This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Whether it’s the raging Red River that causes annual evacuation flood concern in his tiny southern Manitoba community of St. Adolphe that’s protected by a dike — or defending an onslaught of opposition scoring opportunities for the struggling Swift Current Broncos this Western Hockey League season — he handled both with considerable aplomb.
Pickering returned from the Under-18 world championship in Germany in early May amid an evacuation flood warning. He was the power-play quarterback for Team Canada, which lost a quarterfinal overtime game to Finland, but this spring runoff stuff was more stunning. “I was nine years old and dropping curves in there and also had a fastball,” recalled Pickering. “Other guys would just lob pitches. I was kind of like the man throwing those curves.”
Pickering was just 5-foot-7 and 131 pounds at age 15 when he became a ninth-round bantam draft pick of the Broncos.Article content “I watch a ton of hockey — kind of a hockey nerd — and I watch top defencemen and try to pattern my game after them. I turned 18 halfway through this past year and I’m far from where I want to be. Physical strength is the biggest thing for me.”
“His skating and compete are also very good and his skill is above average, a 35 point projection 35-40 at best. I have him in my top 15 and I think he’s a safe pick at No. 15.”
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