The Estevan Bruins added some insurance between the pipes last week as one of three roster moves.
The club acquired 20-year-old goaltender Matt Gibney from the Camrose Kodiaks of the Alberta Junior Hockey League for future considerations.
The Watrous native posted a 19-9-4 record for the Kodiaks last year, along with a 2.83 goals-against average and a .905 save percentage.
In 2011-12, Gibney went 16-6-3 with a 2.49 goals-against average and .917 save percentage.
Bruins head coach and general manager Chris Lewgood has known Gibney for some time and believes he will be a solid addition on and off the ice.
"He's a big body, he's athletic, he's very positive in the room and a good leader."
Returning starter Steven Glass has been plagued by knee issues the last two seasons, playing only two games all of last year, and Lewgood said that was a big reason for the trade.
"Absolutely, and that's just another example of where you need to have some depth in goal. We're excited about (Brett) Lewchuk coming up from midget and we know that Glass is capable, when healthy, of being as good as anyone in our league."
In a second trade last week, the Bruins dealt right winger Brett Dumaine to the AJHL's Calgary Canucks for futures.
The 19-year-old Calgary native, who can also play defence, had five points in 45 games last year in a depth role.
"It was a combination of a couple of things. Calgary was very eager to get him. They saw some value in a local product and that leads me to believe they're going to give him a pretty good opportunity," Lewgood said.
"I saw Brett as being a wild card for us. I thought he was capable of having a better season as a 19-year-old, but at some point we have to start making room for the young guys coming in. That's not to say Brett would've been the odd man out, but Calgary seemed like a good fit for him."
The Bruins also added to their group of recruits for next season, signing 1996-born left winger Carter Folk to a card.
Folk, who was acquired from the Battlefords North Stars last October, had nine goals and 18 points for the Regina Pat Canadians in midget AAA last year.
However, Folk will be going to camp with the Western Hockey League's Seattle Thunderbirds, and Lewgood thinks he'll stick there.
"Let me go on record as saying I do not believe he will be with us this fall. I think he's going to be in the Western League," he said.
"If, for some reason, he does come back, he's a player that can step in and play right now. He's a good two-way player. He's got a lot of learning and growing to do as a positional player, but I think he can contribute with physical play and leadership. You don't often get a player with that skill set who's willing to go to the dirty areas like Carter is."
