The 2007 Memorial Cup winning Vancouver Giants, including a Quesnel raised player will be inducted into the BC Hockey Hall of Fame.
Brett Festerling, captained the team to their first ever Memorial Cup win, where they won 3-1 against the Medicine Hat Tigers.
Festerling played seven games for the Quesnel Millionaires in the 2001-02 season, and joined the Tri-City Americans that same year.
He joined the Giants in the back end of the 2004-05 season, playing 32 games for them.
In the regular season of the championship year, Festerling tallied 5 goals and 21 points, with 1 goal and 6 points in the playoffs.
Festerling went on to play 88 NHL games, 83 for the Anaheim Ducks, 5 for the Winnipeg Jets, and will be inducted, along with the Giants, on July 21st.
More information on the inductees can be found on the BC Hockey Hall of Fame’s website here.
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