The Lethbridge Hurricanes selected three Airdrie Xtreme players during the 2011 WHL Bantam Draft at Calgary’s BMO Centre on May 5.
Forward Tyler Wong, at 101st overall; defenceman Roman Melzer, at 114th and captain Colby Chartier, at 173rd, were all drafted by the southern Alberta club that finished just out of the playoffs at ninth in the WHL’s Eastern Conference this season.
The first Airdrie player picked in the draft was defenceman Jake Dube, who was selected 98th overall by the Kootenay Ice. The Brandon Wheat Kings also picked Mackenzie Bauer with the 165th pick.
Those eligible for the 2011 WHL Bantam Draft were 1996-born players who reside in Alberta, B.C., Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories, Yukon, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.
