Press Release
VANCOUVER, BC - The Vancouver
Giants Hockey Club has selected Tyler Benson with their first overall
pick in the 2013 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft.
Benson played last season with the South Side Athletic Club Southgate
Lions of the Alberta Major Bantam Hockey League (AMBHL) that captured
the Alberta and Western Canadian AAA Championships.
The Edmonton native broke the AMBHL record for the most points in a
season tallying 146 points (57 goals, 89 assists) in 33 games played.
“We are very excited to have selected Tyler with the first overall
pick. He has proven to be a mature player who doesn’t only produce but
also makes everyone around him better,” says Giants’ Executive VP and
General Manager, Scott Bonner.
“He will be a great addition to the organization,” added Giants’
majority owner Ron Toigo. “Tyler has the potential of being a player we
can build our franchise around.”
Tyler Benson
Position: Left Wing
Born: March 15, 1998
Hometown: Edmonton, AB
Previous Club: South Side Athletic Club Southgate Lions
Height: 5”11”
Weight: 180lbs
2012/13 Stats: 33 GP / 57 G / 89A / 146PTS
To view the Tyler Benson press kit including statistics, quotes and press clippings click HERE
Final Results of the 2013 WHL Bantam Draft HERE
2013 WHL BANTAM DRAFT RESULTS
(No., Team, Name, Pos, Hometown)
Round 1
1. Vancouver, Tyler Benson, LW, Edmonton, AB; 2. Regina, Sam Steel, C,
Sherwood Park, AB; 3. Prince George, Josh Anderson, RW, Duncan, B.C.; 4.
Brandon, Nolan Patrick, RW, Winnipeg, MB; 5. Moose Jaw, Brett Howden,
LW, Oak Bank, MB; 6. Brandon (from Lethbridge), Kale Clague, D, Sherwood
Park, AB; 7. Everett, Tyson Jost, RW, Leduc, AB; 8. Seattle, Dante
Fabbro, D, Coquitlam, B.C.; 9. Kootenay, Jared Legien, LW, Pilot Butte,
SK; 10. Medicine Hat, David Quenneville, D, Edmonton, AB; 11. Victoria,
Dante Hannoun, C, Delta,B.C.; 12. Swift Current; Tyler Steenbergen; C,
Sylvan Lake, AB; 13. Prince Albert, Jake Kryski, F, Vancouver, B.C.; 14.
Red Deer, Jeff de Wit, F, Red Deer, AB; 15. Tri-City, Parker Aucoin, C,
Calgary, AB; 16. Spokane, Jeffrey Faith, D, Wilcox, SK; 17. Lethbridge
(from Saskatoon), Stuart Skinner, G, Edmonton, AB; 18. Calgary, Beck
Malenstyn, C, Penticton, B.C.; 19. Kamloops, Quinn Benjafield, RW, North
Vancouver, B.C.; 20. Vancouver (from Edmonton), Matt Barberis, D,
Surrey, B.C.; 21. Kelowna, Dillon Dube, F, Cochrane, AB; 22. Seattle
(from Portland), Kaden Elder, RW, Saskatoon, SK.
Round 2
23. Vancouver, Ryely Mckinstry, D,
Calgary, AB; 24. Prince George, Kody McDonald, RW, Lethbridge, AB; 25.
Brandon, Tanner Kaspick, LW, Brandon, MB; 26. Everett, Patrick
Khodorenko, C, Walnut Creek, CA; 27. Seattle, Nolan Volcan, LW,
Edmonton, AB; 28. Regina, Liam Schioler, D, West St. Paul, MB; 29.
Tri-City (from Moose Jaw), Nolan Yaremko, LW, Edmonton, AB; 30.
Lethbridge, Tak Anholt, RW, North Vancouver, B.C.; 31. Kootenay, Vince
Loschiavo, C, Winnipeg, MB; 32. Medicine Hat, Mason Shaw, LW,
Lloydminster, AB; 33. Victoria, Matthew Phillips, C, Calgary, AB; 34.
