Raiders Select 10 at 2011 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft
May 5, 2011 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Prince Albert Raiders News Release
Prince Albert SK- The Prince Albert Raiders selected six forwards, three defencemen and one goalie at the 2011 WHL Bantam Entry Draft today in Calgary Alberta.
The Raiders headed into the draft with 12 selections but traded their 9th and 10th round picks to the Spokane Chiefs in exchange for the Chiefs 9th and 10th round selections in the 2012 WHL Bantam Draft. Out of the 10 players chosen, four were from Saskatchewan including their first round, 8th overall pick, Reid Gardiner who was born in Prince Albert and played with the Humboldt Broncos in the Centre Four AA Bantam League. Another local player, Lance Yaremchuk of the Prince Albert Venice House Pirates was selected in the 6th round, 116th overall. He finished fourth in the Centre Four Hockey League in scoring, two spots back of Gardiner who finished second. Three of the 10 players are from Manitoba, two are from Alberta and one is from British Columbia.
"Overall we are extremely happy with the players we selected today" said Raiders Head Scout and Director of Player Personnel Dale Derkatch. "I think when you look at our selections we have covered all of our bases. We have top end scorers like Reid Gardiner, Lance Yaremchuk and Tim Vanstone, who all were all top scorers in their respective leagues and defenceman Taylor Fisher who was the top scorer in his AAA Bantam League. Some other guys have the work ethic and size. I think we ended with a good balance and we got a lot of hard working character players this year which is exciting for our organization. I'm extremely happy with all of the hard work my staff put in this past year and today is the day their efforts come to fruition."
The Prince Albert Raiders selections are as follows:
Rd Pick Name Hometown Pos. Ht. Wt. GP G A Pts
1 8 Reid Gardiner Humboldt, SK C 5 ¬â¢11 ¬Â 162 24 50 31 81
3 52 Tim Vanstone Swift Current, SK C 5 ¬â¢11 ¬Â 175 22 27 32 59
3 53 Rylan Parenteau Saskatoon, SK G 5 ¬â¢10 ¬Â 150 34 3.19 GAA 0.905%
3 58 Landon Welykholowa Calgary, AB C 5 ¬â¢11 ¬Â 165 33 22 29 51
4 74 Kristjon Finnson Stonewall, Man D 5 ¬â¢11 ¬Â 155 29 2 4 6
4 78 Taylor Fisher Winnipeg, Man D 6 ¬â¢1 ¬Â 225 30 18 28 46
4 88 Spencer Meyer Surrey, BC C 6 ¬â¢ 159 n/a n/a n/a n/a
6 116 Lance Yaremchuk Tisdale, SK LW 5 ¬â¢8 ¬Â 150 20 41 28 69
7 140 Taran Lacquette Waterhen, Man D 5 ¬â¢10 ¬Â 175 n/a n/a n/a n/a
8 162 Kevin Yasinski Fairview, AB F 6 ¬â¢2 ¬Â 173 31 14 12 26
Comments from Raiders Head Scout and Director of Player Personnel Dale Derkatch:
On Reid Gardiner: ¬ÅWe are very happy to have a local boy from Humboldt who was actually born in Prince Albert. He is a natural goal scorer and has a small town Saskatchewan type work ethic. We are excited to have him on board. ¬Â
On Tim Vanstone: ¬ÅTim is a hard working forward that competes all the time. He is a well rounded player and has leadership qualities that we are excited to have in our organization. ¬Â
On Rylan Parenteau: ¬ÅRylan is a confident goalie and challenges well. ¬Â
On Landon Welykholowa: ¬ÅLandon has good skills and a great work ethic. He is a solid overall player and we are happy to have him on board. ¬Â
On Kristjon Finnson: ¬ÅKristjon is a good, steady, stay at home aggressive defenceman. ¬Â
On Taylor Fisher: ¬ÅTaylor is a skilled defenceman. He has great hockey sense and a hard shot from the point. ¬Â
On Spencer Meyer: ¬ÅMeyers ¬â¢ is a big strong forward who can score. ¬Â
On Lance Yaremchuk: ¬ÅLance has a great work ethic and is a very strong skater. He is a good team player who can put up points. ¬Â
On Taran Lacquette: ¬ÅTaran is a good puck moving defenceman who has a good hockey sense. ¬Â
On Kevin Yasinski: ¬ÅKevin is a solid, hard working role player. ¬Â
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