Bantam 2017-18 Draft Players to Watch

2017-2018 Bantam Draft Players to watch

 

With DraftGeek’s inaugural 2016-2017 season behind us, we head into this upcoming season with high expectations and high energy. A long, grueling summer of limited hockey is finally behind us and we are ready to get going. New this season is the amount of scouts we have joining us, look for us to post more on this later on. We will also be following midget hockey much closer this year, expect to see something on them in our newsletters. We also will be formatting our newsletters and draft guide different. But enough about us, going into this bantam season, we are ready to watch this new crop of 2004s as well as build on our knowledge of the 2003 class.

 

Last year I did this preview with limited knowledge on players, I had only a few names and was unfamiliar with the class. I had put guys who I felt were highly touted going into the year and who fans of the WHL should keep an eye on. This year I won’t be pointing out this range of players. I will be highlighting players who could make an impact to their own draft stock, potentially be first rounder’s in some cases. This list will highlight who to watch rise in the 2003 class, if you are looking for the first round guys as of this current moment. Here is my top 22 (First round) list: https://www.dubnetwork.ca/draftgeek/whl-bantam-rankings/

 

Regular Season Starts:

AMBHL – Saturday, September 16th

BC – n/a

SBAAHL – Saturday, September 23rd

Winnipeg AAA – n/a

CSSHL – Saturday, September 16th

 

Players to watch

 

AMBHL:

Craig Armstrong (Airdrie)

Keegan Slaney (Airdrie)

Ty Mueller (Airdrie)

Brett Moravec (Airdrie)

Geoff Bjarnason (Edmonton CAC)

Jake Snashall (Calgary Bisons)

Jace Benvie (Calgary Flames)

Ethan O’Halloran (Calgary Flames)

Jayden Davis (Calgary Flames)

Dylan Lacroix (Calgary Northstars)

Blake Sitler (Camrose Red Wings)

Ashton McNelly (Fort Saskatchewan)

Dylan Thompson (Fort Saskatchewan)

Jayden Watson (Grande Peace)

Connor Klassen (Grande Peace)

Blake Roche (Leduc)

Connor Furukawa (Lethbridge)

Dru Krebs (Okotoks)

Robert McGowan (PAC)

Bosten Lajeunesse (Red Deer)

Colby Ball (Sherwood Park)

Tyson Greenway (St. Albert)

Ethan Sundar (St. Albert)

Dylan Leslie (St. Albert)

Graeme Hampton (St. Albert)

 

BC:

 

 

SBAAHL:

Nolan Allan (Humboldt)

Alex Bernauer (Saskatoon)

Gabe Klassen (Prince Albert)

Noah Barlage (Humboldt)

Liam Bell (Saskatoon)

Hayden Wiens (Northeast)

Marek Schneider (Prince Albert)

Hunter Larocque (Saskatoon)

Matthew Hayden-Fafard (Saskatoon)

Joe Arntson (Swift Current)

Brett Mirwald (Saskatoon)

Ashton Ferster (Prince Albert)

Jackson Deuck (Swift Current)

 

Winnipeg AAA:

Ashton Romaniuk (Eastman)

Connor Roulette (Winnipeg)

Trent Crane (Pembina Valley)

Roux Bazin (Pembina Valley)

 

CSSHL:

Fin Williams (BWC)

Chase Sandhu (BWC)

Mason Dunsford (BWC)

Caedan Bankier (BWC)

Carson Latimer (Delta Green)

Sammy May (Delta Green)

Braden Blace (Delta Green)

Holden Cardinal (Delta Green)

Ethan Urquhart (Delta Green)

Connor Merriman (Delta White)

Sam Adrain (Delta White)

Isaiah Colina (Delta White)

Lucas Ciona (NAX)

Nicholas DeGraves (NAX)

Jacob Romanchuk (NAX)

Colton Dach (OHA EDM)

Evan Waldie (OHA EDM)

Josh Medernach (OHA EDM)

Drew Sim (OHA EDM)

Josh Hoekstra (OHA EDM)

Jonah Bevington (OHA EDM)

Kobe Assam (OHA Penticton)

Steek Quiring (OHA Penticton)

Ben LeFranc (OHA Penticton

Quinn Disher (OHA Penticton)

William Irvine (Pacific Coast)

Karter Prosofky (Pacific Coast)

Ty Gibson (Pacificn Coast)

Hayden Prosofsky (POE)

Cole Assailly (Rink)

Michael Svenson (Rink)

Keenan Allan (Rink)

Owen Weihs (Rink)

Michael Svenson (Rink)

Noah Serdachny (Rink)

Seiya Tanaka-Campbell (Shawnigan)

Ross Roloson (Shawnigan)

Kobe Verbicky (Yale)

Tyson Galloway (Yale)

Zach Funk (Yale)

Ty Gagno (Yale)

 

 

 

This list is based on last year visual analysis, still plenty of time to make a name