The Kelowna Rockets made ten selections at the Western Hockey League bantam draft in May and eight of those ten players will show their stuff for the first time when on-ice sessions at rookie camp open Thursday at Prospera Place.
The Rockets first round pick, Rourke Chartier from Saskatoon, will be there along with second round pick Austin Glover, who hails from Clavet Saskatchewan.
The two no-shows at rookie camp will be 15 year-old forward Gordon Wasteste and the Rockets 7th round pick from this summers draft, American born Johnny Walker. Wasteste broke his femur last season while Walker has already registered for school.
The Rockets selected only one goaltender in the 2011 draft, Thomas Spence from Moose Jaw Saskatchewan in the 5th round.
Spence, at 6 foot 2, was acquired when the Rockets obtained a 5th round bantam pick from the Swift Current Broncos for defenceman Kyle Verdino.
In total, 160 players will participate at rookie camp, which seems like a large number but not enough to confuse the watchful eye of Frey and his scouting staff.
The draft class of 2011 consists of six forwards, three defenceman and a goaltender....with four of the teams selections coming from Saskatchewan, with three from BC, and one each Alberta, Manitoba and Phoenix Arizona.
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