Rebels Roster Update

Following last night’s Black and White Game, the Rebels made a number of roster moves to leave them with 35 players still in the fold. Here’s the list of players trimmed from the roster...

Goaltender
Solomon Burk, Castlegar, BC, 1998

Defencemen
Boedy Donald, Star City, SK, 1998
Jace Foskey, Southlake, TX, 2000 – a 7th round Rebels pick in this year’s WHL Bantam Draft
Boo Grist, North Saanich, BC, 1999 – selected by the Rebels in the 6th round of the 2014 draft
Spencer McHardy, Calgary, AB, 2000 – selected by the Rebels in the 8th round of this year’s draft

Forwards
Brendan Budy, Langley, BC, 2000 – 4th round Rebels pick in 2015
Tyler Kirkup, Virden, MB, 1998 – 9th round Rebels pick in 2013
Brayden Labant, St. Paul, AB, 1999 – 8th round pick in 2014
Jack Langenhahn, St. Albert, AB, 1999
Shane Sherban, Lanigan, SK, 1998

With those players gone, here now is a look at some of the players who are still here and were not on the Rebels full-time roster last season. (Will add updates as I find time to collect info) For some of them I have included comments from Rebels Assistant GM Shaun Sutter from our chat following this year’s WHL Bantam Draft…

#RebelsTC15 The Rookies

For you diehards... here are the rookie rosters for Red Deer Rebels training camp...

2015 Red Deer Rebels Rookie Camp                                   
                                   
                                   
    Team Burgundy                                                                   Team Grey       
                                   
    Goaltenders                                                                       Goaltenders       
Burgundy    Ben Rishaug    Sherwood Park, AB    00         Grey    Lucas Leisen    Edmonton, AB    99
Blue            Riley Kohonick    White City, SK    00              Green    Lukas Shaw     Vancouver, BC    00
                                   
    Defence                                                                             Defence       
2    Carson Sass     Melville, SK    99                            2    Jacob Herauf    Sherwood Park, AB    00
3    Jace Foskey    Southlake, TX    00                          3    Boo Grist    North Saanich, BC    99
4    Matthew Kasowski    St. Albert, AB    99                 4    Jacob Thomson    Brandon, MB    00
5    Holden Parsons    Sherwood Park, AB    99           5    Spencer McHardy    Calgary, AB    00
6    Kelton Travis    Strathmore, AB    00                      6    Christian Riemer    Regina, SK    00
7    Sam Pouliot    North Vancouver, BC    00               7    Evan Simpson    Kitscoty, AB    99
                                   
                                   
    Forwards                                                                          Forwards       
8    Chase Stevenson    West Kelowna, BC    99          8    Jake Mulder    Abbotsford, BC    00
9    Eli Zummack    Kelowna, BC    00                          9    Brendan Budy    Langley, BC    00
10    Cole Basnett    Fairview, AB    00                         10    Brayden Labant    St. Paul, AB    99
11    Dylan Bourlai    Edmonton, AB    99                     11    Chance Adrian    Dalmeny, SK    99
12    Brandon Cutler    Stony Plain, AB    00                 12    Chase Lowry    Edmonton, AB    00
13    Jack Langenhahn    St. Albert, AB    99                13    Parker Saretsky    Wainwright, AB    99
14    Randen Schmidt    Regina, SK    00                      14    Bryce Osepchuk    Smoky Lake, AB    00
15    Martin Rudolf    St. Albert, AB    00                       15    D-Jay Jerome    Lethbridge, AB    99
16    Deklan Whillans    Grande Prairie, AB    99          16    Sam Robinson    Sherwood Park, AB    99
17    Chase Nameth    Regina, SK    00                         17    Joshua Belcher    Rapid City, MB    00
18    Eric Sorensen    Grimshaw, AB    00                     18    Hunter Floris    Vanderhoof, BC    00

#RebelsTC15 Main Camp Roster

Well, here we go. The long journey to the 2016 Mastercard Memorial Cup begins Friday with the start of training camp for your Red Deer Rebels. Ice times at the Enmax Centrium are posted on the Rebels website and are open to the public as always. Here's a look at the main camp roster. The rookie camp roster will be out in the next day or so. Of note, forward Meyer Nell has informed the team he is leaving to attend the University of Manitoba. Three listed players have been invited to main camp (Burk, Donald, Sherban) while McClelland is a free agent invite. EIGHT players are scheduled to attend various NHL camps in September: Fleury CAR, Bleackley COL, Musil STL, Nogier and Spacek WPG, Polei DET and Pederson and Wyatt Johnson ANA
	Team Black						Team White
	Goaltenders						Goaltenders
Black	Trevor Martin	Ardrossan, AB	96			White	Rylan Toth	Saskatoon, SK	96
Yellow	Solomon Burk	Castlegar, BC	98			Red	Dawson Weatherill	Red Deer, AB	99
	Defence						Defence
2	Haydn Fleury	Carlyle, SK	96			2	Josh Mahura	St. Albert, AB	98
3	Kayle Doetzel	Rosetown, SK	95			3	Nelson Nogier	Saskatoon, SK	96
4	Colton Bobyk	Red Deer, AB	96			4	Ethan Sakowich	Athabasca, AB	99
5	Ryan Pouliot	North Vancouver, BC	98			5	Austin Strand	Calgary, AB	97
6	Austin Shmoorkoff	Edmonton, AB	97			6	Boedy Donald	Star City, SK	98
7	Cale Chalifoux	Edmonton, AB	98
	Forwards						Forwards
8	Akash Bains	Delta, BC	99			7	Ivan Nikolishin	Moscow, RUS	96
9	Michael Spacek	Pardubice, CZR	97			8	Lane Pederson	Saskatoon, SK	97
10	Adam Musil	Delta, BC	97			9	Zac Gladu	Medicine Hat, AB	98
11	Jack McClelland	Wichita, KS	96			10	Tyler Kirkup	Virden, MB	98
12	Jeff de Wit	Red Deer, AB	98			11	Conner Bleackley	High River, AB	96
13	Wyatt Johnson	Saskatoon, SK	95			13	Austin Pratt	Lakeville, MN	99
14	Evan Polei	Wetaskiwin, AB	96			14	Presten Kopeck	Medicine Hat, AB	95
15	Tanner Sidaway	Victoria, BC	99			15	Shane Sherban	Lanigan, SK	98
16	Reese Johnson	Saskatoon, SK	98			16	Grayson Pawlenchuk	Ardrossan, AB	97