WHL Brandon Wheat Kings

Local man wins WHL fantasy draft

Published on March 24, 2007 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Brandon Wheat Kings News Release


Brandon, Manitoba - The Brandon Wheat Kings, in conjunction with Sobkow Technologies are pleased to announce that Larry Tokaryk of Brandon is this year's winner in the 2006-07 BRANDON SUN Western Hockey League Fantasy Draft.

Larry's winning team that featured two members of the Eastern Division pennant winning Wheat Kings, finished the season with a total of 4,060 points - edging out Tyler Nichol by 31 points. Rounding out the top five were Dwayne Bugg, Nick Hildebrand and defending champion Kraig Peterson with 4,019, 4,018 and 3,993 points respectively.

In addition to Brandon's Codey Burki and Mark Derlago, Tokaryk's winning lineup included Russell product Brock Nixon of the Kamloops Blazers, Red Deer's Brandon Sutter and Martin Hanzal, Riley Holzapfel of the Moose Jaw Warriors, Medicine Hat's Kris Russell, Colton Yellow Horn of the Tri-City Americans, Everett goalkeeper Leland Irving, Vancouver's J.D. Watt, Eric Hunter of the Prince George Cougars and all star defenceman Mike Busto of the Kootenay Ice.

As for individual points - Derek Dorsett of the Medicine Hat Tigers edged out Zach Hamill of the Silvertips by three points and Calgary's Ryan White by four. Dorsett finished with a total of 436 points to lead all players. Brandon's Codey Burki, who led the Wheat Kings in scoring this season with 36 goals and 85 points, was the top point getter for the Eastern Division regular season champions. A second round draft choice of the National Hockey League's Colorado Avalanche, Burki accumulated 410 points in this year's Fantasy Draft. As for the other Wheat Kings in the mix - Derlago (369), Juraj Simek (368), Dustin Kohn (237), Daryl Boyle (236), Theran Yeo (207) and Tyler Dittmer (171). Close to one thousand hockey fans from across western Canada participated in this year's Fantasy draft.

For capturing this year's Fantasy draft, Larry will win a prize package from the Brandon Sun and Dufresne Furniture as well as a Wheat Kings' Season Ticket for the 2007-08 Western Hockey League campaign.

Meanwhile Bob Brown of Brandon has been chosen this year's winner in the MTS Connect "My Greatest Wheat King Memory" and for doing so, has won a pair of Bulova watches from McCallum Jewellers (located in Shoppers Mall).

During the 2006-07 season, fans were encouraged to visit the hockey club's official web site and tell us their favorite memories, in celebration of the Wheat Kings' 40th Anniversary in the WHL.

"My greatest memory," says Brown "would have to be the 1996 championship series between Spokane and Brandon. Myself and two other friends drove 16 hours straight through to Spokane to watch games four and five of the best of 7 Championship series. Seeing the Wheat Kings hoist the President's Cup in front of 10,000 Spokane fans and a handful of Wheat King fans was just truly awesome to see in person."

Brown will be presented his new watches by Brent McCallum (McCallum Jewellers) and John Falloon (MTS Connect) during the first intermission of Saturday's playoff game at the Keystone Centre.

Speaking of the playoffs, there are plenty of tickets remaining for games one and two of Brandon's opening round series with the Prince Albert Raiders. Fans can visit the Keystone Centre box office, call 726-3555 or go online at ticketmaster.ca

The Wheat Kings won the opening game of the best of seven series Friday night on Daniel Bartek's second goal of the game, at the 5:11 mark of overtime.

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