{"id":20593,"date":"2018-05-10T10:19:22","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T14:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=20593"},"modified":"2018-05-10T10:19:22","modified_gmt":"2018-05-10T14:19:22","slug":"saints-defenseman-commits-to-surrey-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/saints-defenseman-commits-to-surrey-eagles\/","title":{"rendered":"Saints defenseman commits to Surrey Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Jake Courtepatte<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The hockey factory known as St. Andrew\u2019s College is sending out another product.<br \/>\nStaple defenseman Evan McIntyre is spreading his wings to the Surrey Eagles of the British Columbia Hockey League, after two successful seasons with the SAC Saints.<br \/>\n\u201c(Coming to Surrey) is a dream come true,\u201d said McIntyre. \u201cIt has been my goal to play in the BCHL since I first learned about the league. I\u2019m really excited to get started and meet my teammates.\u201d<br \/>\nMcIntyre is coming off of a sophomore season that saw him lead all Saints defensemen in points, putting up 51 over a span of just 49 games. He also added five points in four playoff appearances.<br \/>\nHe also put up a total of 37 points in his rookie season with the Saints in 20016-17, establishing himself as one of the program\u2019s top blueliners.<br \/>\nPlaying preparatory hockey certainly left his effect on the 17-year old, who plans on taking the collegiate route in the sport despite being drafted by the Hamilton Bulldogs of the OHL.<br \/>\n\u201cI definitely want to go the school route,\u201d McIntyre said. \u201cOur coach at St. Andrew\u2019s, David Manning, really stresses academics first then hockey.\u201d<br \/>\nThe Oakville native joins a promising up-and-coming program fresh off a divisional final loss to the Prince George Spruce Kings.<br \/>\nA product of the Mississauga Rebels AAA system, McIntyre will be looked at to make a big difference early on the Surrey blue line, with top-scoring defenseman Owen Norton leaving for the NCAA.<br \/>\n\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to bring in Evan,\u201d Eagles GM Blaine Neufeld said in a statement. \u201cHe\u2019s a fantastic skater that sees the ice very well. We feel that his game will translate to the BCHL very quickly.\u201d<br \/>\nNeufeld also noted that his confidence in the program at St. Andrew\u2019s was another factor when bringing<br \/>\nMcIntyre in.<br \/>\n\u201cHe comes from a terrific program. His coach David Manning has done a terrific job, which is why St. Andrews is seen as one of the nation\u2019s top programs.\u201d<br \/>\nAs for the 2018-19 season, McIntyre said he plans to \u201ctake the role very seriously.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cI like to jump into the play and skate with the puck. My game plan is to move pucks up the ice as quick as I can by using a good first pass out of the zone.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hockey factory known as St. Andrew\u2019s College is sending out another product.<br \/>\nStaple defenseman Evan McIntyre is spreading his wings to the Surrey Eagles of the British Columbia Hockey League, after two successful seasons with the SAC Saints.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-sports","category-sports"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20593\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}