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Medicine Hat Tigers 2010 WHL Bantam Draft Final Selections

April 29, 2010 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Medicine Hat Tigers News Release


Edmonton, AB - The Beverly Hills Ballroom in the Fantasyland Hotel in Edmonton, AB is this year's site of the 2010 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft.

The Medicine Hat Tigers are proud to select Spenser Jensen from Airdrie, AB with their first pick of the draft, 14th overall.

Jensen, 6' 4", 165 lbs played the 2009-10 season with the Airdrie Xtreme AAA bantams, notching 2 goals and adding 21 assists for 23 points with 90 penalty minutes.

"We are very happy to select defenseman Spenser Jensen with our first pick of 2010 WHL Bantam Draft," said Tigers' head scout Brad McEwen.

"Spenser is a real good d-man that will be able to play a lot of minutes for our team in the future," stated McEwen. "He is a big player who skates well and possesses good skills and will be a cornerstone to our defensive corps.

The Tigers selected a total of ten players in today's draft with six players coming from Alberta, two from USA and one each from British Columbia, and North West Territories.

Here are the Medicine Hat Tigers round by round draft results:

Round/OA Name Pos Shot Height Weight 09-10 Team Hometown

1st - 14th Spenser Jensen D R 6' 4" 170 lbs Airdrie Xtreme (AMBHL) Airdrie, AB

2nd - 36th Ty Stanton D L 6' 1" 140 lbs St. Albert (AMBHL) St. Albert, AB

- Solid two-way defenseman who can play in all situations.

2nd - 39th Brennan Hunker D R 6' 0" 179 lbs Leduc (AMBHL) Millet, AB

- Physical defenseman who competes hard.

4th - 80th Gavin Broadhead C R 5' 9" 147 lbs POE Kelowna Hay River, NWT

- Son of former Tiger Curt Broadhead. Good skating two-way forward, had 75 points for POE this season.

4th - 84th Anthony Hamill G

6' 1" 151 lbs Red Deer White (AMBHL) Red Deer, AB

- Good sized, athletic goaltender with lots of potential. Catches left.

6th - 116th Chad Labelle C L 5' 10" 165 lbs Calgary Northstars (AMBHL) Calgary, AB

- Good character player with decent skill set

6th - 117th Cole Sanford C/RW R 5' 6" 128 lbs POE Kelowna Vernon, BC

- Quick skating forward with skill.

7th - 146th Daman Hanson RW R 5' 9" 152 lbs Spokane Bantam AA Kent, WA

- Potential power forward who skates well.

8th - 168th Cameron Gotaas F R 5' 7" 150 lbs Sherwood Park (AMBHL) Sherwood Park, AB

- Another character player who was captain of his team this season.

9th - 190th Paige Maul F L 5' 10" 150 lbs Missoula Bruins Missoula, MT

- Good skating forward with offensive skill.

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