Portage Terriers team captain Sam Huston has finished his career in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League. As a 20-year-old, this was his last season of eligibility in any of the Canadian Junior Hockey Leagues. Unfortunately, it didn't end the way he, or the rest of the team, would've wanted with the season coming to an early close due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

The Terriers were in the midst of the first round of the MJHL playoffs but had a trip to the Centennial Cup already locked up as tournament hosts. Huston talks about how that changed things for them.

"It changes in the way that you know you're there, you know you're playing in May," says Huston. "Obviously, you want to win your way there but being the host team, you know you're there and you know, whatever happens, you're going to be there. It's a once in a lifetime kind of thing, you're lucky to host it."

Huston and the Terriers were enjoying a very good year, they had finished second in the MJHL standings in the regular season and were up 2-1 in their first-round playoff series against the Dauphin Kings. In the playoffs, Huston averaged a point per game, picking up three helpers before the series came to an abrupt finish.

He talks about the feeling after the season ended, knowing they were playing so well.

"We were starting to really roll there in the playoffs," says Huston. "We were all getting really excited for the best part of the year and then three games in and it's done. It just sucked. We were all pretty confident, we had a good chance, we had a good team to go make a deep run and do it (earn their way to the Centennial Cup), hopefully winning the Turnbull (Cup) and then hopefully winning the ANAVET (Cup)."

Huston came to the Terriers partway through last season after playing the beginning of the year, and the two years prior, in the WHL with the Kootenay Ice. In his 95 regular-season games with the Dogs, he posted 12 goals and 33 assists totaling 45 points. Eight of his 12 goals came on the power-play.

Huston talks about what's next for him.

"Now, I (will) probably try and figure out what school I want to go to and see if I can continue my hockey career in the (U Sports)," he says. "That's my plan, hopefully, there are schools available. (I'm going to) start life."

Huston was very grateful for his time with the Terriers but just hoped it would've ended on a better note.