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Former Provost Hockey Player Signs With NHL
Former Provost resident, 21 year old Curtis Glencross has signed a professional hockey contract with the Anaheim Mighty Ducks of the National Hockey League.

He has been playing with the University of Alaska and his father Mel said in a telephone conversation from Red Deer that he and his wife Robin’s son signed a contract on Wednesday.

The hockey player who spent pretty well his entire minor hockey in Provost for seven or eight years left his studies in management administration and flew immediately to a farm team at Cincinnati, Ohio. The Mighty Ducks did not make the playoffs this season so will remain in Cincinnati the remainder of their season and will be on the ice for playoffs there.

Glencross played Midget hockey in Provost before moving on to play at Brooks, Alberta.

This season he led his Alaska university Seawolves in both goals and points.

He gets a $750,000 (U.S.) signing bonus that he keeps even if he does not play for the Mighty Ducks. His father Mel adds that if he does play for the Mighty Ducks he will earn $600,000 per year for three years, plus bonuses. “He was pretty thrilled and flew out last night (Thursday) . . . he didn’t want to leave his teammates in Alaska.”

Mel told The News that “It’s quite an accomplishment . . . he was small in Provost but later blossomed” stretching up late in Midget action and became stronger and more aggressive. He is six foot one inch and weighs 190 pounds.