LOCALS GET NHL CALL
For Port Moody's Adam Tambellini and Port Coquitlam's Evan Campbell, Sunday kicked off a terrific Canada Day celebration.
The two local B.C. Hockey League products were selected in the 2013 NHL Draft.
Tambellini, 18, was chosen by the New York Rangers with the fourth pick in the third round and 65th overall, after helping the Surrey Eagles advance all the way to the Royal Bank Cup championship final this past spring.
Bound for the University of North Dakota in September, the six-foot-two playmaker netted 36 goals and 29 assists over 52 games.
Campbell, who starred with the Langley Rivermen the past two seasons after starting out with the Coquitlam Express, was grabbed by the Edmonton Oilers in the fifth round.
A 20-year-old winger, Campbell contributed 20 goals and 46 assists over 51 games with Langley, netting a scholarship to the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
A'S SLIP PAST BELLIES
The Coquitlam junior A Adanacs got a pair of third period goals from Steven Neufeld to knock off the New Westminster Salmonbellies 8-7 Saturday at Queen's Park.
The six-foot-eight shooter took Wesley Berg's pass with under eight minutes remaining and fired shortside past New West netminder Frank Scigliano. It gave Coquitlam a brief two-goal lead, but the Bellies cut that to a single when Kyle Dobbie added a tally for New West.
The Bellies applied intense pressure during the final seconds of the game, but netminder Davide DeRuscio made both stops as part of a 56-save performance.
Coquitlam now holds a 15-3-0 record, and hosts Burnaby on Wednesday, 7: 30 p.m. at the Poirier Sports Centre.
KUDABA NETS AWARD
Port Coquitlam's Con Kudaba was among 20 athletes across the nation to be a given a helping hand last week.
A member of the Canadian men's national water polo team, Kudaba received a $5,000 bursary from the Investors Group as part of the company's Team Investors Group Amateur Athletes Fund bursary.
"This bursary to me is a sign telling me to continue striving to be a true ambassador of the sport and emphasize the importance of giving back to the water polo community both locally and around Canada," said Kudaba, 26, in a press release.
Some of his most recent exploits in the water include a gold at the 2013 World Championship Qualification Tournament and a silver medal at the 2013 Volvo Cup.
