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~_â€"-â€"-â€"â€"wâ€"'â€"â€"â€"â€"~â€"r , W , . I V i : u-wat‘tzriuio CHRONICLE ~wmiiesday. Decembeer. zuii I me I i . . From Siskin to OHL standout . O C . Former Waterloo In B player makes Jump to Canadian world under-20 team E 8:35.33 5257" an. > 7 V "IJust kept telling him, : *â€"â€"_â€"' ‘ _ ' .- Y ‘Lwe the dream until it’s : When Peter Brill projected Tanner \ ‘ ' over'His dream was * Pearson would he a contributor , - A ~ ' . I for the Barrie Colts in his third ' w ‘ “"" ~‘ to play m the OHL : year ofjunior hockey. he was bang on. ‘ “ ~ and now he’s ; But Brill never suspected Pearson would ‘ , _ n I? ” . soar to such lofty heights in his fourth year ' “ 7 . I on Team Canada. I of junior hockey. which includes the early / V, marl" ,’ lead in the OHL scorin race. Iandin on the / y as. 5 . . radar of NHL scouts a§id earning aipot on g /\ JP formerWaterloo 55km" GM thefanadian world junior team. \ “It's unbelievable the strides he has made \ ond~place finish in the Midwestern Confer- I in the last couple years." said Brill. a Waterâ€" « ' a} \ ence thanks to a 29-goal and 70-point cam- , loo Region sports hall of famer and former / ' ‘ i paign. ‘ . general manager of the Siskins. "I just kept , r ‘\\\ , \ a _/ I “Playing with older guys helped me to I telling him. live the dream until it's over.‘ ‘5’}: i - t,‘ ’4 . ' know what I had to do (at the OHL level)." ‘ j His dream was to play in the OHL and now (”MW \ .‘ Pearson said recently. “in my second season. , he's on Team (Lanada and he's going to be . 4,? “if I: it was like this year (with the Colts); I felt . - drafted into the Kill. 7 a late pick maybe. “(a \‘L " / , , more comfortable where l was and it made ‘ : “Boy. he‘s really been recognized and r / V' ‘ 7 it extremely easier for me on the ice. I had a 3 ; ktidos tti him for working hard." 6/ .- j ‘1‘, great time with my teammates there. too." 1 . like most ()lll. Prospects. Brill. a former a” .4 " In 201041. Pearson made his OHL debut . C stout for the Barrie (tolls. began paying ( with Barrie. putting up a respectable ‘ ‘, extra attention to Pearson in his minor ~ \ 15 goalst 42 points in66games ‘ ; midget draft year for the Kitchener Ir. - So far in 2011.12. Pearson has exploded > ' Rangers. ' 1f: 1" M to the forefront playing alongside Waterloo 1 l "\s a [i yearrold. the fivefootrnine. [5:1 ~13“ native Colin Behenna and fellow Kitchener i : pound l't-arson had good skills and solid \ . product Mark Scheifele. with his 26 goals ‘ : hands, Brill said but his skating needed and 66 points in 30 games 11 points better ‘ . work as well as his dhllll) to compete for ' . .» ‘1'“ ' than his nearest rival. Sarnia's Charles ‘ : loose ptit'ks A shoulder injury also t'aused . Sarault. in the OHL scoring race. I 1 Pearson to slide domi lhl' dratt board as the > 4 In November. after being skipped over , ( tilts selected him in the ch round, the ‘6‘“ V/ twice by the NHL Pearson was ranked .2an ‘ 1 Jtihth player pit ked owrall in the :00“ 0}" ,' amongst eligible skaters for next year's pro . than draft. He picked up an ()lll. player of the ‘ ; \\hat separated l’t-arson lroin other play ' . ‘- , month award at the beginning of December ‘ . t‘l\ his age. litt\\t'\t‘l, was the aliilin to take . ‘ . it and last week was the only undrafted player ‘ I t not isrii in stride Brill said he was honest in selected to Canada's 2012 lllll~' world tinder : pointing out Pearson‘s flaws and the young g ' 20 Championship team. . : sll’l soaked it up hiring .i personal ll'illllt‘l -' I ‘ Not bad for a young man whom Brill ‘ , and taking [ItHH‘l skating lessons tti heroine ‘ '/ . ' I assumed had the potential to store 20 or 25 i sti~ Might and taster ‘ ' / ! goals per year 7 max ~ at the ()HI. level. i It didn‘t raki- long tor the Itnprt)\‘t‘lnt’lll\ ‘3 E All it took was an iron stomach to accept ‘ I tn shim ““i-us'xnd triticisni and dogged determination tti t the l‘illtw'rltlg tail alter living t or triirn I improve. ; rhvt wits and thv (it ill H s kin lit-net “tilt li ' ” ’7' ' " " A “ ' "l always used to tell the kids. 'l know you 1 man Ill his lo. ‘.t'.li old war l’l‘dlstbll ended Former Waterloo 5'3“” Tanner Pearson, pittured ”“5 season playing mm the OH“ 8‘3""? get tired of people saying ytiti'u' got tti work , up t untat ting Hill! their the general inanag Colt" was (”t I‘M“? from 83"") “d had to work “'3 way onto the SM'“ before "‘3ka the hard and you’ve grit to do this antl that." .' vr in Waterloo to \t't’ rt he t «itiltl cairn .i spot Canadian WW d “my team W m. “ llrill said "But it‘s true ..\'oii'\e got to bring ; on lliv‘ siskins something to the table, even if it's both _ I will gatr hrrn in. guarantees Ht‘ told loo kids or had pent lllt‘ll Inf “ll“ said "He (“t‘\. and I guess the test ishiston ” thet king or storing or skating \‘h.llt'\t‘l it . 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