A chance meeting at a rink last year led to
Prince George Assistant General Manager and head scout
Wade Klippenstein flying north to
Whitehorse, Yukon this past weekend.
While scouting for the
Cougars last year,
Klippenstein got chatting with a fellow who was involved with
Team Yukon for the
2011 Canada Winter Games in
Halifax this coming February. Once it was discovered that scouting hockey is what
Klippenstein did for a living one thing lead to another and
Klippenstein found himself on a plane north several months later.
This past weekend the former
Quebec Nordique draft pick helped evaluate hockey players that will represent their territory in
Halifax.
"It was a pleasure to be part of the selection process for
Team Yukon, a truly unique experience that combined community and athletics. Their is nothing quite like northern hospitality"
Klippenstein told
TPS, and he should know. The
Dauphin, Manitoba product spent 3 years as a player with the
Alaska-Fairbanks Nanooks of the
CCHA, and returned to the
NCAA team in 2004 for another 3 year stint on the coaching staff.
Klippenstein will no doubt be keeping an eye on some of the players he watched over the weekend, and the fine folks of
Whitehorse will get another visit from the
WHL this February when
Vancouver and
Kamloops play a regular season game in the
Yukon capital as part of
CBC's Hockey Day in Canada.
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