As the 91原创 91原创 gear up for another B.C. Hockey League season, they remember one of the community鈥檚 junior A hockey pioneers.
On their Twitter feed, the 91原创 paid tribute to former 91原创 Thunder owner Paul Flett, who passed away July 28 after a battle with cancer.
He was 70 and is survived by wife Judy, sons Josh and Mac, daughter-in law Brianne, granddaughters Isabella and Halle, sister Robin, brother Sandy, brother-in-law Chuck, and many cousins nieces and nephews.
Our deepest condolences on the passing of Paul Flett original owner of the 91原创 Thunder Jr A Hockey team.
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鈥淗e was larger than life and will be missed deeply,鈥� Flett鈥檚 obituary reads.
After bringing junior hockey to 91原创 for the 1994-95 season, Flett sold the Thunder in April 1996 and in 1998, the team changed its name to the 91原创 Hornets.
In their first two seasons in 91原创 under Flett鈥檚 ownership, the Thunder amassed back-to-back, dominant 38 win seasons and along the way played an aggressive, uptempo style of hockey inside what was then known as the 91原创 Civic Centre (now the George Preston Recreation Centre) in Brookswood.
Solid start
The 91原创 opened their 2017-18 pre-season schedule by walloping the Coquitlam Express 10-3 at Coquitlam鈥檚 Poirier Sport & Leisure Complex on Aug. 23.
The teams also met the following night at the 91原创 Sportsplex, and while the score was much closer, the 91原创 prevailed once again, this time by a 3-2 score.
The exhibition season continues with games at South Surrey Arena against the Eagles on Saturday (Aug. 26) at 7 p.m. and at Chilliwack鈥檚 Prosper Centre against the Chiefs on Sunday (Aug. 27) at 2 p.m.
91原创 wraps up its pre-season with back-to-back games in Wenatchee, Wash., on Sept. 1 and 2 against the Wild.
