Calgary Wranglers forward Clark Bishop got the news on Tuesday morning.
He’s been named the second captain in team history.
The 28-year-old from St. John’s, N.L., says it’s an honour to wear the “C”.
“I’ve always said I’ve been a lead-by-example kind of leader,” he said.
“I’ll speak up when I need to, but other than that, I just go about my everyday routine.”
Bishop succeeds Brett Sutter, who is now an assistant coach with the club.
It was Sutter who handed the captaincy over to Bishop in a video the team posted on Tuesday morning.
Bishop says getting it from Sutter was special.
“To get that from him, he’s so respected in the hockey world,” Bishop said.
“He’s been a captain everywhere he’s gone, and every guy in the locker room looks up to him. To receive that captaincy from him and for him to announce it for me was something pretty special.”
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