North Stars alumni shine with ACAC champion, Kings
Red Deer Polytechnic took home its first ACAC (Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference) championship in 29 years over the weekend, with five former Battlefords North Stars’ now College hockey champions.
Former Stars standouts, Regan Doig, Jaxon Steele, Dylan Esau, Ryland McNinch, and Kristian Lyon were members of this year’s Kings’ team that took home the title with a three-game sweep of the best-of-five series with the defending-champion NAIT Ooks.
“It’s still pretty surreal,” Doig said with an audible smile when asked about the feeling. “The saying that you can’t really describe it is so true, but it’s been a lot of fun, and just means so much when you’re so close with a team and you win.”
A four-year veteran of the RDP Kings’ hockey program, Doig was one of the few vets on an otherwise young Kings’ championship team and said the journey to get to this year’s title only makes the feeling sweeter.