Two more graduating members of the Battlefords North Stars will be continuing their hockey careers this season.
Former captain Kendall Fransoo will be suiting up for the Rosetown Red Wings in their quest for an Allen Cup, while forward Connor Logan will be travelling south of the border to play college hockey for the SUNY-Plattsburgh Cardinals in the NCAA Division III ranks.
Fransoo spent nearly five seasons with his hometown team, as he put up 60 points in 238 games for the North Stars.
In moving to the Red Wings, who will be the host team for next year’s Allen Cup, Fransoo will be playing with former North Stars forward and fellow North Battleford product Blake Tatchell.
Tatchell is joining the Red Wings after a season of pro hockey with the ECHL’s Wichita Thunder.
As for Logan, who is from Victoria, B.C., he spent one season with the North Stars after being acquired from the British Columbia Hockey League’s Prince George Spruce Kings and had 53 points in 58 games.
He will be joining a Cardinals program that won the State University of New York Athletic Conference title last season and made it to the quarter-final of the NCAA Division III tournament.
That team featured former North Star forward Kyle Hall, who served as the Cardinals’ captain in his senior campaign.
Fransoo and Logan join a group of three other graduating players from last year’s Canalta Cup champions who will be playing elsewhere this season.
Reed Delainey has joined the NCAA’s RIT Tigers, Coby Downs will suit up for the Norwich Cadets in the NCAA Division III ranks and Keaton Holinaty is slated to skate with the UOIT Ridgebacks in U Sports.
