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Back in the saddle again

Priestner settles in for his second ride with the Cougars

James Priestner was half a world away on a tour of Southeast Asia last winter when it hit him like a Jordan Eberle slapshot.

Priestner figured he wasn't quite done as a WHL goaltender and wanted to reconsider his decision to retire from the Prince George Cougars. After almost a year without seeing any rubber, he convinced the Cougars to give him a second chance in Prince George, where he's now in a dogfight for the starter's role with 20-year-old Morgan Clark.

For more, see the Citizen.