
Blazers alum Chase Souto excelling in life after hockey
KAMLOOPS — Chase Souto’s hockey career didn’t end the way he would’ve liked, but with multiple concussions, he knew he had to pull the plug during his 19-year-old season.
“I had a pretty bad one there in my last year at 19, but I know that I wanted to have a good life after hockey,” said Souto, who played with the Blazers from 2010-14 and had his career shortened by concussions. “I wasn’t signed, I wasn’t drafted, so I wanted to pursue hockey on the other side of the bench.”
Souto was back in Kamloops on Thursday for the annual Blazers alumni golf tournament at Rivershore. He moved back to his home in California after his playing career was over with the Blazers. It’s in California where he’s the assistant general manager of the Junior Kings, L.A.’s equivalent to the Kamloops Minor Hockey Association.