Canes PROSPECTS and ALUMNI.

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In the SSAC BP Athletics first game at the Macs Midget tournament against the Alaska Jr Aces, Ryan Larochelle was the goalie with Skinner as his backup. Alaska Jr Aces defeated the BP Athletics 4-2 with an empty net goal. Larochelle played pretty good stopping 30 of 33 shots, but was on the losing end of the score.

Stuart Skinner got the start in the second game for the SSAC BP Athletics and came away with the win over the Valley West Hawks in a 5-1 game. Skinner had a great game stopping 36 of 37 shots.

The Athletics play their 3rd game tonight (Dec 28th) at 8:00 PM against the Prince Albert Mintos. From the results of the first 2 games, I would think Skinner should get the start in goal tonight.

I guess I was wrong as Ryan Larochelle was the goalie in the 3rd game for the BP Athletics. Larochelle only allowed 1 goal on 36 shots against the Prince Albert Mintos in a 4-1 win in the Athletics 3rd game.

Skinner got the start in the 4th game for the BP Athletics and was the winning goalie as they defeated the Calgary Royals 5-3. While the Canes goaltending prospect did get his second win, he allowed 3 goals on just 20 shots.

Skinner and the SSAC BP Athletics made it into the playoff rounds but were defeated in the quarter finals 5-4 by the Okanagan Rockets, thereby ending there run in the Mac's Tournament. Larochelle got the start for the 3rd time in 5 games and was the losing goalie allowing 5 goals on just 24 shots. Maybe if Skinner would have got the start the BP Athletics would have made it to the semi-finals.

Larochelle, who I believe is 17 compared to Skinner at 15, seems to be the Athletics #1 goalie. He however won just 1 game and lost 2. Skinner on the other hand went 2-0 in his starts, allowing just 4 goals on 57 shots for a SP of .930%

For me, the bigger question is why the Canes supposed super prospect is only the #2 goalie on his midget team???