BCHL, Interior Conference, SJHL

Vees trade McEachern to the Melville Millionaires of the SJHL

Written by Brian Wiebe on

 

The Penticton Vees have completed a trade with Melville of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League that sees 2001-born goaltender Kaleb McEachern return to the Millionaires.

The Vees acquired the Pentictonite on loan from Melville on Feb. 25. McEachern was stellar during the BCHL pod season, finishing with a 3-0-1 record, a 0.73 goals-against-average, a .960 save percentage, and one shutout in four games.

He also had an 0-2 record with a 4.53 goals-against-average and an .888 save percentage in two games with the Mills this season.

As a rookie in 2019-20, he played 18 games in Melville and finished with a 1-12-1 record along with a 4.52 goals-against-average and an .886 save percentage.

McEachern was selected in the 5th round, 94th overall by the Medicine Hat Tigers in the 2016 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft.

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.