OT: Beau Courtney

[Space umpire]

Keeping this short, had dinner with a former coworker and her husband last night. I was wearing a Hawk sweater. They (not really hockey fans) shared that his nephew played junior hockey and is playing in college.
He openly admits to not knowing if the kid was “good” or not.
So I found the kids prospect page but me not being the prospect hound that some of you are don’t have an account.

So for the experts here, is he any good? What’s his ceiling?
Is Gretzky fearful that records will fall or is he a big name in the Saturday night beer league?

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[CallMeShaft]

After a quick glance at his EP page, he'll max out as a beer leaguer. Looks like he hasn't actually started college hockey yet, is listed on a no-name college for next year. Has played 48 games in the WHL this season with a measly 13pts as a 21 year old. He's also only 5ft10.

 

[u2wojo]

While Fairbanks is D1, it is bottom of the barrell. I concur with a beer league ceiling based on where he has been and what he has done. Barring some miracle beating great odds I doubt he ever gets paid to play hockey. That said, getting a D1 education (even if he is only a partial scholarship which a lot are) is still an accomplishment most won;t achieve.

 

[TheFridge]

After a quick glance at his EP page, he'll max out as a beer leaguer. Looks like he hasn't actually started college hockey yet, is listed on a no-name college for next year. Has played 48 games in the WHL this season with a measly 13pts as a 21 year old. He's also only 5ft10.

Anyone can play beer league. Even some of the worst Junior players are still excellent hockey players and could play pro hockey, if they want to pursue it.

I had Jake Worrad and his brother play beer league hockey with a team I was on and even though Jake was a middling OHL player, he was so much better than anyone else in the league and it wasn't close.

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

Anyone playing major junior is going to be a beer league phenom.