The Comox Valley Glacier Kings have bolstered their roster by adding key players in key positions. In Game 1 in Nanaimo, the team was short-handed dressing 5 true-defencemen and having players fulfilling in unfamiliar positions. The club looks more rounded after moves Head coach/GM Curtis Toneff made this week. Here are the additions:

 

Kyle Mayenburg – Defenceman (6’1″ 175lbs)

Kyle played 10 games with the Powell River Kings of the BCHL last season but didn’t get into any playoff action as the team failed to qualify for post-season action.  In his 10 games with Powell River, the rearguard went pointless and was on a tryout this season. He played in 1 exhibition game on September 6th wearing jersey #3. He did not play in their second exhibition game and was released back to the Glacier Kings. The Powell River native had 2 goals and 9 assists in 33 games with Comox Valley last season. Mayenburg previously comes from the Delta Hockey Academy U17 Prep and did play 1 game for the Campbell River Storm on December 22, 2023.

 

Thomas Scobie-Gyug – Defenceman (5’7″ 157 lbs)

Tommy has spent the past 3 years in the Canadian Sport School Hockey League (CSSHL) with the North Shore Warriors.  In the 2022/23 season, he advanced from the U16 to the U 18 team.  The Drumheller-born blue liner has 1 career goal and 12 assists in 74 games for the Warriors. He also netted a goal and an assist in 3 games at the 2024 U18 Prep Western Championships.

 

Geon Park – Forward (5’9″ 174 lbs)

Geon spent last season playing in the the CSSHL for the Wenatchee Wild Hockey Academy U18 Prep where where he tallied 10 goals and 12 assists in 33 games. That included a 2-goal performance against RHAK (Kelowna). At the 2025 U18 Prep Division II Western Championships, the South Korea native had 5 points in 4 games including 2 goals. Park finished 4th in scoring for the Wild and most likely would have finished 2nd if he hadn’t missed games. In total in U18 AAA, he amassed 15 goals and 34 points in 51 games which was also 4th on the team. The high scoring winger was one of only 3 South Koreans to play CSSHL U18 hockey last season.

 

Leon Mikhalchuk – Forward (6’3″ 181 lbs)

Leon committed to the Prince George Spruce Kings of the BCHL back in July and had a tryout with them. He played in both pre-season games going scoreless and 2 PIM’s. Mikhalchuk played in Belarus last year for the Yunost Minsk U17 team where he scored 25 goals and 42 points in just 39 games. He then got bumped up to the Yunost Minsk U18 team in the Belarus U18 league where he gathered an assist in 2 games. Prince George General Manager Mike Hawes said, “Leon is a young player with great size and tremendous skill who has a huge upside and loads of potential.” He is still young being a 2008 and will most likely be back in the BCHL next season after getting more experience in the Canadian game.

 

Anthony Ganoung – Goaltender (5′ 10″)

Anthony played for the Wenatchee Wild last season along with Geon Park. Ganoung played well despite the team not not faring so well. The Vancouver, WA native ended the year with a 10-15 record and a 4. 20 GAA with a .887 save percentage. In his previous season with the U16 squad, he was very impressive. Despite only having a 4-12 record, the backstop collected an impressive .898 save percentage and a .927 in the playoffs.

Needless to say, Curtis Toneff is excited about this past week’s additions. He said, “For now, adding those 5 guys and when Cameron Collins gets healthy, we’ll be looking at getting guys into their proper spots starting this weekend.” In case you were wondering, Collins is a Comox native who played for the Pacific Coast Academy U18 Prep team in the CSSHL last season but has yet to an exhibition or regular season game with the Glacier Kings.

Have a good Thursday. On tomorrow’s post, I’ll preview the Glacier Kings game tomorrow night in Saanich. 

Darryl Skender