Alex Morgan Traded to Soo Greyhounds, Maroons Lose Top Forward

Alex Morgan playing for the Chatham Maroons - Photo by Ian Kennedy

The Chatham Maroons have lost their top forward, Alex Morgan, after the OHL’s Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds acquired the rights to the hard hitting sniper from the Saginaw Spirit, who originally drafted Morgan.

In a press release on their website, Soo Greyhounds GM Kyle Dubas had this to say about the team’s decision to acquire Alex Morgan,

“Our staff has watched Alex following his release from Saginaw’s camp as he reported to Chatham Jr. B. This in addition to the reports that Mike MacFarlane had filed on him last season, made it a priority of ours to add Alex to the fold.”

“Alex has had success producing at the GOJHL level both as a 16 year old, and this season where he has a goal per game for the Maroons. More importantly, Alex plays the game with tremendous grit, and competes at a very high level every shift. Alex is a young man of tremendous character and he checked out very well through all his present and former coaches. Alex is the sort of character young man, and competitor that we will continue to build around here.”

Last season with the Chatham Maroons, Morgan scored 22 goals as a 16-year-old. In 4 games this season with the Maroons, Morgan had a team leading 4 goals and 1 assist, along with 13 penalty minutes.