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36 Manitobans Chosen in WHL Bantam Draft

May 5, 2016 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
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Calgary, AB. -- A total of 36 Manitobans were chosen in Thursday's Western Hockey League Bantam Draft in Calgary.

Leading the way was netminder Trent Miner of the Brandon AAA Bantam Wheat Kings, who was chosen in the first round (20th overall) by the Vancouver Giants.

Three Manitobans, including left-winger Ben McCartney of MacDonald went in round two. A 5'10" 152 lb forward with Okanagan Hockey Academy, McCartney was chosen by the Brandon Wheat Kings with the 43rd overall selection.

Brandon wound up drafting six Manitobans, including left-winger Ben McCartney in the second round (43rd overall). A member of the Okanagan Hockey Academy, the MacDonald, Manitoba product scored eighteen goals and 33 points this past season.

Other Manitobans selected by Brandon included right-winger Kyle Bettens of Winnipeg in the fourth, Winnipeg left-winger Jonny Hooker in the eighth, left-winger Carter Cockburn of Swan River in the ninth, Brandon forward Dylan Halliday in the 12th and Carman's Kolton Shindle in the thirteenth round.

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

Players eligible for today's draft were 2000-born players who reside in Manitoba, Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Alaska and the western United States.

Following is a complete list of Manitobans chosen Thursday:

1st 20 Trent Miner   G  Brandon   Vancouver

2nd 33 Cole Muir   C   Vista Regina Pats

2nd 40 Eric Fawkes   F   Winnipeg   Seattle

2nd   43 Ben McCartney LW MacDonald Wheat Kings

3rd 47   Dallon Wilton   F   Beausejour Kelowna

3rd 48 Justin Svenson   C   Winnipeg   Red Deer

3rd 49 Jonathon Lambos D Winnipeg Victoria

3rd 55 Ryden Fedyck D Winnipeg Medicine Hat

3rd 58 Mark Liwiski C Dauphin Everett

4th 72 Mattie Boonstra   D   Medicine Hat

4th 76 Tristen Robins   C   Brandon   Regina

4th 78 Jordan Chudley   D   Kootenay Souris

4th 83 Reece Vitelli RW Blumenort Everett

4th 87 Kyle Bettens RW Winnipeg Wheat Kings

5th 93 Callum Fortin F   Edmonton

5th 101 Ryan Gottfried D Winnipeg Red Deer

5th 108 Michael Ladyman   D Winnipeg Regina Pats

6th 117   Nakodan Greyeyes C   Winnipeg   Seattle

6th   125 Jayden McCarthy   Fwd Winnipeg  Red Deer

6th 126   Jesse Mistelbacher Fwd Ile Des ChenesPrince George

7th 136 Chad Smithson D Winnipeg Swift Current

7th 148   Keiran Schioler D Winnipeg Calgary

7th 152   Brandon M. Kochen D   Portage   Kelowna

8th   171 Evan Michaels D Winnipeg Red Deer

8th   175 Jonny Hooker LW Winnipeg Brandon

9th 184 Max Neill   RW Winnipeg Lethbridge

9th   194 Matt Lehmann Fwd Carman   Seattle

9th   195 Conrad Solypa D Cooks Creek Lethbridge

9th 197 Carter Cokburn   LW Swan River  Brandon

10th 200 Parker Johnson   RW   Hamiota   Vancouver

10th 201 Joey Moffatt RW Portage Saskatoon

10th 212 Danton Belluk G Lorette Everett

10th 215 Carter Barley LW Winnipeg Red Deer

11th 237 Jackson Betcher   D The Pas   Red Deer

12th 263 Dylan Halliday Fwd Brandon Brandon

13th  285 Kolton Shindle Fwd Brandon   Carman

Now that the WHL Bantam Draft is complete, all eyes turn to the WHL Championship Series, presented by ROGERS, which is set to begin Friday night at Westman Communications Group Place with the Wheat Kings hosting the Seattle Thunderbirds.

The Wheat Kings are making their second straight appearance in the WHL Finals while Seattle is in its first since 1997.

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