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U-15 Trackers teen named top AEHL star for October

Just 14 years old, Brody Peterson has been named an Alberta Elite Hockey League (AEHL) star for October after earning 38 points in nine games for the undefeated Northeast BC U-15 Trackers.

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FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — A forward’s efforts with a local hockey team has gotten him recognized in the season’s first month.

Northeast BC U-15 Trackers player Brody Peterson was awarded the third star for October by the Alberta Elite Hockey League (AEHL), as confirmed by a Facebook post by the league on Tuesday, November 11th.

The 14-year-old set scoresheets on fire so far in the young AEHL season. In just nine games, Peterson has 29 goals and nine assists for 38 points, equating to roughly 4.22 points per contest.

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This includes a three-game stretch where he scored back-to-back hat tricks versus the St. Albert Bears and Grande Prairie’s Grande Peace Athletic Club, and a five-goal effort against the Parkland Athletic Club’s Saints on October 19th.

A story on the AEHL’s website reads Peterson’s “scoring touch and consistency have made finding the back of the net look effortless, setting the tone for his team early in the season.”

Undefeated in the AEHL so far this season, U-15 Trackers are off this weekend before games against Peace River’s Northwest Hockey Club and the Grande Peace Athletic Club from November 21st to November 23rd.

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For more details on the U-15 Trackers are available on the team’s Facebook page.

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Ed Hitchins

A guy who found his calling later in life, Edward Hitchins is a professional storyteller with a colourful and extensive history.

Beginning his journey into journalism in 2012 at Seneca College, Edward also graduated from Humber College with an Advanced Diploma in Print and Broadcast Journalism in 2018.  After time off from his career and venturing into other vocations, he started his career proper in 2022 in Campbell River, B.C.

Edward was attracted to the position of Indigenous Voices reporter with Energeticcity as a challenge.  Having not been around First Nations for the majority of his life, he hopes to learn about their culture through meaningful conversations while properly telling their stories. 

In a way, he hopes this position will allow both himself and Energeticcity to grow as a collective unit as his career moves forward and evolves into the next step.

He looks forward to growing both as a reporter and as a human being while being posted in Fort St. John.

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