Rockets forward Ian Duval has committed to playing with the Manitoba Bisons next season. The 21 year-old still has the option of attending an NHL training camp as a free agent, but from my understanding he hasn't received any offers to this point. I think NHL teams will have a better idea of how many free agents they can bring to training camp after the NHL draft later this month, so hopefully Duval will get an invite then.
I know for a fact that many scouts talked glowingly about his play in the 26 regular season games he played with the Rockets (10+20=30), and the ten goals he put up in 22 post season games also grabbed their attention.
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- Regan Bartel
- Bartel is a hockey radio broadcaster for the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League. Bartel is celebrating his 24th year in the radio broadcast industry, spending 13 years in Swift Current, Saskatchewan before moving to Kelowna B.C. in 2000. Bartel began his broadcasting career at CKSW, Swift Current before moving into the newsroom just three years later. His big break came in 1995 when the chance of calling radio play-by-play for his hometown Swift Current Broncos became available. Bartel has called play-by-play for the Swift Current Broncos for 5 seasons before moving to Kelowna where he has experienced three Memorial Cups, including the team winning Canadian major junior hockey's top prize in 2004. Bartel is married and has twin boys Jace and Connell. Bartel, a gym junkie of sorts, considers former Phoenix Coyotes announcer Curt Keilback as his favourite.
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Thats great news for Duval, taking advantage of the Dubs education program, but I thought he would get an invite to a pro camp somewhere!! Glad to hear the WHL is forcing all arena's to have video screens, I believe the fans in Kelowna are long overdue for this, we've been very supportive of the Rockets for a long time & to see other teams in the leaque with their arenas half full have them & ours sold out night after night without one is a dam shame. Thanks to the WHL brass for stepping in. I wonder if Bruce had any say in this matter?? LOL
cisblog.ca has a post up on the Bisons' recruiting class.
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