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Hurricanes trade draft pick for Kamloops’ Trevor Thurston

Nov 18, 2019 | 3:28 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – The Lethbridge Hurricanes have announced their latest acquisition.

They picked up 17-year-old defenseman Trevor Thurston from the Kamloops Blazers in exchange for a third-round draft pick in the 2021 WHL Bantam Draft.

Originally from North Delta, B.C., Thurston was drafted in the fourth round (81st overall) by the Blazers in 2017.

So far this season, he has not made the scoreboard in eight games while totalling 26 penalty minutes.

The 6’2, 190-pound left-shot defenseman spent the 2018-2019 season with the Delta Hockey Academy Prep team in the CSSHL where he had 24 points (7g-17a) along with 79 penalty minutes in 21 games.

Thurston played for the Delta Hockey Academy from Bantam all the way to Midget. In 98 career games with Delta at various levels, he collected 105 points (49g-56a) along with 270 penalty minutes.

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