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You can hear the hour long podcast of Damon Whitten AND Rich Metro's interview on the official station of LSSU Laker athletics ESPN Radio 1400, with legendary voice of the Lakers, Bill Crawford at
http://lakers.sovcomm.net/
You can also hear all things LSSU Lakers, along with the Soo Greyhounds and the NOJHL on the Hockey North Show, with Randy Russon, Tuesday night at 5 p.m. on ESPN Radio 1400
http://stream.1400espn.net/ Joining Randy on the show will be Ferris State University standout Jared VanWormer who will be talking about the games with the Lakers, and Soo Thunderbirds GM Kevin Cain, who will be talking about many things, including Owen Headrick and his time as a T-Birds and the amazing start in his LSSU Lakers career.
You can read more about Owen Headrick in
www.saultthisweek.com with Randy Russon
http://www.saultthisweek.com/2015/11/24/nhl-scouts-are-watching-lakers-owen-headrick
NHL scouts are watching Lakers' Owen Headrick
The youngest player on the Lake Superior State University Lakers is attracting the attention of at least a few National Hockey League scouts.
Freshman defenceman Owen Headrick, who has a 1997 birth date, has seen regular duty while playing in all 14 of the Lakers games thus far this season.
In fact, as the quarterback of the LSSU power play, Headrick has been an offensive bright spot for the Lakers in addition to playing solid defensive hockey.
With 2 goals, 2 assists, 4 points in his first 14 games, Headrick is tied for sixth on the scoring chart for the Lakers, who have scored just 28 times thus far this season.
To be sure, a few NHL scouts have taken note of the 6-foot, 185-pound Headrick, who hails from Garden River First Nation, just outside Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
When USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program played an exhibition game at LSSU to start the 2015-2016 season, Headrick was the one Laker in particular who had more than one NHL scout in attendance talking.
And when the Lakers played host to the Arizona State Sun Devils last weekend, one NHL scout confirmed that he made the trip to LSSU specifically to watch Headrick.
What stands out to those who have closely watched Headrick — besides savvy in running the LSSU power play — are his smarts, poise, smooth skating, precision passes and ability to read the play quickly.
Having earned the trust of second-year Lakers head coach Damon Whitten, what is also impressive about Headrick is that he is several years younger than a lot of guys he is playing with and against.
“He plays with a lot of poise for someone so young,” Whitten has said of Headrick.
“You look at the fact that he is four, five, even six years younger than a lot of guys he is playing against and the fact that he plays in key situations for us.”
As an example, Headrick is four years younger than James Roll, his sophomore defence partner with the Lakers.
From the coaching end, Whitten has been careful not to over-use Headrick while recognizing the obvious skill level and maturity of his young defenceman, who starred for the Soo Thunderbirds of the Northern Ontario Jr. Hockey League the past two seasons after being an Ontario Hockey League draft pick of the Erie Otters in 2013.
LAKERS HOME: With a conference record of 1-2-3 and an overall mark of 3-8-3, the Lakers play host to WCHA rival Ferris State Bulldogs this Friday and Saturday nights at Taffy Abel Arena. You can hear the games at
www.yesfm.net
Laker Talk with the best in the business, Bill Crawford and Damon Whitten is on Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. on ESPN Radio 1400
http://stream.1400espn.net/ where they will preview the games against Ferris State University.
Take notes man and see you at the rink this weekend Paul.
