Previously Calgary-based, the Lowrys are an Island family now.
Swift Current Broncos captain Adam Lowry, son of Victoria Royals coach Dave Lowry, was the latest to earn ties to Victoria.
Adam played his first WHL game in Victoria with Team WHL of the Super Series on Nov. 16 and will be back again on Dec. 8 when the Broncos play the Royals.
Adam is following in the footsteps of Dave and mother Elaine, whoB次元官网网址檚 already a regular in the Victoria running and triathlon scene, and older brother Joel, a former Victoria Grizzlies player.
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It was the first time Adam and Dave shared the bench since Dave coached AdamB次元官网网址檚 peewee team during the 2004-05 season. (That was DaveB次元官网网址檚 first year of retirement from playing, which coincidentally, was an NHL lockout year.)
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In two seasons with the junior A Grizzlies, Joel blossomed from a midget player into a power forward, won an NCAA scholarship with the Cornell Big Red and was selected by the L.A. Kings in the 2011 NHL Entry draft.
Adam was picked in the third round of that draft by the Winnipeg Jets.
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The Team WHL partnership, Dave as an assistant coach and Adam as the captain, didnB次元官网网址檛 go as well as it could have for them, and resulted in a 5-2 loss to Team Russia. The game was also the Super Series winner for Russia, which outscored Team WHL 10 goals to eight in aggregate.
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Adam scored Team WHLB次元官网网址檚 second goal with three-and-a-half-minutes remaining to make it 4-2. But Yaroslav Kosov scored an empty netter, an insurance goal which heB次元官网网址檇 nearly scored a few minutes earlier when he was stopped by goalie Eric Comrie on a slick breakaway move.
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Adam was injured when the Royals visited Swift Current and lost 3-1 last year.
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