CENTER ICE SPOTLIGHT: RAYLA WILKES | RALIEGH, NORTH CAROLINA
Updated: Jul 7, 2020
INTRODUCING Rayla Wilkes!
Rayla is 8 years old from the Raleigh area of North Carolina. She started playing hockey in 2017 with the Canes NHL First Goal program and fell in love with the game. She continued with local learn to play programs before joining the 8U house league. She really wants to be a Junior Hurricane when she's older. She took this past fall off but is looking forward to getting back on Spring League. Her talents in defense stand out but she also loves to also play goalie.
In 2018 she was invited to New Jersey by her favorite player Kelsey Koelzer to be the honorary Captain for the Metropolitan Riveters. Later that same month she was the Canes youth starter of the game and got to stand next to her favorite Canes player Sebastian Aho. It was a very exciting month for an almost 6 year old. That season the Riveters won The Isobel Cup and Kelsey invited Rayla to come to her party in PA and see the cup in person. She really loves hockey and wants to someday play professionally.
