Game On Magazine - April 2017 GameOn-Apr2017-P001-144-ONLINE | Page 110

MJHL PLAYER OF THE YEAR
‘Monster’ D
Brady Keeper
Named MJHL
MVP
Early in the 2016-17 season it became clear that if the OCN Blizzard
were going to compete for the championship of the Manitoba Junior
Hockey League, defenseman Brady Keeper from Cross Lake was
going to have to have a great year. Well, call it “Mission Accom-
plished.” The Blizzard finished among the Top 5 teams in the league
and Keeper has been named MVP.
O
CN’s Brady Keeper, a guy who has been called “a monster
defenseman” by scouts who watch the Manitoba Junior
Hockey League, has been named the 2017 MJHL most
valuable player.
Keeper, who will be off to play hockey at the University of Maine
THE MJHL’S KEVIN SAURETTE (LEFT) PRESENTS
THE MVP AWARD TO OCN’S BRADY KEEPER. TO
KEEPER’S RIGHT IS CHIEF CHRISTIAN SINCLAIR
AND TO HIS LEFT IS COUNCILLOR SHORTY LATHLIN
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MJHL MVP
BRADY KEEPER OF
THE OCN BLIZZARD
By Johnston Hall
Photos by James Carey Lauder
and Jeff Miller
next season, has had a tremendous year, leading the Blizzard back
to the Top 3 in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League. The 6-foot-2,
200-pound D-man had scored 22 goals and 45 points in 45 games
when he was named MVP and also the MJHL’s Top Defenseman.
When commissioner Kim Davis announced the league award win-