WHL Kelowna Rockets

Rockets Draft Two Top D-Men

Published on April 29, 2010 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Kelowna Rockets News Release


The Kelowna Rockets have selected two highly touted defenceman with their first two selections in the annual Western Hockey League bantam draft.

Selecting 9th in the first round, the Rockets chose blueliner Jesse Lees, who played last year with the Calgary Sabres bantam AAA team.

Lees was ranked as the number one player in the draft by the Rockets heading into the day.

Kelowna then moved up to select first in the second round in a trade with Prince George. The two teams swapped positions in the second round and the Rockets gave the Cougars a pair of fifth round picks in the deal.

That allowed the Rockets to choose defenceman Madison Bowey, another blueliner that Kelowna had ranked high on their draft list.

Bowey is a 5-foot-11 blueliner who played in Winnipeg.

We re very happy. We feel we got the two best defenceman in the draft, said Rockets president/General Manager Bruce Hamilton.

The draft continues all day Thursday in Edmonton.

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