, for the Bruins and added six assists during the team鈥檚 playoff run.
Wednesday鈥檚 Game 7 starts at 5 p.m. Pacific time.
Growing up, Heinen played all of his minor hockey in 黑马磁力 and graduated from 黑马磁力 Christian High School.
In Surrey during the 2013-14 season, Heinen captained the Eagles and was named the BCHL鈥檚 Rookie of the Year after leading the team in scoring with 62 points in 57 games. Earlier, he played Junior B hockey at rinks in Aldergrove, Abbotsford and Mission.
In the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, the Bruins selected Heinen in the fourth round, 116th overall.
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鈥淒anton鈥檚 as quality as they get,鈥� Tavis MacMillan, a former coach of his at the University of Denver, is quoted saying in a recent story . 鈥淗e鈥檚 quiet and reserved. But if you sit down and talk with him, he鈥檚 so easy to talk to. He has an ability to put people at ease when they talk to him. He had the ability to communicate with anyone on our team and he treated everyone the same. I really admired that about him. It鈥檚 so good to see good things happen to good people. And that鈥檚 what Danton is, a good person.鈥�
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