The 2021 Leadership Group for the Lethbridge Hurricanes. (Supplied by Lethbridge Hurricanes)

By David Opinko

Hurricanes announce 2021 leadership group, Dino Kambeitz named captain

Feb 18, 2021 | 10:50 AM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – A new group of players are in charge of the Lethbridge Hurricanes.

The WHL club announced their 2021 Leadership Group Thursday with Dino Kambeitz taking the helm as the franchise’s 29th captain.

“It’s very exciting and an honour to be named Captain. I hope to leave a good legacy and leave the jersey in a better place,” said Kambeitz. “There have been a lot of great names before me, so hopefully I can fill those shoes and lead the team the way they have. I hope to lead by example so that the young guys can follow, and I hope that my play and work-ethic will speak for itself.”

Kambeitz, 21, is stepping up from his position as alternate captain in the 2019-2020 season. The Parker, Colorado product appeared in 52 games with the Hurricanes last year after being acquired from the Victoria Royals.

He registered a career-high in all three offensive categories with 16 goals, 13 assists, and 29 points along with a plus-6 rating and 49 penalty minutes.

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Logan Barlage, Alex Cotton, Justin Hall, and Mitch Prowse will serve as alternate captains.

“It was a pretty easy decision for us to name Dino captain,” said Hurricanes Head Coach Brent Kisio. “Ever since we acquired Dino, he’s been a leader for our group and he’s a guy that works hard and does things right. We think Dino will have a great supporting cast with Justin, Mitch, Logan and Alex and Dino is the right guy to lead us.”

Alternate captain is a role Barlage, 20, is familiar with, having served as an alternate captain for the Hurricanes during part of the 2019-2020 season.

Originally from Humboldt, Saskatchewan, he has appeared in 162 regular-season games with Lethbridge over three seasons. In that time, Barlage collected 110 points (41g-69a) and set a career-high of 20 goals, 38 assists, and 58 points last year.

Prowse, 20, of Kelowna, B.C., was acquired from the Victoria Royals in April 2020, having been an alternate captain for that team last season.

He appeared in 239 regular season games totalling 81 points (9g-72a) along with 200 penalty minutes. Prowse set a career-high with 33 points (3g-30a) in 2019-2020.

Hall, 19, was drafted by the Hurricanes in the seventh round (140th overall) of the 2016 WHL Bantam Draft. Originally from Edmonton, he ha appeared in 102 career games with Lethbridge totalling 45 points (16g-29a) with a plus-15 rating.

Cotton, 19, was a fifth-round draft pick of the Detroit Red Wings in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. The Langley, B.C. product lead all WHL defensemen in scoring with 67 points including 20 goals in the 201-2020 season.

He has skated in 122 career regular-season games, collecting 78 points (22g-56a).

The change in leadership was necessary this year as 2019-2020 captain Dylan Cozens made his NHL debut this year for the Buffalo Sabres while 2019-2020 alternate captain Calen Addison is now skating with the Minnesota Wild.

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