ROYALS’ JOE
HICKETTS ASSIGNED TO GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS
Victoria
defender joins the Griffins of the American Hockey League.
For
Immediate Release
Thursday,
April 23, 2015
Victoria,
BC- The Victoria
Royals are pleased to announce that Joe Hicketts has been reassigned to the
American Hockey League’s (AHL) Grand Rapids Griffins by the Detroit Red Wings
for the remainder of the 2014-15 season.
Hicketts was signed to a three-year entry level contract as a free agent by
Detroit last September after he attended the Red Wings’ development camp and
the 2014 NHL Prospect Tournament in Traverse City, MI.
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. 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. At the end of the
2014-15 regular season he became 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.
The native of Kamloops, BC sits
second in Royals/Bruins all-time franchise scoring for defencemen with 112
points (24g-88a) in 166 career WHL games.
Season
Tickets for the 2015-16 Royals season are on sale now. Take advantage of our
exclusive Early Bird offer to new and returning season ticket holders. Sign up
before April 30th to receive a $30 dollar gift certificate to
the Royals’ team store. To arrange a meeting to pick your seats please
call 250-220-7889 or visit
the Victoria Royals ticket office at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre.
