Red Deer Rebels Make Ten Bantam Draft Selections

RED DEER, AB – Jesse Wallin, General Manager/Head Coach of the Red Deer Rebels Hockey Club, announced today the team has made 10 picks in today’s Western Hockey League Bantam Draft held in Calgary.  This year’s draft featured players born in 1997.  The 1997 born players will not be eligible to play full time in the WHL until the 2013-14 season.

Name                                  Selection                                Position          Hometown

Adam Musil                 1^st round, 6^th overall        Forward          Burnaby, BC

Taz Burman                2^nd round, 30^th overall      Goaltender      Vancouver, BC

Austin Strand              3^rd round, 48^th overall       Defence          Calgary, AB

Mason McCarty            4^th round, 69^th overall       Forward           Blackie, AB

Grayson Pawlenchuk     4^th round, 74^th overall        Forward          Ardrossan, AB

Meyer Nell                   5^th round, 96^th overall        Forward          Boissevain, MB

Alexander Winters       6^th round, 118^th overall       Defence          Kamloops, BC

Bo Hanson                  7^th round, 140^th overall       Defence          Boise, ID

Brayden Burke             7^th round, 145^th overall       Forward          Edmonton, AB

Daniel Nault                8^th round, 162^nd overall       Forward          Penticton, BC