Following an outstanding final year of junior hockey with the North Delta Devils, Harry Fredeman will continue to stop pucks for the Trinity Western University Spartans of the B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League.
The Ladner native officially committed to the Langley school where he will be trying to help the Spartans bounce back from a 4-15-4 campaign that resulted in them missing the playoffs for the first time in six years.
Fredeman, listed at 6foot1 and 182 pounds, enjoyed an all-star season in the Pacific International Junior Hockey League in his final year of eligibility. He posted a 2.82 goals against average and a .915 save percentage, while recording 20 wins.
His best work came in the first round of the playoffs when the 20-year-old averaged 40 saves per game and posted a .933 save percentage, as the Devils pushed the eventual PIJHL champion Delta Ice Hawks to seven games. In the first three games of the series alone, Fredeman allowed just six goals on 146 shots.
"I was able to scout Harry through the second half of the season and follow him through his outstanding play in the PIJHL playoffs," said TWU head coach Dwayne Lowdermilk. "He faced an incredible amount of shots from the Ice Hawks and kept his team in the series.
"As an all-star goalie in the PIJHL, Harry has the skill, dedication and work ethic to step right in to our league and play. Harry practiced with our team this past spring, so he should feel right at home this fall."
"Trinity Western has a great reputation and I have heard a lot of positive things about their business program in particular," Fredeman said. "I'm very excited to begin the next stage of my hockey career as I've heard nothing but good things about the BCIHL. Trinity Western is providing me an excellent opportunity to not only continue playing hockey, but also to obtain a degree in something that interests me. This school is a perfect fit and it has a tremendous history that I look forward to becoming a part of."
Prior to committing to Trinity Western, Fredeman attended Langara College, where he was studying business.
