Blades Complete Draft Day

The Saskatoon Blades have completed an active 2008 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft Day, selecting a total of 11 players born in 1993. Click read more to view the entire list of players drafted by the Blades..

To view the full story on each drafted player, click on their name.

Draft Pick	Player	Height/Weight	Position
1st Round, 3rd Overall (From PG)	Duncan Siemens	6'3", 190lbs.	D
1st Round, 6th Overall	Brent Benson	5'11", 171lbs.	C
2nd Round, 30th Overall	Dalton Thrower	6'0", 170lbs.	D
2nd Round, 42nd Overall (From Van)	Lukas Sutter	5'11", 173lbs.	C
4th Round, 77th Overall	Graham McBain	5'10", 150lbs.	LW
5th Round, 96th Overall	Tyler Oswald	5'11", 150lbs.	G
7th Round, 140th Overall	Rhys Kingston	5'7", 170lbs.	LW
8th Round, 162nd Overall	Shay Laurent	6'1", 180lbs.	D
9th Round, 183rd Overall	Carson Trask	5'10", 155lbs.	C
10th Round, 203rd Overall	Adam Iwan	5'9", 160lbs.	G
11th Round, 220th Overall	Jonathon Robinson	5'10", 155lbs.	RW

During today’s 2008 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft, the Saskatoon Blades released backup goaltender Garrett Zemlak from the team’s protected list. Zemlak was then picked up by the Prince Albert Raiders with the green and black’s 201^st selection in the 10^th round.

Zemlak appeared in 37 games with the Blades, recording 12 wins in 1,854 minutes.

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