Another graduating member of the Power Dodge Estevan Bruins has finalized his plans for next season.
Defenceman Jake Tesarowski, a 5-foot-10, 185-pound defenseman from Regina, has committed to play for the University of Victoria (UVic) Vikes in British Columbia (B.C.). The school plays in the B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League.
Tesarowski played the majority of the 2017-18 season with the Bruins, putting up five goals and 17 assists for 22 points in 37 games. He also played for the Brookings Blizzard of the North American Hockey League, the Melville Millionaires of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League and the West Kelowna Warriors of the B.C. Hockey League in his three-year junior career.
Tesarowski played his minor hockey in Regina, and helped the midget AAA Pat Canadians win bronze at the 2015 Telus Cup. He played a total of four games for the Bruins as an affiliated player while he was still in midget.
He started his junior career with West Kelowna in 2015-16, but was dealt to Melville early that season. Tesarowski played 46 games with the Millionaires that year, and then decided to head to Brookings.
The defenceman spent all of the 2016-17 season with Brookings, and started the 2017-18 season with the club, but eventually returned to Saskatchewan. Melville dealt his rights to Estevan before Tesarowski could play a game for the Mills.
Tesarowski had three assists in 12 postseason games for the Bruins, and helped the club come within a game of winning the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League title.
“I chose UVic for the opportunity to pursue a degree at a top end school in an amazing location,” Tesarowski said in a news release. “I am currently in the humanities program with the intent of getting into law school.”
He joins Hayden Guilderson on the Vikes next season.
