Broncos sign CHL Import Draft pick Rayan Bettahar

Swift Current, Sask. – The Swift Current Broncos announced today that they have signed German defenceman Rayan Bettahar to a WHL Standard Player Agreement. He was selected fifth overall in the 2021 CHL Import Draft June 30.

The 17-year-old, who was born in Poland, was limited to just three games of league action during the 2020-21 season posting an assist for the Jungadler Mannheim U20 team.

During the 2019-20 campaign Bettahar recorded 30 points (5G-25A) in 35 games for the Jungadler Mannheim U17 program.

The 6-foot-1’, 194-pound blueliner also represented Germany at the 2021 IIHF World U18 Championships in Texas earlier this year.

NEWS: The Broncos have signed fifth overall Import Draft selection, 2004-born defenceman Rayan Bettahar, to a WHL Standard Player Agreement.

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Bettahar, the first German player ever selected by the Broncos in the CHL Import Draft, will join his new team on the ice for training camp in September.