Joel Bishop has a new team, but he isn’t going anywhere.
The 20-year-old St. John’s native is remaining in Halifax after being cut by the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s Mooseheads last week. After four years in the junior ranks, all with Halifax, he is moving on to the university level with the AUS’s Saint Mary’s Huskies.
Bishop, the brother of Carolina Hurricanes’ centre Clark Bishop, had been a popular and effective energy forward with the Mooseheads, registering 26 goals and 68 assists in 237 games, while picking up 226 penalty minutes. He had been an assistant captain last season, but lost out in a competition for three overage spots with Halifax.
The Huskies will begin their 2019-20 regular season in just over three weeks.
