WHL Everett Silvertips

Silvertips Providing Extensive Coverage of 2009 WHL Bantam Draft

Published on April 29, 2009 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Everett Silvertips News Release


The Everett Silvertips will be looking to bolster their talent and depth Thursday at the Sutton Place Hotel in Edmonton, AB, home of the WHL's annual Bantam Draft. With the eighth and eleventh overall picks and nine subsequent selections, Everett will have a wide variety of talented skaters to choose from. The draft will begin at 7:15 am Pacific time on April 30th.

Along with the eighth and eleventh overall picks, Everett also occupies the 29th, 64th, 95th, 117th, 139th, 161st, 183rd, 205th and 227th overall slots. The eighth pick is Everett's highest since drafting Zach Hamill with the third overall selection in May, 2003, while the 11th pick marks the first time that the club has drafted twice in the first round.

The Silvertips will be providing their fans the best access to the Bantam Draft throughout the entire WHL. Broadcaster Jon Rosen will be blogging throughout the draft on the Silvertips Draft Tracker, accessed at www.everettsilvertips.com. Silvertips fans will also be available to gain further information through Nick Patterson's blog at The Herald's website, found at http://www.heraldnet.com/section/BLOG12.

For the first time ever, Silvertips fans will also be able to follow the draft with up-to-the second updates on the social networking site Twitter, where the Silvertips have recently created a team page.

Twitter, accessed at www.twitter.com, is a service for friends, family and acquaintances to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of short blurbs and status updates. With the new Silvertips page on Twitter, fans will be able to receive breaking news and updates regarding Silvertips hockey and events around town.

After creating a free account on Twitter, fans can link to the Silvertips' page, titled WHLsilvertips.

The Silvertips' inaugural Bantam Draft in 2003 was widely renowned as the best draft in league history, featuring NHL first round draft picks Hamill, Peter Mueller and Leland Irving in the first five rounds. Future early round NHL picks Taylor Ellington and Brady Calla were also selected among the first five players Everett drafted in 2003.

Defenseman Ryan Murray was Everett's first round choice last year, selected 9th overall. He made his debut in the 2009 WHL Playoffs and logged significant ice time.

All 1993-born players from Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon and the Northwest Territories will be eligible for selection at the 2008 WHL Bantam Draft. Players born outside of North America will be available at June's CHL Import Draft, where the Silvertips also have two first round selections.

Season tickets and ticket packages for 2009-10 are currently on sale by contacting the Silvertips front office at (425) 252-5100.

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