Whitehorse's Andrew Pettitt has accepted an invitation to play for the Anchorage Seawolves in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) for the 2010-2011 season.

The forward has spent the last two seasons playing in the Powell River Kings Junior ‘A' Hockey Club.

"In his second year in our program Andrew is developing his raw talent into becoming a goal scorer,” said Kings Head Coach and General Manager Kent Lewis in a statement. "As he continues to improve the Seawolves will have a player who should help them with offense that can be hard to come by.”

Pettitt currently leads the Kings in scoring with 29 points so far this season. He represented the Kings at the recent BCHL all-star game held in Nanaimo on Jan. 13.

The Whitehorse native is the sixth King player to get an NCAA scholarship so far in the 2009/2010 season.

Pettitt was a Whitehorse Minor Hockey player up until second year midget, until he started play for the Caribou Cougars out of Prince George in the B.C. major midget league.

After his time with the cougars, he played for the Creston Valley Thunder Cats, who visited Whitehorse last week for a two-game series, in the KIJHL for the 2007/08 season.

His current team, the Kings made it to the BCHL finals with the help of Pettitt.

Pettitt also played for Team Yukon at the Canada Winter Games in 2007.

The player will join Whitehorse's Jared Tuton in Anchorage, who captains the University of Alaska hockey team.