WHL Brandon Wheat Kings

Wheat Kings Trim Roster to 32 Players

Published on September 1, 2019 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Brandon Wheat Kings News Release


Brandon, Manitoba - The Western Hockey League's Brandon Wheat Kings reassigned twelve players Sunday night following their annual Intrasquad Game at Westoba Place.

As a result of Sunday night's moves, the Wheat Kings have trimmed their pre-season roster to thirty-two players - three goalkeepers, nine defenceman and 20 forwards. Of those, four will be attending National Hockey League training camps this month. While Luka Burzan heads to Colorado and Ben McCartney joins the Flyers in Philadelphia, netminder Jiri Patera will be off to Vegas where he will join Brandon prospect Marcus Kallionkieli of Finland. The Wheat Kings first round selection in this June's Canadian Hockey League Import Draft is currently rehabilitating an off-season injury in Vegas before joining Brandon next month.

Among the players still in camp are three 15-year old prospects - forwards Nate Danielson, Tyson Zimmer and Rylen Roersma, who were all chosen in the first round of this year's WHL Bantam Draft in Red Deer. All three are ineligible to play in the league this season.

In Sunday's Intrasquad game, veteran Cole Reinhardt scored three times, including the winner with just over six minutes remaining in the third period to lift Team White to a 7-6 win over Team Black.

Reinhardt, who is entering his fourth WHL season this fall, scored goals in each period and teamed up with linemates Ridly Greig and Jake Chiasson for eight points.

William Highet, Caiden Daley, Jonny Lambos and Brett Hyland also scored for the White Team while Nolan Ritchie, Jonny Hooker, Davis Chorney, Owen Weihs, Connor Gutenberg and Burzan replied in a losing cause.

Following is the list of the players currently on the Wheat Kings' pre-season roster:

Goal: (3)

Jiri Patera, Ethan Kruger and Connor Ungar

Defence: (9)

Zach Wytinck, Vincent Iorio, Neithan Salame, Chad Nychuk, Braden Schneider, Jonathon Lambos, Jacob Hoffrogge, Logan Hammett and Jack Zayat

Forwards: (20)

Ben McCartney, Jonny Hooker, Luka Burzan, Connor Gutenberg, Nolan Ritchie, Ty Thorpe, Tyson Zimmer, Nate Danielson, Cole Reinhardt, Ridly Greig, Marcus Sekundiak, Bode Hagan, Caiden Daley, Jake Chiasson, Brett Hyland, Jaxon Dube, Rylen Roersma, Davis Chorney, Drayson Collyer and Lynden McCallum

Players reassigned by the WHL club Sunday night included two goalkeepers, four defenceman and six forwards. The group included four 15-year old prospects.

The list of reassigned players include the following:

Brock Moroz Goal 17

Cole Plowman Goal 16

Tyler Teasdale Defence 16

Owen Harris Defence 15

Zach Turner Defence 15

Carter Bateman Defence 17

Hunter Wallace Forward 16

Jesiah Bennett Forward 15

William Highet Forward 17

Owen Weihs Forward 16

Liam Watkins Forward 15

Caiden Gault Forward 17

The Wheat Kings will kick off their 4-game pre-season schedule this Friday night at Westman Place against the visiting Winnipeg ICE. Tickets to both of Brandon's pre-season games as well as the club's 2019 Home Opener on September 20th against Winnipeg will go on sale this Tuesday, September 3rd at 10am at the Keystone Centre box office.

Fans interested in 2019-20 Wheat Kings Season Tickets and being entered into the hockey club's new 20 Prizes in 20 Days Contest Giveaway, are encouraged to call the Wheat Kings at (204) 726-3535.

Wheat Kings' Season Ticket Pick-up Day is this coming Friday, September 6th from 10am - 7pm in the Keystone Centre's South Parking lot.

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