BCHL, Coastal Conference

Eagles add Kern to their blueline in a trade with Powell River

Written by Brian Wiebe on

 

The Surrey Eagles have acquired 2002-born defenseman Ian Kern from the Powell River Kings for future considerations.

Kern was a rookie in the BCHL in 2019-20 and posted a goal and five points in 54 games for the Kings. He added an assist in five playoff games.

The Vancouverite is a product of the Greater Vancouver Canadians U18 AAA, where he had three goals and 22 points in 76 games over the course of two seasons from 2017-19.

He got into four regular season games and two playoff games with Powell River as a 16-year-old affiliate player in 2018-19.

Kern was selected in the 10th round, 217th overall by the Seattle Thunderbirds in the 2017 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft.

The most up-to-date list of BCHL trades is here on the BCHLNetwork Trade Tracker.

Brian's been involved in the BCHL in a variety of capacities for 17 years. From 2002 to 2012, he served in several roles around the Merritt Centennials organization, including as team president, board member, beat writer, colour commentator, webmaster, media and communications coordinator and marketing assistant. He's been writing about the BCHL since 2008 and served as colour commentator on the TSN 1040 broadcasts in 2012-13. BCHLNetwork is one of Brian's many passion projects that he balances around his full-time job as an instructor in the Radio Arts and Entertainment Program at BCIT in Burnaby.