Powell River Kings defenceman Jordan Burns has secured one of the first NCAA scholarships of the season with a commitment to the University of Alaska-Fairbanks to play for the Nanooks.
Fans will get to watch the native of Vernon, B.C. for a couple of more seasons as his commitment is for the 2015-16 campaign.
Burns posted four goals and 22 assists last season as a rookie to lead all blueliners and finished fifth in overall team scoring. Each of the 6-foot, 175-pound rearguard’s tallies came on the man advantage. He also racked up 43 minutes in penalties.
The University of Alaska-Fairbanks makes the move to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association for the coming season as NCAA Division I hockey realigns its conferences.
In the seaon ahead, there will be seven BCHL grads on the Nanooks roster: Tyler Morley, Colton Beck, Garrick Perry, Michael Quinn, Richard Coyne, Marcus Basara and Shawn Hochhausen
