Hockey communities across the Cariboo are coming together to support the family, friends and teammates of a teenager who died in a motor vehicle incident Sunday, Nov. 26 near Quesnel.

Lane Wiggins, 17, a Grade 12 student at Correlieu Secondary School and an assistant captain of the Quesnel Thunder U18 rep hockey team, was one of two teens who lost their lives in the single vehicle collision on the Barkerville Highway east of Quesnel Sunday morning. The other teen, a girl, has not been identified.

Wiggins began playing hockey in Williams Lake when he was just little, but also played in 100 Mile House and, in recent years, Quesnel.

The Williams Lake Minor Hockey AssociationB次元官网网址檚 (WLMHA) U18 tournament organizers and players will be honouring his memory at their home tournament Dec. 1-3 in Williams Lake, where LaneB次元官网网址檚 team will be playing for the first time since the tragedy.

WLMHA president Mike Rispin said on Friday evening between QuesnelB次元官网网址檚 first game and Williams LakeB次元官网网址檚 first game there will be a brief ceremony, with a remembrance of Lane and a moment of silence. The plan is to have this all commence at around 7 p.m. in Rink 1 at the Cariboo Memorial Recreation Complex.

B次元官网网址淟ane started his hockey career in Williams Lake and also played in 100 Mile and Quesnel so was well-known in the community and people naturally gravitated towards him and his personality,B次元官网网址� said Rispin, offering his condolences to LaneB次元官网网址檚 family and teammates.

On Saturday, Dec. 2, residents in the area are asked to attend the 9:45 a.m. game between the Quesnel and Williams Lake teams B次元官网网址渢o fill the stands to show your love and support to the family and the boys during this difficult time,B次元官网网址� notes Katharine Robinson.

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