Unity native looks back on RBC Cup opportunity
Hockey players are trained to be at their best, not nervous, when eyes are on them. For Unity native Alex Pernitsky, the nerves were admittedly tough to shake during the RBC Cup final, the national Junior A championship, which was broadcast on live television across the country.
“I remember turning and going to pass the puck to my centre and I just completely missed on the pass,” Pernitsky said. “I thought to myself ‘OK, there’s my screw up for the game. I’ll get my nerves together and be better.’”
Pernitsky was a key member of the Alberta Junior Hockey League’s Lloydminster Bobcats defence core during the 2015-16 season, scoring six times with 22 assists in 50 regular season games before adding nine points in 12 playoff games. The Bobcats were eliminated in the semi-finals of the AJHL playoffs, but by virtue of hosting the RBC Cup were granted an automatic berth into the five-team tournament.
Pernitsky was also a member of the Battlefords AAA Stars for one full season in 2013-14, amassing seven goals and 18 assists in 35 games. In 2012-13 he suited up for three games with the Battlefords North Stars.