DALLAS — There was plenty of provincial pride on display Saturday in the Lone Star State, as eight Manitoba-born hockey players heard their names called during the NHL draft.
Winnipeg defenceman Jett Woo got the party started when he was selected 37th-overall by the Vancouver Canucks.
“I’m still shaking. Like every other person that’s gone through this, there’s really no words to describe it," Woo, 17, said shortly after the big moment at American Airlines Center.
He's just the second player of Chinese descent to ever be selected in the draft and revealed Saturday how he was often picked on in his younger years for playing hockey.