Kai Clayton and Dryden DeMelo have signed with the OCN Blizzard for the 2022/23 Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) season.
Clayton spent the past five seasons in the 麻豆传媒入口 (CSSHL) with Delta Hockey Academy. The Tsawwassen, BC forward joined the program in 2017/18, playing two seasons with their U15 team, tallying 42 points in 59 games. Clayton would add 8 points in 35 U16 Prep games in 2019/20, followed by 1 point in 5 U17 Prep games in 2020/21 and 7 points in 29 U18 Prep games during the 2021/22 campaign.
A netminder from Victoria, BC, DeMelo played in the CSSHL with Pacific Coast Hockey Academy from 2018-2021. In 19 U15 Prep games during the 2018/19 season DeMelo would finish with a 4.81 Goals Against Average (GAA), .872 Save Percentage (SV%) and 1 shutout. The following U16 Prep campaign would see him play 19 games, tallying a 3.33 GAA, .914 SV% and 2 shutouts. 2020/21 would be DeMelo鈥檚 last season with PCHA, finishing with a 5.33 GAA, and .880 SV% in 3 games. That season would also see him play 1 game for the Victoria Grizzlies in the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL), earning a victory in the affair.