An unCloudy Day

A good news story in the Winnipeg Sun where veteran sports writer Jim Bender has a note on Chris Cloud, a veteran of the WHL wars. Cloud turns 20 on Oct. 22 so is eligible for one more season.
“Chris Cloud came up with a win-win concept,” writes Bender. “Needing some extra cash to support himself while playing for the Western Hockey League's Vancouver Giants, the former Manitoba Junior Hockey League player opened up a summer hockey school in Waywayseecappo. And the school attracted about 70 kids aged three and up this summer.
" ‘He's fought his way up through hockey and now, we want to set him up as a role model,’ Tim Cloud, his father and Waywayseecappo councilman said. ‘We have bad drug and alcohol problem up here due to the unemployment and we're trying to instill that there is more to life than drugs and alcohol.’ “
Hey, a tip of the cap and a whole lot of props to Chris Cloud. Well done!
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Eric Welsh in the Chilliwack Progress reports that G Matt Esposito has left the Chillwack Bruins. Esposito, who was the No. 1 guy for a while last season, is at home in Edmonton. “He has expressed that he would like to play closer to home and I think he’s upset that he lost his starter’s job,” GM Darrell May told Welsh. “If he wants to be a starter, he’s going to have to earn it here, and obviously he doesn’t want to compete for it. He wants to play elsewhere.”. . . Mark Friesen, now 18, was the starter when last season ended, having taken the job from Esposito, who now is 19. . . . Esposito’s departure leaves Friesen atop the depth chart, with Lucas Gore, who turns 18 on Oct. 22, at No. 2. Gore spent last season with the BCHL’s Vernon Vipers. Also in camp is Joey Rewucki, who never lost a game last season with the midget AAA Winnipeg Thrashers. . . . Welsh’s story is right here.
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Jason Vondersmith of the Portland Tribune as a good preseason look at the Winter Hawks right here.