Charlottetown Islanders prospect Lucas Sangster is looking to stick around this season - for good.
The 18-year-old, Amherst, N.S., native was a late cut last September by the Islanders after being named to the team's 2014-15 roster.
He played 42 games with the Amherst Ramblers of the Maritime Jr. A Hockey league last season and picked up eight assists with 164 penalty minutes.
The six-foot-two, 215-pound defenceman said he has to show the coaching staff how much he has improved over the year.
“How much my compete level has gone up and my strength, my conditioning and my footwork and everything like that.”
He credits spending last season in Junior A as a big help for having to know what to do this year in training camp.
“It’s different playing against bigger, stronger guys and especially the professionalism behind it. You have to be 100 per cent committed to what you’re doing.”
The Islanders drafted Sangster in the fifth round, 84th overall in the 2014 QMJHL Entry Draft. This is Sangster’s second year at Charlottetown’s training camp and he said he has a lot more confidence knowing what to expect this time around.
“It’s a lot more mental strength and being ready to do what I have to do out there.”
Sangster doesn’t shy away from the rough part of the game and describes himself as a “good, solid and tough defenceman.”
“That’s what I try to pride myself on and do every night.”
Team Black 3, Team White 2
Team Black won its second-straight inter-squad game on Wednesday night by a 3-2 score.
Camp invite Zach Thususka, who played with Kengsington Wild last season, scored the first period’s opening and lone goal for a 1-0 Team Black lead.
Mitchell Balmas had the lone goal in the second period to give Team Black a 2-0 lead.
In the third period, which was played 20 minutes, Alexandre Goulet gave Team Black a 3-0 lead. Chris Chaddock put Team White on the board before T.J. Shea answered quickly to make it a one-goal game.
After a five-minute, 3-on-3 period, the teams went to a shootout where defenceman Dominic Reid had the only goal amongst 10 shooters.
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