PrairieThunder loses three players in expansion draft
July 2, 2009 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Bloomington PrairieThunder News Release
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Bloomington PrairieThunder players Marty Standish, Corey Rutt and Henry Kuster were taken in the International Hockey League expansion draft Thursday.
Standish and Kuster were drafted by Quad Cities, while Rutt went to Dayton. Standish was selected in the first round as the No. 2 pick, while Rutt went in the third round and Kuster in the seventh.
Each existing IHL team - Bloomington, Muskegon, Fort Wayne, Flint and Port Huron - was allowed to protect 13 players and one goalie. Teams could lose a maximum of three players.
The PrairieThunder obtained the rights of Bryan Jurynec, Martin Ondrej and Anthony Battaglia in the dispersal draft of Kalamazoo players.
For complete expansion and dispersal draft lists, go the www.ihl.com
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