Junior Giants decide to get Cheeky
Posted September 26, 2012 8:28 pm.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Three-year WHL veteran Trevor Cheek has been traded to the Vancouver Giants from the Calgary Hitmen. The Giants sent two bantam draft picks back east.
Cheek is a left winger who primarily played on the Hitmen’s top line last season. The 20-year-old scored 23 times and had 26 assists.
Calgary has a glut of 20-year-olds, as Cheek played the Hitmen’s second game of the year. He had an assist in a 5-1 thumping of Kootenay on Tuesday.
The 6’2′, 198 pounder hails from Vancouver, Washington.
Cheek said in the the Province newspaper that he considered himself a power forward.
“We are excited to add Trevor to our group as it gives us a big power forward for our top 6 group,” stated Giants Executive VP and General Manager Scott Bonner in a team statement. “Players in the mold of Trevor are the type that prosper in our system and our team’s style is suited to them”
Vancouver gave up a fourth-round Bantam draft pick next year and a fifth-rounder in 2014 for the veteran.
The newest Giant is expected to be in town to play this Friday against the Everett Silvertips at the Pacific Coliseum.
