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RoughRiders Select Eleven in Futures Draft
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RoughRiders Select Eleven in Futures Draft
Defenseman Chris Wideman was the first of eleven players selected by
the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders in today’s United States Hockey League
Futures Draft.
The eleven draftees have been added to the
RoughRiders’ affiliated player list. Players on a USHL team’s
affiliated list are protected by that team but are not on its 23-player
active roster.
“We’re very happy with all of the players we’ve
selected,” said RoughRiders Coach and General Manager Mark
Carlson. “We think these players have a chance to play key roles
for the RoughRiders in the future.”
The Riders took Wideman with the fourth overall pick
of the draft. The 16-year old St. Louis native currently plays
midget hockey for the St. Louis Jr. Blues.
The Riders selected New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs
forward Greg Burke, 16, in the second round with the sixteenth
choice. Burke, a native of Lee, New Hampshire, has already
committed to the University of New Hampshire.
Michigan high school defenseman Greg Pateryn was the
Riders’ third round selection, taken with the twenty-eighth pick.
Pateryn, a 16-year old native of Sterling Heights, Michigan, skates for
Brother Rice High.
The Riders went with Team Illinois midget forward
Chris Bournazos in the fourth round with the fortieth choice.
Bournazos, 16, hails from Naperville, Illinois.
The Riders had a pair of fifth round picks and used
both on forwards. Cedar Rapids tabbed Grant Blakey with the
fifty-second selection and Ryan Knutson with the fifty-fourth- a pick
acquired in a trade with the Chicago Steel. Blakey, a 17-year old
native of Canton, Michigan skates for the Victory Honda midget
program. Knutson, also 17, plays for Rochester (Minnesota)
Century High School.
The Riders looked north in the sixth round, taking
Sterling, Alaska, native Charlie Smith with the sixty-fourth
choice. Smith, 17, currently plays midget hockey in Michigan for
Belle Tire and will play collegiately at Northern Michigan.
In the seventh round the Riders grabbed 17-year old
defenseman Eric Springer- a Team Illinois teammate of Bournazos- with
the seventy-sixth overall pick. Like Bournazos, Springer is also
a product of Naperville, Illinois.
The Riders went for strong hockey bloodlines when
choosing Dean Chelios, the son of National Hockey League great Chris
Chelios, in the eighth round with the eighty-eighth overall
selection. The younger Chelios, 17, resides in Bloomfield,
Michigan and plays forward for Cranbrook Kingswood High School.
In round nine, the Riders made 16-year old International Falls
(Minnesota) High School goaltender Brady Hjelle the one hundredth pick
of the draft.
The Riders closed out the draft by taking Westland,
Michigan, defenseman Phil Wendecker in the eleventh round with the one
hundredth twenty-fourth selection. Wendecker, 17, currently suits
up for Churchill High School.
In all, the RoughRiders drafted six forwards, four defensemen and one goaltender.
The RoughRiders open the 2006-07 season Saturday
night at 7:05 against the Green Bay Gamblers at the Cedar Rapids Ice
Arena. Tickets to Saturday night’s game- and all remaining
RoughRider home games- can be purchased in person at the Cedar Rapids
Ice Arena ticket office, over the phone at (319) 261-4625 or on line at
www.roughridershockey.com. The ticket office is open from noon to
5:00PM on weekdays and from noon through the end of the second period
on game days, including Saturday. Ticket prices range from $7 to
$17 in advance and from $8 to $18 on game day. Beginning with the
home opener, the RoughRiders will be in action at the ice arena on five
consecutive Saturday nights.
RoughRiders Futures Draft Picks
Rd Overall Name
Pos Hometown
Team
1 4
Chris Wideman
D St.
Louis, MO
St. Louis Jr. Blues midget
2 16
Greg Burke
F
Lee, NH
New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs
3 28
Greg Pateryn
D
Sterling Heights, MI
Brother Rice HS
4 40
Chris Bournazos
F Naperville,
IL
Team Illinois midget
5 52
Grant Blakey
F
Canton, MI
Victory Honda midget
5 54*
Ryan Knutson
F
Rochester, MN
Rochester Century HS
6 64
Charlie Smith
F
Sterling, AK
Belle Tire midget
7 76
Eric Springer
D
Naperville, IL
Team Illinois midget
8 88
Dean Chelios
F
Bloomfield, MI
Cranbrook Kingswood HS
9 100
Brady Hjelle
G International
Falls, MN International Falls HS
11 124
Phil Wendecker D
Westland, MI
Churchill, HS
*-pick acquired via trade with Chicago
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Posted on Wednesday, October 04, 2006 (Archive on Wednesday, October 11, 2006)
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