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The Prince George Spruce Kings of the BCHL have Jordy listed on the 2007/08 roster. what's up?

radar wrote:The Prince George Spruce Kings of the BCHL have Jordy listed on the 2007/08 roster. what's up?

This wouldn't surprise me at all because I had heard a few months ago that he was not going to play in the USHL. I thought maybe that rumor was invalid once he attended tryouts for Sioux Falls earlier this summer but maybe there is some legs to it after all.

radar wrote:The Prince George Spruce Kings of the BCHL have Jordy listed on the 2007/08 roster. what's up?

http://www.sprucekings.bc.ca/content/view/179/116/

I don't see him on this roster - what were you looking at?

go to BCHL site click standings on top bar. then go to Prince George and click he will be third from the top.

radar wrote:go to BCHL site click standings on top bar. then go to Prince George and click he will be third from the top.

Took that route, and still don't see it.

Puckguy19 wrote:

radar wrote:go to BCHL site click standings on top bar. then go to Prince George and click he will be third from the top.

Took that route, and still don't see it.

http://bchl.bc.ca/leagues/stats_1team.c ... entID=1413

Puckguy19 wrote:

radar wrote:go to BCHL site click standings on top bar. then go to Prince George and click he will be third from the top.

Took that route, and still don't see it.

http://bchl.bc.ca/leagues/rosters_profi ... rID=325254

what is the story on Jordy? He played only two games for Sioux Falls in the playoffs last year? why did he go to the BCHL?

radar wrote:The Prince George Spruce Kings of the BCHL have Jordy listed on the 2007/08 roster. what's up?

Actually, the BCHL website has Jordy listed on the Spruce Kings' roster. The official Spruce Kings website does NOT have Jordy on their roster. The Stampede's official website still has Jordy listed on their roster. There were no press releases announcing the change, so I'm assuming he'll remain in the USHL until I see further evidence to the contrary.

The Sioux Falls roster you linked to is also last year's roster and isn't up to date.

Considering most of these junior teams are not the best about keeping their website up to date in the off-season, I don't know that citing those things is worthwhile. Even the protected list that was posted on Google spreadsheet by somebody isn't updated regularly. The league run websites tend to be updated more often and are generally more accurate so I would tend to believe the league site above all else. I guess we'll see.

As I said earlier, there has been talk behind the scenes of this possibility for a few months now. After the Sioux Falls tryout, I thought maybe it was not going to happen but this could point to the contrary.

so why would he go to the BCHL instead of playing for SF? you seem to know more than you are writing...

Gopher Blog wrote:The Sioux Falls roster you linked to is also last year's roster and isn't up to date.

True, oops.

Gopher Blog wrote:Considering most of these junior teams are not the best about keeping their website up to date in the off-season, I don't know that citing those things is worthwhile.

The Spruce Kings site seems to have been recently updated with their most current roster additions, so I thought that might mean it's accurate.

Gopher Blog wrote:Even the protected list that was posted on Google spreadsheet by somebody isn't updated regularly. The league run websites tend to be updated more often and are generally more accurate so I would tend to believe the league site above all else. I guess we'll see.

Yeah, it's wait and see for all of us fans. Is there anybody connected to Jordy, Prince George, Sioux Falls, or the SCSU coaching staff that can set us all straight?

His performance at Sioux Falls last season and the camp this year certainly doesn't make this seem like it's a "cut from the team" situation.

The Exiled One wrote:His performance at Sioux Falls last season and the camp this year certainly doesn't make this seem like it's a "cut from the team" situation.

Yeah, it wouldn't be a "cut" situation. From what it sounded like when I first heard about the possibility a few months back, it was a thought process being considered on Christian's side of the equation. I don't really understand the logic behind it but he is an SCSU recruit so if he wants to play in a softer junior league, he is welcome to.

So I hear that the Fargo-Moorhead newspaper had something written in it today that confirms Christian is headed to the BCHL. I don't find a link online so I guess I will have to take the word of the person who read it. So it looks like that rumor from months ago ended up being true after all.

Jordy had asked for his release from the Stampede so he could go play in the BCHL.

The USHL protected list spreadsheet also reflects that move.

Not just a rumor - was a short paragraph in the Fargo Forum sports section last week - didn't give any details.

It is true, I heard the smae thing.

His name is on his sticks
Jordy Christian comes from famous Minn. hockey family

(Sports) Monday, 27 August 2007, 22:32 PST
by TED CLARKE Citizen staff
DON THOMPSON

If the Prince George Spruce Kings need any advice on hockey sticks, they'd be wise to ask Jordy Christian.

His grandfather practically wrote the book on how to make them.

For decades, Christian Brothers, the company grandpa Bill started with his brother Roger, was a name synonymous with quality in hockey stick manufacturing, as a major supplier to North American players, amateur and pro.

Jordy, the 18-year-old high school hockey recruit from Warroad, Minn., ranked 116th among North American skaters by NHL Central Scouting, brings to the Spruce Kings rich hockey bloodlines that go beyond the sports equipment. Before they started making sticks, Bill and Roger were key members of the 1960 U.S. hockey team that won Olympic gold in Squaw Valley. Jordy's uncle is Dave Christian, who played for the Miracle On Ice 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey champions. The entire U.S. team in Lake Placid used Christian sticks in their miraculous win over the powerhouse Russians.

Now Jordy, the next generation of Christians, is in Prince George, trying to make his mark in the B.C. Hockey League.

"Between the three of them, they have almost 80 years of hockey," said Jordy. "It's fun to go back and talk to them. They see the game pretty well and it's nice to have them offer their insight, things they've picked up along the way. They obviously have some great stories about hockey but you kind of want to find your own niche and do your own thing."

He already has his short-term future mapped out. Jordy, who turns 19 in October, signed a scholarship agreement with St. Cloud State University and will skate with the Kings this season before he makes the jump to the NCAA. As a high school player last year in Moorhead, Minn., he totalled 28 goals 37 assists and 65 points in 26 games for the Spuds. He went on to play 15 games in the USHL with the Sioux Falls Stampede, collecting three goals and two assists, and he played two playoff games for the eventual Clark Cup USHL champions.

Jordy wasted no time distinguishing himself in the Kings' weekend camp, centring the most productive forward line with wingers Zach Davies and Sam Muchalla.

"I make things happen, score some goals, and I just try to go out there and have fun," said Christian. "I love playing the game and play it with passion and energy and work hard.

"This should be a fun year, we should have a pretty good team. Zach is fun to play with, he's very smart and very talented and he scores goals. Sammy size doesn't hinder him, he just goes out and plays hard and if he gets hit, he gets right back up again."

Jordy is a distant relative of Jeannie Dempsey, the wife of Kings head coach and general manager Ed Dempsey. The Kings flew Christian up to the city in July for a look-see and that convinced him to sign.

Jordy already had a family connection with the Coliseum ice before training camp began. Grandpa Bill played there in 1979 with the Warroad Lakers in the Western Canadian intermediate championship, the year after the Prince George Mohawks won the Hardy Cup national title.

"He remembered playing here and he said anywhere you play in Canada, it's hockey country," Jordy said. "The Mohawks were pretty good back then."

The family sold the business 10 years ago and with less demand for wood sticks and the move to composite materials, the company went out of business in 2005. But Christian has since been revived with new ownership and is back making hockey sticks, gloves, pants, as well as field hockey and lacrosse equipment.

"Their sticks are a little harder to come by now, but I'm still using them," said Jordy. "It's tough competing against the Eastons of the world, but they're still good sticks. Everybody used to have them."