Giants defenceman Bowen Byram looks to build off impressive rookie season
Vancouver Giants defenceman Bowen Byram is in entering just his second Western Hockey League season, but he has been impressing his head coach for years.
“One thing I remember is I spent a year with the Kootenay Ice over Christmas time, Bowen and my son got to come and practise with the Ice and (Byram) opened a lot of eyes of the veteran guys,” said Giants head coach Michael Dyck, who coached Byram at the bantam triple-A level.
“They couldn’t believe he was 14 and doing what he was doing, he’s been an elite player a long time.”
The Giants will be counting on Byram, now 17 years old, to start turning heads at hockey’s top level when the 2018-19 Western Hockey League season opens Friday with eight games.