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Wheat Kings Select Chiasson in Round One

May 3, 2018 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
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Red Deer, AB. - The 2018 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft is underway in Red Deer and the Brandon Wheat Kings used their first pick and fifteenth overall selection to take power forward Jake Chiasson of Abbotsford, British Columbia.

Described as having excellent hockey IQ, the 6'1" 162 lb Chiasson scored 20 goals and 68 points in thirty games with the Yale Hockey Academy Bantam Prep team this past season.

"He's a great leader who does everything," says Wheat Kings' director of scouting Darren Ritchie.

A big forward with an excellent shot, Jake is known as a solid 2-way player.

"It's truly an honour to be chosen in the first round by such a class organization," says Chiasson, who served as captain for Yale in 2017-18. "I would describe myself as a power forward to likes to score. I always try to play a 200 foot game and take pride in my defensive game."

"You work hard to get to this point and I have to thank my family, my coaches and teammates for helping me to get here," he went on to say.

This marked only the second time since the WHL bantam draft was introduced in 1990 that the Wheat Kings, who finished as the first wild card team in the Eastern Conference this past season, has had the fifteenth overall pick.

Brandon chose defenceman Brett Dickie 15th overall in 1998 and the Pennant, Saskatchewan product went on to play four years in Brandon before closing out his major junior career with the Prince George Cougars in 2003-04.

The Wheat Kings, who selected Ridly Greig of Lethbridge with their first round pick (8th overall) in 2017 had three second round picks and used them to select Edmonton left-winger Brett Hyland (24th overall), Calgary forward Dylan James (37th overall) and Saskatoon blueliner Jacob Hoffrogge (41st).

In 30 games with the NAXtreme, the 5'11" 173 lb. Hyland scored 22 goals and 44 points, the 5'10" 150 lb James had 26 goals and 56 points in 25 games for the Calgary AAA Bantam Bisons while Hoffrogge, a 5'10" 142 lb defenceman had 42 points, including ten goals in thirty games.

The Edmonton Oil Kings won last month's draft lottery and used it to take forward Dylan Guenther of the NAXtreme.

With the second overall selection the Kootenay Ice chose Winnipeg defenceman Carson Lambos and Prince Albert - with the third pick - grabbed defenceman Nolan Allan of the Humboldt Bantam Broncos.

Players eligible for the 2018 WHL Bantam Draft will be 2003 born players who reside in Alberta, B.C., Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories, Yukon, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.

The WHL bantam draft is the first opportunity for WHL clubs to replenish their systems with graduating bantam aged players.

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