His home rink until December 10 was 50 minutes from his McCreary home.
His new rink beginning December 11 is 10 minutes less than that. The Dauphin Kings have traded Ryan Gower to the Neepawa Titans. With a deep back end and Aiden Murray set to return from an upper-body injury in the coming weeks, the playing time that Gower needs just wasn't there.
The 17-year-old from McCreary played 11 games with Dauphin this season, nabbing one assist. He was also called up to the Prince Albert Raiders of the Western Hockey League (WHL) where he played two games, notching one assist.
Gower should be a force on the Titans' back end as they continue their chase down of the Northern Manitoba Blizzard for second place in the West Division. Neepawa is just a single point behind the Blizzard for second while being 10 points up on both Virden and Waywayseecappo.
Neepawa has five more games before the Christmas break, the first of which is on Thursday night when they're in Virden to play the Oil Capitals. They also play Waywayseecappo (December 13) and the Winnipeg Blues (December 17) before wrapping up their first-half schedule with a pair of home games against the Blizzard (December 20-21).
In exchange, the Kings acquired the MJHL playing rights of Shea Chornley. An assistant captain with the Winnipeg Bruins U-18 team, Shea has 10 goals and 22 points in 18 games. Dauphin also received a player development fee.
