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Pride overflows for Edmonton born-and-raised Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner

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Stuart Skinner is living out many a young hockey player's dream, goaltending for the hometown Edmonton Oilers he grew up watching and was drafted by in 2017.

Stuart Skinner is living out many a young hockey player’s dream, playing for the hometown team he grew up watching.

“Honestly, moments like this… it’s very hard to say,” he said, struggling to find the words to express the joy of the moment.Skinner was selected in the third round, 78th overall, in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft by the Oilers. Before coming up to the big leagues, he played four seasons in the Western Hockey League with both Lethbridge and Swift Current.Prior to that, he attended the hockey academy at Louis St.

He said Skinner played at the school in Grade 10, until the then-16-year-old headed off to be the netminder for the WHL’s Lethbridge Hurricanes.“You knew there was something special there for sure. Great kid, good character, works hard. Loves being a goalie, which you can’t say about everybody.Louis St. Laurent Junior/Senior hockey director Jaret Peel said Skinner was a dedicated student, on and off the ice, and driven to succeed.

Skinner was just seven years old the last time the Oilers made it to the final round of the playoffs. Like many hockey players, he had his role models.“Of course I was watching Rolly, Rolly the goalie was my idol,” Skinner said of Dwayne Roloson, the netminder that also helped lead the Edmonton Oilers to their last Stanley Cup matchup in 2006, which ended in a heartbreaking Game 7 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes.

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