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The 2013 WHL Bantam Draft took place today in Calgary. Here's who the Rebels selected...
Player Selected POS Birthdate Hometown
The 2013 WHL Bantam Draft took place today in Calgary. Here's who the Rebels selected...
Player Selected POS Birthdate Hometown
Jeff de Wit 1st round, 14th overall C Mar. 14, 1998 Red Deer, AB
Joshua Mahura 2nd round, 36th overall D May 6, 1998 St. Albert, AB
Caleb Riess 4th round, 70th overall RW Aug. 20, 1998 Rocanville, SK
Nick Darling 6th round, 113th overall D Feb. 12, 1998 Saskatoon, SK
Cale Chalifoux 6th round, 124th overall D May 15, 1998 Edmonton, AB
Joshua Logel 7th round, 137th overall C Apr. 17, 1998 Calgary, AB
Max Salpeter 8th round, 168th overall D Apr. 2, 1998 St. Albert, AB
Tyler Kirkup 9th round, 190th overall C Apr. 3, 1998 Virden, MB
Kyle Sargent 9th round, 195th overall D Mar. 2, 1998 Carlyle, SK
Here is what International Scouting Service had to say about de Wit, whom they had ranked #24 in their Top 50 Prospects for today's draft...
24. JEFFREY DE WIT
Position: Center/Left Wing
Born: March 14/98
Height: 6’02” Weight: 175
Team: Red Deer Rebels Black
Report Card:
Skating Good
Shot/Scoring Very Good
Puckhandling Good
Hockey Sense Good
Scouting Report: A big dominant and at times mean power forward, de Wit is an absolute animal on the ice. He powers his way into space but also possesses good quick edge control which makes him a danger to cut into lanes. Add to that a very good shot and you get an understanding for just how difficult it can be for opposing coaches to come up with an answer for this kid. He went down to injury in the 2nd half of the season and Red Deer was not the same club without him.
Weaknesses: Durability and how strong will he bounce back from injuries.
Here is what International Scouting Service had to say about de Wit, whom they had ranked #24 in their Top 50 Prospects for today's draft...
24. JEFFREY DE WIT
Position: Center/Left Wing
Born: March 14/98
Height: 6’02” Weight: 175
Team: Red Deer Rebels Black
Report Card:
Skating Good
Shot/Scoring Very Good
Puckhandling Good
Hockey Sense Good
Scouting Report: A big dominant and at times mean power forward, de Wit is an absolute animal on the ice. He powers his way into space but also possesses good quick edge control which makes him a danger to cut into lanes. Add to that a very good shot and you get an understanding for just how difficult it can be for opposing coaches to come up with an answer for this kid. He went down to injury in the 2nd half of the season and Red Deer was not the same club without him.
Weaknesses: Durability and how strong will he bounce back from injuries.
WHL Potential: Top 6 Forward who can push the physical tempo of games.
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Among the other local players drafted today...
Tyler Steenbergen was selected 12 overall by the Swift Current Broncos. Here's what ISS had to say about him...
18. TYLER STEENBERGEN
Position: Center
Born: Jan 7/98
Height: 5’09” Weight: 157
Team: Red Deer White
Report Card
Skating Excellent
Shot/Scoring Excellent
Puckhandling Very Good
Hockey Sense Very Good
Scouting Report:
A very talented and intelligent offensive playmaker, Steenbergen was a 3 year Bantam AAA player in Alberta, something that does not happen often. He has great hands, is strong and explosively quick skater and always seems to be able to find the right place to be at the right time. He was Mr. Everything for his team this year and was often their only shot at winning the game. Works well in both directions.
A very talented and intelligent offensive playmaker, Steenbergen was a 3 year Bantam AAA player in Alberta, something that does not happen often. He has great hands, is strong and explosively quick skater and always seems to be able to find the right place to be at the right time. He was Mr. Everything for his team this year and was often their only shot at winning the game. Works well in both directions.
Weaknesses: Physicality is an area he
needs to focus on, as is overall power.
WHL Potential: Top line player who
should evolve into a great junior producer.
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Also selected in today's draft...
Parker Smyth went 44th overall to Saskatoon
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Also selected in today's draft...
Parker Smyth went 44th overall to Saskatoon
TJ Brown went 69th overall to
Brandon
Luke Coleman went 104th overall to Spokane
Luke Coleman went 104th overall to Spokane
Matt Krawiec went 119th overall to
Kootenay
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