Swift Current, Cole Johnson, LW, Marwayne, AB; 35. Medicine Hat (from
Prince Albert), Ryan Jevne, C, Edmonton, AB; 36. Red Deer, Joshua
Mahura, D, St. Albert, AB; 37. Victoria (from Tri-City), Ralph Jarratt,
D, Grande Prairie, AB; 38. Spokane, Dalton Hamaliuk, D, Leduc, AB; 39.
Vancouver (from Saskatoon), Ryan Kubic, G, Winnipeg, MB; 40. Calgary,
Dawson Martin, LW, Winnipeg, MB; 41. Saskatoon (from Kamloops), Nolan
Reid, D, Deer Valley, SK; 42. Edmonton, Davis Koch, C, 100 Mile House,
B.C.; 43. Kelowna, Cal Foote, D, Denver, CO; 44. Saskatoon (from
Portland), Parker Smyth, LW, Red Deer, AB.
Round 3
45. Lethbridge (from Vancouver),
Cody Allen, D, Kamloops, B.C.; 46. Prince Albert (from Prince George),
Cody Paivarinta, D, Abbotsford, B.C.; 47. Brandon, Ty Lewis, C, Brandon,
MB; 48. Kamloops (from Everett), Jermaine, Loewen, LW, Arborg, MB; 49.
Calgary (from Seattle), Aaron Hyman, D, Calgary, AB; 50. Vancouver (from
Regina), Gage Ramsay, LW, Saskatoon, SK; 51. Everett (from Moose Jaw),
Alex Astasiewicz, D, Salmon Arm, B.C.; 52. Prince George (from
Lethbridge), Kolby Johnson, LW, Kerrobert, SK; 53. Kootenay, Declan
Hobbs, G, Saskatoon, SK; 54. Medicine Hat, Marshall Skapski, D,
Abbotsford, B.C.; 55. Victoria, Noah Gregor, C, Beaumont, AB; 56. Swift
Current, Matthew Parsons, D, Middle Lake, SK; 57. Vancouver (from Prince
Albert), Scott Mickoski, RW, Winnipeg, MB; 58. Kamloops (from Red
Deer), D, Moosomin, SK; 59. Tri-City, Mark Drohan, D, Calgary, AB; 60.
Regina (from Spokane), Luc Smith, F, Onoway, AB; 61. Vancouver (from
Saskatoon), Zach Walker,F, Boise, ID; 62. Spokane (from Calgary), Jake
Toporowski, D, Bettendorf, IA; 63. Tri-City (from Kamloops), Dylan
Coghlan, D, Nanaimo, B.C.; 64. Edmonton, Kyle Yewchuk, D, Calgary, AB;
65. Kelowna, Jordan Borstmayer, RW, St. Brieux, SK; 66. Portland, PASS.
Round 4
67. Saskatoon (from Vancouver),
Luke Gingras, LW, Langley, B.C.; 68. Calgary (from Prince George), Kyle
Dumba, G, Calgary, AB; 69. Brandon, TJ Brown, D, Lacombe, AB; 70. Red
Deer (from Everett), Caleb Riess, RW, Rocanville, SK; 71. Moose Jaw
(from Seattle), Dawson Haines, LW, Duncan, B.C.; 72. Lethbridge (from
Regina), Jaeger White, C, Medicine Hat, AB; 73. Moose Jaw, Colin
Paradis, D, Sherwood Park, AB; 74. Lethbridge, Connor Rokosh, D,
Edmonton, AB; 75. Victoria (from Kootenay), Blake Jameson, D; 76.
Medicine Hat, Austin McGrath, G, Lloydminster, AB; 77. Victoria, Brayden
Dunn, C, Calgary, AB; 78. Kootenay (from Swift Current), Cale Fleury,
D, Carlyle, SK; 79. Regina (from Prince Albert), Brady Pouteau, D; 80.
