The list at the Prince George Spruce Kings spring prospects camp read like a who's who of the B.C. Major Midget Hockey League and Midget Tier 1 ranks.
Cougars, Thunderbirds, Chiefs, Royals, Rockets and Hawks.
About 100 players attended the three-day camp at the Coliseum, trying to earn a spot on the B.C. Hockey League club for the 2015-16 season.
Among them were a pair of 17-year-old BCMMHL graduates, forwards Parker Colley of the Vancouver Northeast Chiefs and Nic Ponak of the Fraser Valley Thunderbirds.
Cariboo Cougars fans will remember Colley, a five-foot-eight 140-pound forward from Maple Ridge, who helped guide the Chiefs to the BCMMHL title with a 2-0 series sweep against the Cats March 21 in Prince George.
Colley finished third in regular-season scoring, tallying 18 goals and chipping in 46 assists for an overall total of 64 points. He picked up four assists in the championship final series against the Cougars.
"I went to the Prince George Cougars camp last year and it seemed like a great hockey community," said Colley on Saturday. "The whole community supports the teams."
And he's doing his best to make a good impression on the Spruce Kings management.
"I'm trying to go up against bigger bodies and use my speed and smarts to get by them," said Colley. "I just want to continue on that."
At 17, Colley is not eligible to return to the Chiefs next season. The Chiefs lost the Pacific Regional championships 2-0 in a best-of-three series to the Alberta midget champions, the UFA Bisons of Strathmore, Alta. in Vancouver on April 4.
The Bisons win means they represent the Pacific region at the Telus Cup, the national midget championship in Riviere-du-Loop, Que. from April 20-26.
Like Colley, Ponak, a six-foot-two 206-pound forward from Abbotsford, is not eligible to return to the Thunderbirds next season.
He's also familiar with Prince George, having competed against the Cariboo Cougars for the last couple of seasons.
The Cougars edged the Thunderbirds 2-1 in the best-of-three BCMMHL quarter-final series in early March.
Ponak had a goal and an assist in the series and finished eighth in league scoring, tallying 22 goals and 28 assists for a total of 70 points.
He returned to the Thunderbirds last season after spending the 2013-14 campaign with the Junior B Ridge Meadow Flames.
"I like to hit and move bodies off the boards, and getting the puck to our team," said Ponak. "I've heard the Spruce Kings are a very good team and it seems like a good organization."
The Kings whittled their players down to 40 Sunday where they faced off in a prospects game.
From there, general manager Mike Hawes and new head coach Chad van Diemen were expected to determine by Sunday night who to offer player cards to, hoping to commit to the team.
