By Tracey Richardson
The parallels in the hockey careers of Owen Sound Attack veterans Chris Bigras and Zach Nastasiuk are downright spooky.
Four years in the Ontario Hockey League together after both being drafted by the Attack as 16-year-olds from the same minor midget team in Barrie – Nastasiuk in the first round, Bigras in the second round. Both earned world gold with the national under-18 team two years ago in Sochi, Russia. Both played in the CHL Top Prospects game in early 2013. Both played in the OHL All-Stars Super Series, twice. Both were drafted in the second round of the NHL's 2013 entry draft – Bigras by Colorado and Nastasiuk by Detroit. Both are team leaders on the Attack – Nastasiuk was named team captain last season and Bigras alternate captain. And both are having career years this year on the score sheet – right winger Nastasiuk with 57 points as of Feb. 10 and defenceman Bigras with 51 points.
By Doug Townsend
VARNEY - Racing season at Full Throttle Motor Speedway, south of Durham, will be coming a lot quicker this year.
It was recently announced that the quarter mile high-banked oval will host a Run What Ya' Brung ENDURO style "Sprint Into Spring 200" race March 21ST starting at 1PM with the winner receiving a Turn-Key 360 Winged Sprint Car ($35,000+ value) as the winning trophy!!
Owen Sound - The City of Owen Sound will host summer minor sports registration on Thursday, February 12th, Wednesday, February 18th & Tuesday, March 10th from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre in the Bay and Sound Rooms.
Groups participating include: Minor Baseball, Minor Lacrosse, Minor Soccer, Satellites Gymnastic Club, Owen Sound Aquatic Club and Fudoshin Classical Karate.
NEW - Meaford residents will no longer wait for a refund of the non-resident user fee. Meaford residents will pay only 10% of the applicable non-resident fee ($100/per child/sport for field and floor).
By Tracey Richardson
The struggling Sudbury Wolves were just what the doctor ordered for the Owen Sound Attack, who were mired in their own three-game losing funk going into Saturday night's game.
The Attack beat the Wolves 7-2, powered mostly by the Attack's specialty teams, which collected three power play goals and a short-handed one.
The Wolves have only seven wins this season and a total of 16 points.
By Tracey Richardson
When wins are piling up and pucks are staying out of his net, the hockey world is Owen Sound Attack goalie Michael McNiven's oyster.
The 17-year-old rookie rocketed out of the gate this season, earning 10 wins and a couple of shutouts in his first dozen starts. By the time he was named to the CHL's Top Prospects game in January, NHL scouts had taken notice, ranking McNiven as the sixth best North American goalie for this summer's NHL entry draft.
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