Former Jet Kenney gets D-III shot at UWSP

Nick Kenney, a forward who led the Metro Jets in scoring during the 2006-2007 season, has committed to attend the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point starting this fall.

Kenney, a 21-year-old native of Wixom, played the last two years with the Mahoning Valley Phantoms of the North American Hockey League. This past season, he was twice named North Division Player of the Week. On the season, he tallied 19 goals and 16 assists for 35 points for the North Division champions and added three goals and five points in the playoffs.

"When we had Nick with us, I knew he was definitely capable of moving up the hockey ladder," Jets GM Butch Wolfe said. "He is a very mature young man who I know will make an impact in college on the ice and off the ice."

Drafted by Metro in the 2006 Central States Hockey League Draft out of Walled Lake Western High School, Kenney scored 31 goals among 66 points in '06-07, good for sixth overall in the CSHL.