Regina (from Red Deer), Jared Freadrich, D, Camrose, AB; 81. Everett
(from Tri-City), Kevin Jakisch, LW, Winnipeg, MB; 82. Spokane, Taylor
Ross, RW, Kronau, SK; 83. Victoria (from Saskatoon), Jared Dmytriw, RW,
Craven, SK; 84. Victoria (from Calgary), Ethen Frank, F, Omaha, NE; 85.
Kamloops, Phillip Knies, LW, Phoenix, AZ; 86. Edmonton, Jordan Dawson,
D, Delta, B.C.; 87. Kelowna, Kole Lind, RW, Shaunavon, SK; 88. Prince
Albert (from Portland), Dylan Williamson, LW, Calgary, AB.
Round 5
89. Kootenay (from Vancouver), Drew
Warkentine, C, Prince Albert, SK; 90. Tri-City (from Prince George),
Morgan Geekie, C, Strathclair, MB; 91. Brandon, Dylan Thiessen, C,
Winnipeg, MB; 92. Everett, Connor Nobach, D, Stanwood, WA; 93. Swift
Current (from Seattle), Jacob Thomas, D, Edmonton, AB; 94. Moose Jaw
(from Regina), Ryan Bowen, RW, Penticton, B.C.; 95. Tri-City (from Moose
Jaw), Jordan Roy, C, Lethbridge, AB; 96. Kootenay (from Lethbridge),
Robert Johnson, C, Kamloops, B.C.; 97. Kootenay, Dallas Hynes, D,
Marwayne, AB; 98. Kootenay (from Medicine Hat), Andy Stevens, D,
Penticton, B.C.; 99. Victoria, Matt Hellickson, D, Minnesota, MN; 100.
Swift Current, Hunter Lorenson, G, Edmonton, AB; 101. Spokane (from
Prince Albert), Nicholas Labossiere, LW, Winnipeg, MB; 102. Vancouver
(from Red Deer), Tyler Shugrue, G, Burnaby, B.C.; 103. Seattle (from
Tri-City), Brandon Schuldhaus, D, Bearspaw, AB; 104. Prince Albert (from
Spokane), Luke Coleman, LW, Red Deer, AB; 105. Spokane (from
Saskatoon), Kailer Yamamoto, C, Spokane, WA; 106. Calgary, Taner Miller,
D, Lethbridge, AB; 107. Calgary (from Kamloops), Christopher Woods, RW,
Prince Albert, SK; 108. Everett (from Edmonton), Andrew Fyten, C,
Didsbury, AB; 109. Prince George (from Kelowna), Lane Zablocki, C,
Wetaskiwin, AB; 110. Portland, PASS
Round 6
111. Moose Jaw (from Vancouver),
Dylan Dix, D, Scotts Valley, CA; 112. Kelowna (from Prince George), Ryan
Hall, G, Winnipeg, MB; 113. Red Deer (from Brandon), Nick Darling, D,
Saskatoon, SK; 114. Prince Albert (from Edmonton), Sean Montgomery, RW,
Calgary, AB; 115. Medicine Hat (from Seattle), Jordan Taupert, C,
Medicine Hat, AB; 116. Regina, Jacob Elmer, RW, Calgary, AB; 117. Prince
George (from Moose Jaw), Curran Reeve, D, Saskatoon, SK; 118. Prince
George (from Lethbridge), Dylan Strahan, RW, Hermosa Beach, CA; 119.
Kootenay, Matt Krawiec, D, Red Deer, AB; 120. Medicine Hat, Max Gerlach,
RW, Flower Mound, TX; 121. Portland (from Victoria), Cziakowski, D,
Calgary, AB; 122. Seattle (from Swift Current), Jagger Williamson, RW,
Lumby, B.C.; 123. Medicine Hat (from Prince Albert), Caleb Fantillo, RW,
Coquitlam, B.C.; 124. Red Deer, Cale Chalifoux, D, Edmonton, AB; 125.
