Ernie King Jr's Junior Review

[Greg Ernest 39]

If you were to start talking about a 6-foot-9 center, most people would assume that you were talking about a basketball player, not a hockey player....

 

But for Ernie King Jr, an 18 year old Kanata native and son of former VHLM star Ernie King  whom played from S71-S76 splitting time between Yukon, Mexico, Philadelphia, retiring with a Career Total of 338 VHLM GP 57 Goals, 118 Assists, 175 Points as well as 47 playoff appearances, his career was highlighted by what would be his final season in S76 scoring 21 goals as a Defenceman and amounting 72 Pts in 72 games and a career high 125 shots blocked splitting time between Yukon, Mexico, Philadelphia and a short period in Ottawa.

 

I remember Ernie King Jr as a Defenceman when he first came on the scene in the GTHL, but a 2021 switch to playing up front and as a forward really helped him find a home. He doesn’t have incredible footspeed (can you blame him), but he’s light on his feet and can move around relatively effectively. By all accounts he works hard in all areas of the ice and is an effective penalty killer thanks to his agility and reach.

This won’t be the first time that Ernie has played winger in his career. He’s dabbled in the position in the past, including in his OHL draft year. King Jr is a big, intimidating and aggressive player who uses his size as an asset. An agile skater who is often the hardest worker on the ice. Has the ability to chip in with some points when given the chance. With his enormous reach and a rare level of quickness and puck skill for a guy his size, Ernie Jr is a hard player to match up against in a man-man showdown. His contributions on the ice extend far beyond what appears on the stat line. He racked up 9 points in the nine games since then, including finding the score sheet in seven of the first eight games after making the jump from Minor Midget AAA to playing Junior A.

 

More importantly for his team, though, the Brooks Bandits of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) are now on a stellar 27-0-1 run over their past twenty-eight games, thanks in large part to the impact that Ernie King Jr has in all three zones. They’ve even climbed to the top of the weekly CJHL Top 10 rankings 4 weeks in a row, an impressive feat considering how relatively young the roster is being filled with mostly 16-year-old drafted from the WHL Bantam draft. Finishing 2020-2021 season Ernie King Jr was able to amass 35 Goals and 62 Assists in 52 Regular Season games and an outstanding in 40 Pts in 24 games in the AJHL Playoffs before the Bandits as the winners of the AJHL playoffs they then advanced to the Doyle Cup against the playoff champion of the British Columbia Hockey League The Penticton Vees. In a tight OT win the Bandits were the winner of the Doyle Cup advancing to the National Junior A Championship, where the Bandits would go 6-0 during the tournament and take home the RBC Cup. Ernie has Recently signed with the Minnesota Storm with an offer he couldn’t refuse. Ernie is set to make his VHLM debut in todays sim hopefully! and make dad proud!

[youloser1337 1,106]

Great read. This is incredible. Just a heads up though, this is tough to read while in dark mode of the forum.

[Greg Ernest 39]

On 8/8/2021 at 12:22 AM, youloser1337 said:

this is tough to read while in dark mode of the forum.

what would you suggets i do to fix that >? 

 

[youloser1337 1,106]

Try using this box!

 

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