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Klassen Named to Team WHL

November 9, 2004 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Spokane Chiefs News Release


Spokane Chief forward Chad Klassen has been named to the Team WHL roster and will participate in the 2004 ADT CHL Canada-Russia Series. The Series will feature Team WHL taking on the Russian Selects in games in Red Deer at the Enmax Centrium on Wednesday, December 1st and in Lethbridge on Thursday, December 2nd at the Enmax Centre.

The TEAM WHL Rosters for each game will be announced later this month.

Klassen is currently 11th in the WHL in scoring with seven goals and 20 points. His 14 games played are the fewest for any player in the top-20 in scoring. The 19-year-old from Warman, SK enjoyed a career season a year ago with 35 goals and 91 points, tied for sixth in the WHL. Klassen was the Chiefs first round selection in the 2000 WHL Bantam Draft and has appeared in 187 career games. Dating back to October, 2002, Klassen has appeared in 149 consecutive games.

The WHL also announced that Willie Desjardins, Head Coach of the Medicine Hat Tigers and Curtis Hunt, Head Coach of the Regina Pats, will serve as assistant coaches for Brent Sutter, General Manager and Head Coach of the Red Deer Rebels and of Hockey Canada's 2005 World Junior Team will be the Head Coach of Team WHL.

Sutter, a native of Viking, Alberta and former WHL grad with the Lethbridge Broncos, is in his sixth season as a General Manager/Head Coach for the Red Deer Rebels, capturing the WHL and Memorial Cup Championships in 2001. The Rebels also won three straight Eastern Conference Championships from 2001-2003.

Desjardins is in his third full season as the Tigers bench boss and last season led the Tigers to the WHL Championship, the team's first WHL title since the 1987-88 season. The native of Climax, Saskatchewan, is also a former Lethbridge Bronco.

Hunt is in his first season with the Regina Pats after leading the Moose Jaw Warriors to their first Division title in the team's 20-year history in 2003-04. Hunt, from North Battleford, Saskatchewan, played in the WHL for the Prince Albert Raiders, winning the Memorial Cup in 1985. He was also the WHL finalist for Coach of the Year in 2003-04.

The ADT Canada/Russia Challenge Series represents the final opportunity to evaluate WHL players prior to Canada's National Junior Team selection camp in mid-December.

Tickets for the 2004 ADT Canada Russia Challenge can be purchased in Red Deer, on-line at www.ticketmaster.ca, or at (403) 340-4455 and in Lethbridge at www.lethbridge.ca/tickets or at (403) 329-7328.

Goaltenders
Rejean Beauchemin, Prince Albert Raiders
Jeff Glass, Kootenay Ice
Kevin Nastiuk, Medicine Hat Tigers

Defencemen
Andy Rogers, Calgary Hitmen
Jeff Schultz, Calgary Hitmen
Shea Weber, Kelowna Rockets
Brent Seabrook, Lethbridge Hurricanes
Cam Barker, Medicine Hat Tigers
Braydon Coburn, Portland Winter Hawks
Dion Phaneuf, Red Deer Rebels
Mike Green, Saskatoon Blades
Shawn Belle, Tri-City Americans
Logan Stephenson, Tri-City Americans
Mark Fistric, Vancouver Giants

Forwards
Chad Klassen, Spokane Chiefs

Eric Fehr, Brandon Wheat Kings
Ryan Stone, Brandon Wheat Kings
Ryan Getzlaf, Calgary Hitmen
Andrew Ladd, Calgary Hitmen
Nigel Dawes, Kootenay Ice
Kris Versteeg, Lethbridge Hurricanes
Clarke MacArthur, Medicine Hat Tigers
Stefan Meyer, Medicine Hat Tigers
Dustin Boyd, Moose Jaw Warriors
Troy Brouwer, Moose Jaw Warriors
Kyle Chipchura, Prince Albert Raiders
Jeremy Colliton, Prince Albert Raiders
Colin Fraser, Red Deer Rebels
Aaron Gagnon, Seattle Thunderbirds
Gilbert Brule, Vancouver Giants

Head Coach
Brent Sutter (Red Deer Rebels)

Assistant Coaches
Willie Desjardins (Medicine Hat Tigers)
Curtis Hunt (Regina Pats)

2004 ADT CHL Canada - Russia Series Schedule of Games
Game 1 – Monday, November 22 at Quebec City, Quebec
Game 2 – Tuesday, November 23 at Montreal, Quebec
Game 3 – Thursday, November 25 at Barrie, Ontario
Game 4 – Monday, November 29 at Mississauga, Ontario
Game 5 – Wednesday, December 1 at Red Deer, Alberta
Game 6 – Thursday, December 2 at Lethbridge, Alberta

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