Rebels Make 11 Draft Selections

RED DEER, AB – Brent Sutter, General Manager/Head Coach of the Red Deer Rebels Hockey Club, announced today the team has made eleven picks in today’s Western Hockey League Bantam Draft held in Calgary.  This year’s draft featured players born in 1999. The 1999 born players will not be eligible to play full time in the WHL until the 2015-16 season.

Name                         Selection                                Position          Hometown

Jake Leschyshyn          1^st round, 6^th overall                Forward           Saskatoon, SK

Dawson Weatherill      2^nd round, 37^th overall             Goaltender      Red Deer, AB

Ethan Sakowich          3^rd round, 46^th overall              Defence           Athabasca, AB

Carson Sass                 3^rd round, 47^th overall              Defence           Melville, SK

Austin Pratt                 4^th round, 75^th overall              Forward           Lakeville, MN

Grant Mismash            5^th round, 97^th overall              Forward           Edina, MN

Benjamin Grist            6^th round, 119^th overall             Defence           North Saanich, BC

Chance Adrian             7^th round, 142^nd overall            Forward           Dalmeny, SK

Brayden Labant           8^th round, 163^rd overall             Forward           St. Paul, AB

Akash Bains                9^th round, 185^th overall             Forward           Delta, BC       

Chase Stevenson         10^th round, 207^th overall          Forward           West Kelowna, BC