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Riley Heidt is the new captain of the Prince George Cougars.
The forward, a Minnesota Wild prospect, is the 30th captain in franchise history.
"First off, it’s an honour,” he said in a press release from the team issued Wednesday, Oct. 2. “I just want to thank my teammates and the staff for believing in me. I’ve been here for four years and now my fifth year and learned what it has meant to be a Cougar and wear this jersey. We have been making steps in the right direction and where we want to go every day. I am super grateful, and this is something I don’t take lightly."
He was set to make his debut with the 'C' on his jersey Wednesday, Oct. 2 on a road trip to Kelowna. The Cougars take on the Rockets at 7:05 p.m.
Heidt has skated in 221 games in his WHL career, with 280 points in that span (85-195-280). Those 280 points and 195 assists are a Cougars franchise record.
Alternate captains will include Bauer Dumanski, Borya Valis and Carlin Dezainde.
Other Cougars are part of the leadership group but won’t wear a letter. These include Viliam Kmec, Terik Parascak and Josh Ravensbergen.
Previous team captains include:
- Hudson Thornton (23-24)
- Ethan Samson (22-23)
- Jonny Hooker (21-22)
- Jack Sander (20-21)
- Josh Maser (19-20)
- Josh Curtis (18-19)
- Dennis Cholowski (17-18)
- Sam Ruopp (14-17)
- Troy Bourke (13-14)
- Dan Gibb and Brock Hirsche (12-13)
- Brett Connolly (10-11)
- Garrett Thiessen (09-10)
- Art Bidlevski (09-10)
- Cameron Cepek and Dana Tyrell (08-09)
- Greg Gardner (07-08)
- Eric Hunter (06-07)
- Myles Zimmer (04-06)
- Chris Falloon (03-04)
- Blake Robson (02-03)
- Dan Hamhuis (01-02)
- Justin Cox (00-01)
- Tyler Bouck (98-00)
- Andrew Luciuk (97-98)
- Brad Mehalko (96-97)
- Geoff Lynch (95-96)
- Clayton Catellier and Rob Butz (94-95)
