If it were not for a need for healthy skaters at the SHL level the Blizzard may have never selected Austin Powers on draft night, but as fate would have it they did have a need and they addressed it with a player they never anticipated contributing at the SHL level.

"Well on draft night we were in the winding down portion of the draft and there really was not much left available to pick so we decided we would take a flyer on him, he is an international spy and there was always the potential that he decided to settle down from his life abroad and focused on hockey." said manager Connor Tanner.

"Well you see, typically our draft board is sorted towards the end by intangible and this man filled a lot of those boxes for us. He had the potential to be an effective player if he ever went in and focused on it but it did not seem like he was interested in it. We found out after his name was called that he fulled intended on pursuing hockey professionally and he was completely and totally willing to sign the contract we had laid out for him."

"I have just had a lot going on the past couple of months and it caused me to miss a lot of the mandatory training and combine activities the league had laid out for us so I did not anticipate being selected at all, let alone by a franchise as storied as the Edmonton Blizzard, so I am very excited to fully commit to my training and I am now fully committed to the Blizzard after they went out on a limb and drafted me, regardless of the many reasons they had to avoid me like the plague."

The five foot eight inch playmaker from Great Britain steps on the scale at approximately 185 pounds soaking wet and is not much of a threat on the ice, that is until you factor in his deadly accurate passes. A classicly trained spy for the monarchy Austin always had a keen eye and was never willing to accept less than perfectly accurate shots, hence why he never settles for less on the ice as well. While his shot on the ice is not what it is with a rifle, he is still fully capable of taking an shot if necessary and has profound ability for assisting his teammates on getting the puck into the back of the net.

What Austin will become is yet to be seen, but we here in Edmonton know he is capable of great things, and the ability to become a worthwhile pick in this draft does not allude him. We truly believe there is something special that Austin has yet to realize about himself and when he does realize it it will be great.

@Champloo