Tipped Off
12-30-2008, 07:14 PM
Posted at 4:46 pm by Nick Patterson Http://www.heraldnet.com
The Tips made a play to upgrade their goaltending by acquiring 18-year-old Thomas Heemskerk from the Kootenay Ice today in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2010 bantam draft.
Heemskerk is a 6-foot, 170-pound native of Chilliwack, B.C. He began the season splitting time in goal for Kootenay with 17-year-old Nathan Lieuwen, compiling a 7-6-2-2 record with a 2.88 goals against average and .887 save percentage, but later left the team, saying his heart wasn't in the game anymore.
Goaltending has been Everett's biggest concern this season, and surely this move was made to address that.
I wish I could give you more -- such as whether Heemskerk will report, or if he's expected to be the No. 1, or how this affects holdovers Shayne Barrie, Kent Simpson and Kraymer Barnstable. However, for some reason the Tips decided not to make general manager Doug Soetaert or coach John Becanic available for comment today. Not sure what that's all about, but it leaves some gaping holes in the story that need to be filled in. ...
The Tips made a play to upgrade their goaltending by acquiring 18-year-old Thomas Heemskerk from the Kootenay Ice today in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2010 bantam draft.
Heemskerk is a 6-foot, 170-pound native of Chilliwack, B.C. He began the season splitting time in goal for Kootenay with 17-year-old Nathan Lieuwen, compiling a 7-6-2-2 record with a 2.88 goals against average and .887 save percentage, but later left the team, saying his heart wasn't in the game anymore.
Goaltending has been Everett's biggest concern this season, and surely this move was made to address that.
I wish I could give you more -- such as whether Heemskerk will report, or if he's expected to be the No. 1, or how this affects holdovers Shayne Barrie, Kent Simpson and Kraymer Barnstable. However, for some reason the Tips decided not to make general manager Doug Soetaert or coach John Becanic available for comment today. Not sure what that's all about, but it leaves some gaping holes in the story that need to be filled in. ...