BCHL, Coastal Conference, OJHL

Grizzlies send Easter to the Pickering Panthers of the OJHL

Written by Brian Wiebe on

 

The Victoria Grizzlies have traded 2001-born goaltender Justin Easter to the Pickering Panthers of the Ontario Junior Hockey League for future considerations.

Easter, who’s from Burlington, ON, had a 4-0-0 record with a 4.19 goals-against-average, and an .875 save percentage in seven games with the Grizzlies this season.

Prior to coming west, he spent the 2019-20 season with the junior B Hamilton Kilty B’s of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League. Easter finished 19-9-0 with a 2.26 goals-against-average, a .927 save percentage, and four shutouts.

He was selected as Golden Horseshoe Conference First Team All-Star.

Brian's been involved in the BCHL in a variety of capacities for 17 years. From 2002 to 2012, he served in several roles around the Merritt Centennials organization, including as team president, board member, beat writer, colour commentator, webmaster, media and communications coordinator and marketing assistant. He's been writing about the BCHL since 2008 and served as colour commentator on the TSN 1040 broadcasts in 2012-13. BCHLNetwork is one of Brian's many passion projects that he balances around his full-time job as an instructor in the Radio Arts and Entertainment Program at BCIT in Burnaby.