CALGARY - The WHL Bantam Draft lottery was held today at the WHL Office in Calgary to determine the order of the first six selections in the first round of the 2010 WHL Bantam Draft.
The WHL Bantam Draft Lottery involved the six non-playoff teams (Edmonton, Lethbridge, Prince Albert, Prince George, Regina and Seattle) from the 2009-10 season.
The Lottery selection process was performed by Andy Mark from KPMG. The 2010 WHL Bantam Draft will be held in Edmonton on Thursday, April 29, 2010.
A Prince George Cougars ball was drawn first in the lottery, giving the Cougars the first overall selection in the 2010 WHL Bantam Draft. The Edmonton Oil Kings, based on their position in the overall 2009-10 WHL Regular Season standings, will receive the second pick in the first round. The Lethbridge Hurricanes will select third.
The Seattle Thunderbirds will have the fourth pick overall while the Regina Pats and the Prince Albert Raiders will draft in the fifth and sixth positions respectively.
The order of the second round and all other rounds will be the inverse order of final 2009-10 WHL regular-season standings.
Players eligible for the 2010 WHL Bantam Draft will be 1995-born players who reside in Alberta, B.C., Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories, Yukon, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.
2010 WHL BANTAM DRAFT 1st ROUND ORDER OF SELECTION
Following is the order of selection for the 1st round of the WHL Bantam Draft:
1) Prince George Cougars
2) Edmonton Oil Kings
3) Lethbridge Hurricanes
4) Seattle Thunderbirds
5) Regina Pats
6) Prince Albert Raiders
7) Chilliwack Bruins
8) Kamloops Blazers
9) Kelowna Rockets
10) Moose Jaw Warriors
11) Swift Current Broncos
12) Red Deer Rebels
13) Vancouver Giants
14) Medicine Hat Tigers
15) Kootenay Ice
16) Portland Winter Hawks
17) Spokane Chiefs
18) Everett Silvertips
19) Tri-City Americans
20) Saskatoon Blades
21) Brandon Wheat Kings
22) Calgary Hitmen
The Lethbridge Hurricanes will also pick three times in the second round. The Canes' will choose 3rd, 5th (via Regina), and 19th (via Tri-City) in round two.
Thanks,
Pat
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I think Forsberg has a very good chance of going first overall for a couple reasons. His bro Jesse plays there so the transition seems natural. Secondly, he is "one" of the top talents in the draft this season. However, in saying that,there are several other players who may produce at Alex level in years to come. Those players are Brian Williams from California, Madison Bowey (dman from Winnipeg), Matt Needham from Penticton who had 225 pts in 55 bantam games this season. Matt is the son of former Blazer star Mike Needham from the 80's. Small, shifty player from BC, Nic Petan. Power forward in the making Anthony Ast from BWC. A pair of Dmen from Alberta are studs as well, Josh Morrissey and Jesse Lees from Calgary are bonified top 10 talents. Craig Leverton and Cory Millette are a couple forwards who will garner a high selection. In the case of Leverton, he could be the best power forward in the draft. Power forwards develop a bit slower but he is a good one. BC has two very good defenceman leading the way in Joseph Cavalho and Kyle Burroughs who are first round talents. Southern Alberta looks strong this year with a very good players coming from Saskatchewan in the top half of the first round. BC has several stars and good depth. Manitoba is hmmmm Manitoba.
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Any truth that Carter is playing for the ECHL?
ReplyDeleteI've heard a few rumours myself actually. Nothing confirmed. The Abbotsford Heat apparently.
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Where do you hear these rumours, Pat? Look for the Hurricanes to take a good look at the Leverton kid. The team needs to get bigger and I've talked to some people who really like Leverton's work rate and compete level. He's a big kid with that drive-to-the-net mentality. Natch, none of us know enough to say conclusively, but you've got to think size and position count for something. I have confidence in Robson's ability to judge these kids. That being said, they won't make any impact at all for three seasons. No one in this draft with Nugent-Hopkins' Sakic-like ability
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Put it this way, I've got to know some VERY talented newspaper reporters whom I have a deep respect for!
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