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Parker becomes newest Legionnaire
dan mccaffery January 10th, 2011


The Sarnia Legionnaires have acquired a new goaltender.

General manager Bob Williamson announced Monday the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League club has obtained Sean Parker from the Lambton Shores Predators. 

Williamson did not say what Sarnia sent to Lambton Shores in return but added it did not involve any players on the current Legionnaires roster.

Parker, a 17-year-old Forest native, has three years of junior elgibility left.

Head coach Dan Rose said Parker will challenge Kyle Washer for the team's No. 1 net job. The team's other goalie, Mike Reed, "is the odd man out."

Williamson said the Legionnaires would try to find another place for Reed to play.

Rose said it made no sense to keep Reed as a backup because he's 20 years old. Until recently, Washer and Reed had carried the load about equally.

Reed will be too old to play junior hockey next winter.  Washer, meanwhile, could be lost to NCAA ranks next season.

Parker is a fairly big goalie, standing 6'2 and weighing 174 pounds. He has appeared in 52 Preds games over the past year-and-a-half. During that time he's picked up eight of that last place team's 10 victories.

"He's a young goalie who needs a change of scenery,” Williamson said. “I think this is best for his career. He's another Lambton County boy and our team is a place for local kids to play.”

Parker is a former winner of the Jaylen Day award as top goalie in Lambton 'AAA.'

Parker is also a former winner of the top junior athlete award at North Lambton Secondary School and a draft pick of the Sarnia Sting of the OHL.




 

 

 

 

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