The Prince George Cougars named overage blueliner Hudson Thornton as its 29th captain in franchise history.
The 20-year-old is entering his fourth and final season in the Western Hockey League.
“It’s an absolute honour,” said the newly appointed captain Thornton. “You look in our room
and there are so many good leaders and so many guys who could have worn the C this year. It’s
a privilege to wear it this year, an honour I don’t take lightly, and something I’m looking
forward to.”
Thornton will play his first game as the team’s captain tonight when the Cougars visit the
Victoria Royals at 7:00 pm.
He will enter the contest having skated in 141 games in his WHL career, where he has recorded 126 points (39-87-126).
The Winnipeg, Manitoba native was selected in the second round, 33rd overall by the Cougars in the 2018 WHL Prospects Draft.
Thornton will succeed 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) as team captain.
He will be supported by alternate captains Riley Heidt, Zac Funk, and Koehn Ziemmer.