Three years ago, Bubba and his teammates had some fun with Garrett Beckwith attending their practices, working with the goalies and generally playing the role of “hip high school kid” to a team of middle-schoolers. At the time, I speculated that Beckwith was bound for bigger and better things, most likely west or north of New Jersey. And then things went quiet for a while.
Tonight I received an update from Coach Barry, a/k/a Garrett’s Dad: Garrett was the top-ranked goalie in the Kootenay International Junior League this year, with a scary 1.84 GAA in 20 games, and now Trail Smoke Eaters of the KIJHL. It’s great to see a local hockey player continue on at the next level.
Stupid but serendipitous sidebar: The Trail Smoke Eaters are based in the hamlet of Princeton, British Columbia. The NJ Devils Youth club now has goalie graduates in a pair of Princetons.
