The Prince George Spruce Kings traded their second line from last season to the Victoria Grizzlies for a trio of players.
Heading to the British Columbia Hockey League's Grizzlies are the Fitzgerald triplets - Leo, Myles and Gerry - who spent their second year of junior A hockey in Prince George.
In return the Kings receive Coltyn Hansen, a 19-year-old forward from Delta who played in 58 games with Victoria in his rookie season, accumulating 19 goals, 17 assists and 20 penalty minutes. Hansen stands at five-foot-11, 170 pounds.
The Kings also receive two players heading into their 18-year-old seasons. Cam Lawson, a five-foot-seven, 17- pound forward from Vancouver who has played in 79 career BCHL games. Last season with the Grizzlies Lawson suited up in 52 games, scoring 13 goals and 24 assists to go along with 38 penalty minutes.
Also coming the Kings' way is Kelowna's David London, a six-foot-one, 205-pound defenceman who spent last season with the Cowichan Valley Capitals, playing 47 games and notching one goal, 12 assists and 17 penalty minutes.
The Fitzgerald's speed and comfort playing together gave the Kings a solid second line behind the top line in the BCHL of Jujhar Khaira, Paul De Jersey and Michael Colantone. Myles had 40 points in 59 games for the Kings while Gerry put up 39 points in 58 games and Leo added 34 points in 60 games. The trio benefitted from the fact most of the Kings' opponents usually put their top defensive pairing and top checking line out against the Khaira-De Jersey-Colanton combination.
The triplets hale from Port Alberni and are five-foot-seven heading into their 18-year-old seasons.
Training camp for the Kings 2012-13 season begins Aug. 24. The only exhibition game the Kings play at the Coliseum is Saturday, Sept. 1, 7 p.m., in the back half of a home-and-home against the AJHL's Grande Prairie Storm.
