{"id":31054,"date":"2018-06-17T10:18:56","date_gmt":"2018-06-17T14:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=31054"},"modified":"2018-06-18T11:26:37","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T15:26:37","slug":"pittsburgh-penguins-prospect-jordy-bellerive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/06\/17\/pittsburgh-penguins-prospect-jordy-bellerive\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Penguins Prospect Jordy Bellerive, Two Others Injured in Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A fire at a bachelor party in Calgary injured three hockey players, including <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/penguins\/\" target=\"_self\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> prospect <strong>Jordy Bellerive<\/strong>. The other players are Lethbridge Hurricanes teammate <strong>Ryan Vandervlis<\/strong> and alumnus <strong>Matt Alfaro<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlobalLiamNixon\/status\/1008206970015236096<\/p>\n<p>One of the trio is critically hurt and all three are hospitalized, but the report did not specify which player is badly injured.<\/p>\n<h2>Jordy Bellerive,\u00a0Ryan Vandervlis and\u00a0Matt Alfaro Injured in Fire<\/h2>\n<p>The Hurricanes released a statement about the incident and will make more details known as they become available. The team asked for privacy on behalf of the families, players and organization.<\/p>\n<p>Bellerive signed to a three-year, entry-level deal before the start of the 2017-18 season. The undrafted North Vancouver, British Columbia native earned a contract after a great showing in September\u2019s rookie tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The 5-foot-11, 194-pound prospect made great strides this season as he led the Hurricanes with 46 goals and 46 assists for 92 points in 71 WHL games.\u00a0 Bellerive is a \u201cblue chip prospect&#8221; by The Athletic&#8217;s prospect guru Jesse Marshall. Bellerive played in one preseason game for the Penguins where he generated one shot and had one penalty.<\/p>\n<p>Vandervlis <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/pittsburgh-penguins-prospect-jordy-bellerive-hospitalized-after-accident\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">completed his last season with the team<\/a> and Alfaro played with the University of Calgary after completing his over-age season with the Hurricanes. Vandervlis tallied 11 goals and eight assists for 19 points with Lethbridge.<\/p>\n<h2>What It Means for the Future<\/h2>\n<p>Bellerive was drawing a lot of buzz from Penguins fans. This is because of his big leap from an 11 goals, 25 assists, 36 points season in 2016-17 and one wonders how much more improvement he would show in 2018-19. Bellerive is an exciting prospect that has a bright future ahead of him.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s hope all three of the players make a speedy recovery from these injuries.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"4ZQT0utBR_ZZ2SvftQ77oA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/916359234\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'4ZQT0utBR_ZZ2SvftQ77oA',sig:'rUrHBF9qL_qs4y1nlbjNoVmq441LTTzz7xY1GqU5C64=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'916359234',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fire at a bachelor party in Calgary injured three hockey players, including Pittsburgh Penguins prospect Jordy Bellerive. The other players are Lethbridge Hurricanes teammate Ryan Vandervlis and alumnus Matt Alfaro. https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlobalLiamNixon\/status\/1008206970015236096 One of the trio is critically hurt and all three are hospitalized, but the report did not specify which player is badly injured. 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