Tri-City, Nicholas Sanders, G, Calgary, AB; 126. Spokane, Michael
Doneff, LW, Medicine Hat, AB; 127. Saskatoon, Dean Stewart, D, Portage,
MB; 128. Calgary, Dalton Gally, D, Eagle River, AB; 129. Kamloops, James
Miller, D, Spruce Grove, AB; 130. Edmonton, Branden Klatt, LW, Moose
Jaw, SK; 131. Kelowna, Jeffrey Stewart, LW, Surrey, B.C.; 132.
Lethbridge (from Portland), Jordan Porter, RW, Colleyville, TX.
Round 7
133. Kamloops (from Vancouver),
Garrett Pilon, C, Kindersley, SK; 134. Moose Jaw (from Prince George),
Blake Bargar, F, Torrance, CA; 135. Brandon, Linden McCorrister, LW,
Winnipeg, MB; 136. Everett, Keyvan Mokhtari, RW, Burnaby, B.C.; 137. Red
Deer (from Seattle), Josh Logel, LW, Calgary, AB; 138. Regina, Curtis
Chapman, G, Airdrie, AB; 139. Moose Jaw, Jacob Garman, RW, Anchorage,
AK; 140. Lethbridge, Jesse Sheen, D, Calgary, AB; 141. Kootenay, Connor
Barley, LW, Winnipeg, MB; 142. Portland (from Medicine Hat), Keiffer
Bellows, C; 143. Portland (from Victoria), Adam Touchette, C, St.
Adolphe, MB; 144. Swift Current, Owen Seidel, RW, Seafair, B.C.; 145.
Prince Albert, Brandon Griffiths, D, Regina, SK; 146. Tri-City (from Red
Deer), Anea Ferrario, D; 147. Seattle (from Tri-City), Spencer Hunter,
LW, Vancouver, B.C.; 148. Spokane, Matthew Berlin, G, Edmonton, AB; 149.
Saskatoon, Joel Lakusta, D, Sherwood Park, AB; 150. Calgary, Quaid
McBean, D, Mesa, AZ; 151. Kamloops, Clint Colebourn, D, North Vancouver,
B.C.; 152. Edmonton, Alex Rotundo, C, Edmonton, AB; 153. Moose Jaw
(from Kelowna), Darren Rizzolo, D, Mission, B.C.; 154. Portland, Brendan
De Jong, D, Victoria, B.C.
Round 8
155. Portland (from Vancouver),
Garrett Wait, F; 156. Prince George, Josh Curtis, RW, Winnipeg, MB; 157.
Brandon, Ryan Lindgren, D, Lakeville, MN; 158. Everett, Carter Hart, G,
Sherwood Park, AB; 159. Seattle, Colton Thomas, RW, Williams Lake,
B.C.; 160. Regina, Brady Third, RW, Carlyle, SK; 161. Moose Jaw, Brody
Willms, G; 162. Lethbridge, Jacob Ashton, RW, Calgary, AB; 163. Tri-City
(from Kootenay), Parker McCormick, RW, Regina, SK; 164. Medicine Hat,
Cale Makar, D, Calgary, AB; 165. Victoria, Ty Westgard, C; 166. Kamloops
(from Swift Current), Dylan Ferguson, G, Lantzville, B.C.; 167. Prince
Albert, Michael Clarke, C, Medicine Hat, AB; 168. Red Deer, Max
Salpeter, D, St. Albert, AB; 169. Tri-City, Cory Thomas, D, St. Brieux,
SK; 170. Spokane, Chaseton Sare, C, Regina, SK; 171. Saskatoon, Shaye
Seefried, D, Bearspaw, AB; 172. Calgary, Nathan Halvorsen, RW, Winnipeg,
MB; 173. Kamloops, Keenan Roszko, RW, Sherwood Park, AB; 174. Edmonton,
Lachlan Gibbings, D, Mission, B.C.; 175. Kelowna, Connor Bowey, D,
Winnipeg, MB; 176. Portland, Skyler McKenzie, Sherwood Park, AB.
