ROYALS’ JOE
HICKETTS NAMED TO WESTERN CONFERENCE ALL-STAR TEAM
Victoria
defender earns spot on Second All-Star Team.
For
Immediate Release
Wednesday,
March 25, 2015
Victoria,
BC- The Victoria
Royals would like to congratulate defenceman Joe Hicketts on being named to the
Western Conference Second All-Star Team for the 2014-15 season.
This season, Hicketts led the Western Conference in
scoring for defencemen and finished second in the WHL with 64 points (12g-52a)
in 62 games played. Hicketts averaged 1.03 points per game, which was second in
the league for D-men. The 5-8, 175 lb blueliner set the Royals’ single season
record for most assists with 52 and also recorded the franchise mark for most
powerplay assists by a defender in a campaign with 27. He is the first Royal
and third player in franchise history to be named to a WHL All-Star Team.
In January, Hicketts, along with Royals’ Head Coach
Dave Lowry helped Canada win the gold medal at the 2015 World Junior
Championships. In seven
tournament games with Team Canada, Hicketts recorded three assists to go along
with a plus-3 rating and two penalty minutes. Hicketts
also skated in two
games for Team WHL in this year’s SUBWAY Super Series against Team Russia and
registered one goal and one assist.
Before the start of this season, the product of
Kamloops, BC signed a
three-year entry level contract as a free agent with the National Hockey
League’s (NHL) Detroit Red Wings.
The Royals will have home ice advantage in the first round of
the 2015 WHL Playoffs vs. the Prince George Cougars, with Game 1 & 2 of the
best-of-seven series occurring at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. Game 1 will
take place on Friday and Game 2 on Saturday. Puck drop for both contests is
scheduled for 7:05 p.m. Individual playoff tickets, starting at $13.00,
are now on sale at the
Select Your Tickets Box Office located at the arena, over the phone at 250-220-7777 or online at www.selectyourtickets.com.
