Rockets sign fifth-round pick Dallin Antos
The Kelowna Rockets announced today that 2023 WHL Prospects Draft fifth-round pick (91st overall) Dallin Antos has signed a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement with the Rockets.
Antos has spent this season with Edge School U18 Prep in Calgary. In 28 games, the five-foot-eleven, 17-year-old defenceman has registered three goals and 23 points in those games. Last season Antos was the captain of the U17 Prep team where he played 29 games, scoring seven times and adding 17 assists.
“Dallin has worked extremely hard to get to this point,” said Rockets Assistant General Manager Curtis Hamilton. “He skates very well, and we look forward to seeing him in a Rockets jersey.”
Established on a league-wide basis in 1993-94, the WHL Scholarship is guaranteed to players for each season they play in the WHL. A player is awarded a one-year post-secondary scholarship for each season played in the WHL, which includes: tuition, compulsory fees and required textbooks. A player can attend any post-secondary or career-enhancing institution of his choice, including universities, colleges, technical institutes, trade schools, or any other institution which will help the player achieve his academic and career goals. To learn more about the WHL Scholarship click here.
Kelowna will continue their Alberta road trip on Sunday in Calgary before travelling to Medicine Hat to take on the Tigers at Co-op Place on Tuesday, March 4th. The Rockets will wrap up their trip with games on March 5th and March 7th against the Lethbridge Hurricanes and Edmonton Oil Kings.
Kelowna will return home on March 14th when they host the rival Kamloops Blazers at Prospera Place.
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