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Pair of Beavers off to NCAA D-III ranks

The Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League’s Blind River Beavers have a pair of forwards moving on to the NCAA Division III ranks.
Team captain Wyatt Gibson is off to New England College, while Clark Furman, an assistant captain, will head to SUNYAC Morrisville.
The 21-year-old Gibson finished second in team scoring this season with 37 points in 49 contests, including a career-high 17 goals.
In two campaigns with the Beavers, the Pellham, Ontario, product appeared in 104 career games and saw him tally 24 times, while helping set up 43 others.
The NEC Pilgrams are members of the 11-school New England Hockey Conference, which is situated in Henniker, New Hampshire.
Hailing from Regina, Saskatchewan, Furman proved to be a solid two-way contributor to the Beavers program.
The 20-year-old saw action in 76 league match-ups in his two years with the club.
In that time, he scored 21 times and assisted on 17 others for 38 career points.
Based in Morrisville, New York, the Mustangs compete in the State University of New York Athletic Conference, which features eight men’s hockey programs.
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