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Per Kirk Luedeke, the Bruins have signed Seattle Thunderbirds captain Justin Hickman as he undergoes shoulder surgery:
Prospect news: Multiple sources have told me the Boston Bruins have signed Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) free agent '94 forward Justin Hickman
— Kirk Luedeke (@kluedeke29) January 7, 2015
Skinny on Hickman: Big, rugged power forward& T-Birds captain. Hits hard, fights, some skill, too-22 goals last yr, 2nd on team in pts 14-15
— Kirk Luedeke (@kluedeke29) January 7, 2015
The bad news: He's having shoulder surgery & is out for the rest of the year, so Hickman not an option for B's until 15-16 season.
— Kirk Luedeke (@kluedeke29) January 7, 2015
Who is Justin Hickman? No, not the UCLA Bruin special-teamer for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats:
Justin Hickman the hockey player scored 34 points in 70 games in his age-18 WHL year. He was named captain the following year, and as a twenty year old didn't quite hit point per game before his season was shortened by the afore-mentioned shoulder surgery. For reference, here are all of our forwards from this year, plus Dougie Hamilton, listed by their Points Per Game at age 18 in the CHL:
Name | League | GP | P | PPG |
---|---|---|---|---|
Simon Gagne | QMJHL | 61 | 120 | 1.967 |
Marc Savard | OHL | 47 | 87 | 1.851 |
Dougie Hamilton | OHL | 50 | 72 | 1.440 |
Ryan Spooner | OHL | 64 | 81 | 1.266 |
Brad Marchand | QMJHL | 59 | 73 | 1.237 |
Alexander Khokhlachev | OHL | 56 | 69 | 1.232 |
Jordan Caron | QMJHL | 56 | 67 | 1.196 |
Chris Kelly | OHL | 68 | 77 | 1.132 |
Daniel Paille | OHL | 54 | 57 | 1.056 |
Patrice Bergeron (17) | QMJHL | 70 | 73 | 1.043 |
Milan Lucic | WHL | 70 | 68 | 0.971 |
Gregory Campbell | OHL | 65 | 63 | 0.969 |
Seth Griffith | OHL | 68 | 62 | 0.912 |
Craig Cunningham | WHL | 72 | 50 | 0.694 |
Justin Hickman | WHL | 70 | 34 | 0.486 |
Matt Fraser | WHL | 63 | 24 | 0.381 |
And then there's this:
I'm actually pretty pumped bout the U2 album! #thatsgenius #rocknroll
— Justin Hickman (@jhick9) September 18, 2014
Granted, most hockey players have terrible taste in music. I hope this isn't THE MOVE that'll save the team, because at first glance it looks like this guy shouldn't spend a lot of time on NHL ice.
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