Round 9
177. Saskatoon (from Vancouver),
Peter Tomaras, RW, Edmonton, AB; 178. Prince George, Kye Steinke, G,
Regina, SK; 179. Brandon, Joey Anderson, F; 180. Everett, Ryan Warner,
D, Victoria, B.C.; 181. Seattle, Shavan Khaira, D, Surrey, B.C.; 182.
Regina, PASS; 183. Moose Jaw, Tristin Langan, C, Swan River, MB; 184.
Lethbridge, Matthew O’Brien, D, Richardson, TX; 185. Kelowna (from
Kootenay), Garrett Kuklica, D, Winnipeg, MB; 186. Saskatoon (from
Medicine Hat), Alexander Buchanan, LW, Kamloops, B.C.; 187. Victoria,
Carter Stephenson, D, West Vancouver, B.C.; 188. Swift Current, Dalton
Angelvedt, D, Provost, AB; 189. Prince Albert, Noah Turanski, D, Vernon,
B.C.; 190. Red Deer, Tyler Kirkup, C, Virden, MB; 191. Tri-City, PASS;
192. Spokane, Walker Cote, D, Penticton, B.C.; 193. Saskatoon, Damien
Bentz, C, Punnichy, SK; 194. Calgary, Riley Shamray, D, Oak River, MB;
195. Red Deer (from Kamloops), Kyle Sargent, D, Carlyle, SK; 196.
Edmonton, Kole Gable, LW, Fort McMurray, AB; 197. Kelowna, Braydyn
Chizen, D, St. Albert, AB; 198. Portland, Jake Oettinger, G.
Round 10
199. Prince Albert (from
Vancouver), Jaden Anderson, RW, Aurora, CO; 200. Prince George, Dennis
Cholowski, D, Langley, B.C.; 201. Brandon, Branden Storey, D; 202.
Everett, PASS; 203. Edmonton (from Seattle), Carter Phair, G, Carnduff,
SK; 204. Red Deer (from Regina), PASS; 205. Kelowna (from Moose Jaw),
Lucas Fraulin, LW, Calgary, AB; 206 Saskatoon (from Lethbridge), Brett
Clayton, LW, Abbotsford, B.C.; 207. Kelowna (from Kootenay), Marial
Beny, LW, Melville, SK; 208. Medicine Hat, Ryan Roberts, D, White City,
SK; 209. Seattle (from Victoria), Devon Fordyce, G, Cochrane, AB; 210.
Swift Current, Brandon Biro, LW, Sherwood Park, AB; 211. Edmonton (from
Prince Albert), Tyrell Wenig, D, Weldon, SK; 212. Red Deer, PASS; 213.
Brandon (from Tri-City), Ben Dalke, RW, LaSalle, MB; 214. Saskatoon
(from Spokane), Carter Brown, D, Edmonton, AB; 215. Saskatoon, Wyatt
Monear, G, Wasilla, SK; 216. Calgary, Brandon Lesko, LW, Hafford, SK;
217. Kamloops, Jordan Deyrmenjian, LW, Vancouver, B.C.; 218. Edmonton,
Eric Lavoie, D, Winnipeg, MB; 219. Kelowna, Brodan Salmond, G, Calgary,
AB; 220. Portland, Tristen Charles, D, La Ronge, SK.
Round 11
222. Prince George, Cole Young, C,
Saskatoon, SK; 223. Brandon, Brayden Billaney, RW, Boissevain, MB; 228.
Saskatoon (from Lethbridge), Ryan Pouliot, D, Horseshoe Bay, B.C.; 232.
Swift Current, Ryan Sokoloski, LW, Winnipeg, MB; 237. Saskatoon, Brett
Evans, G, Grandview, MB; 240. Edmonton, Brendan Kokorudz, RW.
Round 12
247. Seattle, Caleb Griffin, C,
Regina, SK; 248. Swift Current (from Regina), Matthew Stanley, D,
Balmoral, MB; 250. Saskatoon (from Lethbridge), Marcus Mitchell, RW,
Kelowna, B.C.
(Nathan can be reached at nathanfournier@mainehockeyjournal.com)
