Ryan Hamberg and Lyndin Himer-Lewis are the newest members of the Blue and Gold
The Storm have brought in two new players through a pair of deals. One made his debut last night, while the other is expected to dress tonight against the Camrose Kodiaks.
The first deal saw the hockey club acquire the rights to local product Lyndin Himer-Lewis from Drayton Valley for future cnsiderations. Himer-Lewis led the Ernie's Sports Experts Major Midget Storm in scoring last season, and was the club's representative in the AMHL all star game, where he recorded a hat trick and an assist, en route to being named player of the game for the North Division squad. He also appeared in five games with the Thunder as an affiliate player last season.
The second transaction was a three team trade involving the Storm and two teams from Ontario. It started with the Storm dealing 20 year old blueliner Nick Yeatman to the Orangeville Flyers of the OJHL for Jonathan Demme, who was then subsequently shipped to the Villanove Knights of the same league, in exchange for Hamberg.
In 78 games over two seasons with the Knights, Hamberg had a goal and 10 assists to go with 188 penalty minutes.
At 6 foot 3 and 205 pounds, the soon to be 19 year old Hamberg brings more size to the Storm back end. Coach Mike Vandekamp hopes he will turn into a Mark Stojan-style defender for the Storm, as in someone who will block shots and kill penalties while playing a top-4 role on the team.
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