While amassing a 90-point regular season and helping his junior club capture the Western Hockey League championship and a berth in the final game of the Memorial Cup, Coyotes prospect Nick Merkley found a good luck charm in an unlikely place.
The freezer.
Last season with the Kelowna Rockets, Merkley started eating ice cream sandwiches as part of his pregame routine.
“We were winning and I thought I was playing good, so I just kept having them,” he said.
As cherished as the superstition was during his junior season, Merkley kicked the habit before arriving in the Valley for Coyotes rookie camp.