Bearcat-of-
the-Week honours went to Assistant Captain, Dylan Burton. There were
plenty of Bearcats to choose from over the past week, but his effort in
the 6 – 2, Game 6 win, with the Bearcats on the brink of elimination,
can’t go unnoticed. He scored two and assisted on three others. That’s
leadership. He finished regular season play third among Bearcat scorers
with 16 goals and 18 assists, and in the first six games of the Bearcat –
Mariner series accumulated 3 goals and 4 assists to be the top scorer in the series.
He came up through the Bedford Blues Association to completion of a year
with the “AA” Midget Blues. In the 2014 – 2015 season he caught on with
the Newbridge Academy Gladiators, a team which won Provincials,
Atlantics and got exposure at the National Telus Cup. The next season,
as a Steele Subaru Midget, his numbers showed 18 goals and 20 helpers in
regular season play, then added another 15 playoff points enroute to
another Telus Cup appearance. Truro’s 2016 First Round pick played 200 –
foot games as a rookie, picking up 16 goals and 20 assists. He was a
key performer in Truro’s playoff run which resulted in the team’s fourth MHL Championship. He’s a gamer.
