With the 2019 season just three weeks away, West Kelowna has named the players that will captain this year乌鸦传媒檚 Warriors.
Veteran Jake Harrison has been named the Warriors乌鸦传媒� team captain, while Parm Dhaliwal and Lucas Cullen were appointed alternate captains for the 2019 season.
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乌鸦传媒淎ll three exemplify what it means to be a Warrior and a leader.乌鸦传媒�
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The three 20-year-olds have played a combined 448 games in the BC Hockey League with the Warriors.
Harrison, a West Kelowna native, enters his fourth season with the Warriors after playing with the Fargo Force in the US Hockey League last season. He乌鸦传媒檚 the only remaining member from West Kelowna乌鸦传媒檚 2016 RBC Cup-winning team and is ready to direct his hometown team.
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Harrison has compiled 94 points and 193 penalty minutes in his 190 BCHL games.
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Alternate captains Dhaliwal and Cullen were a big part of the Warriors offence last season. Cullen led the way during last season乌鸦传媒檚 playoff push with seven goals in seven games in a lost series against the Wenatchee Wild. Dhaliwal had a career year last season with 61 points in 57 games.
乌鸦传媒�(Cullen and Dhaliwal) are great teammates who lead by their actions. Both have been here for a few years now and have always been guys who put the team first,乌鸦传媒� said West.
乌鸦传媒淚乌鸦传媒檓 confident that all three (players) will guide our team with class and integrity.乌鸦传媒�
A third alternate captain for the Warriors will be named later this season.
West Kelowna starts their preseason Aug. 21 before starting the season at home against the Vernon Vipers on Sept. 6.
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