A hometown hockey player is scoring on the ice and with the fans of the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles.

Cape Breton’s Kyle Farrell feels lucky to be able to play in front of friends and family.

“There’s 17 other teams in the league, so to end up here in your hometown is definitely something special,” says Kyle.

The 20-year-old from Howie Centre, N.S. is in his fifth season with the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s Screaming Eagles.

He leads the Eagles in scoring this season and reached the 200-career-point milestone just a few games ago.

“I saw the goal being announced and they showed a little thing up on the jumbotron and I was kinda surprised, but it was really good,” says Kyle.

Kyle’s mom Nancy is proud of her son’s accomplishments.

“We're very pleased for him, for the simple fact that he deserves everything he gets. He's a wonderful boy and I mean that inside and out,” says Nancy.

Kyle is the eighth highest scoring Screaming Eagle in the team’s history and with 18 games left in the regular season, the record of 215 points is within reach. Not bad for guy listed as 5'8 and 175 pounds.

“I worked on a lot in the offseason. Just trying to get bigger and stronger and just as an older guy, just knowing the league a lot more and being more mature,” says Kyle. “I don't really worry about my personal stats too much, I just try to go out there, work hard every day and try to give the team success.”

“You know, it's funny because, when he hit 100 assists he come in the door and said ‘I didn't even know that.’ He come in the door and his dad and I are saying, ‘Oh my God bud, congratulations,” says Nancy.

The hometown kid is loved by the Eagles’ faithful, winning the fan choice award three years in a row.

The Screaming Eagles organization says they're lucky to have players like Kyle who can act as team ambassadors in the community they grew up in.

“I'm sure we'll have more local boys come through this organization in the future and they'll look back and have guys like Kyle Farrell, Chris Culligan and stuff like that as role models,” says Chris Tournidis of the Screaming Eagles.

Kyle says he appreciates all the love and support he gets from fans.

“Playing in Cape Breton, you go out to Tim Hortons and people will recognize who you are, I mean it's a small community and everyone's very friendly,” says Kyle.

“The fans are unbelievable, the community bar none the best, that's why we live in Cape Breton,” says Nancy.

The Farrell family spent a lot of time watching the Eagles when Kyle and his brother Brendon were young. They're happy to have this chance to watch Kyle finish his junior career here at home.

With files from CTV Atlantic's Sarah Ritchie