The Surrey Eagles have officially lost one of their top offensive players to the major-junior ranks.

On Wednesday, the Western Hockey League鈥檚 Vancouver Giants announced that they have signed 19-year-old forward Holden Katzalay to a standard WHL player agreement.

Katzalay had been playing with the Giants since late November on a tryout basis, appearing in three games with the Giants.

With the Eagles this season, Katzalay 鈥� who was to the BC Hockey League team from last season 鈥� had 16 goals and 17 assists in 27 games. He was second in team scoring, behind only Christophe Tellier.

He hadn鈥檛 played a game with the Eagles since Nov. 20.

With Katzalay鈥檚 departure and the October , forward Brandon Santa Juana is now the only member of the Eagles who was on the team at the end of last season.

Katzalay , after he was cut by the WHL鈥檚 Seattle Thunderbirds. In 59 career games with the T-Birds, he had two assists.

He is yet to record a point with the 91原创-based Giants, but has been playing in a top-six role with the team.

鈥淲e are happy that Holden has chosen to join our team,鈥� said Giants general manager Barclay Parneta in a news release. 鈥淗e brings a good combination of size and skill to our roster.鈥�

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