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CdnSailor
09-02-2011, 01:45 PM
Victoria, BC - The Victoria Royals are pleased announce the team's roster is down to 31 players as the team heads on the road for two pre-season games this weekend in Kamloops and Kelowna.
After 160 players took part in the Royals' draft, rookie and main camps, the 31-man player roster was set today. The Royals are down to 18 forwards, 10 defencemen and three goaltenders as they face the Blazers tomorrow night in Kamloops and the Rockets Saturday in Kelowna in exhibition play.

On the 31-man roster, the Royals have nine players born in 1992, the most of any age group on the team. Seven players are 1994-born players, five from both the 1993 and '95 birth years and four overage players from 1991. The WHL 20-year-old cut down draft is October 13, where all teams must be down to three overage players on the roster. The lone 1996-born player is defenceman Joe Hicketts, the Royals first ever bantam draft selection who went 12th overall in the 2011 WHL Bantam Draft.

The Royals have a total of 14 players that are bantam draft selections by the franchise, going back to the Chilliwack Bruins 2007 draft. That includes four members of the 2010 draft class who are first year eligible to play this season; defenceman Keegan Kanzig and forwards Luke Harrison, Reid Halabi and Taylor Crunk. The Royals franchise has four of its last five first bantam picks on the 31-man roster.

The Royals boast 12 players from British Columbia and one player from Vancouver Island; defenceman Kade Pilton of Parksville. Pilton was the Chilliwack Bruins second round pick, 25th overall, in the 2009 WHL Bantam Draft. The Royals have 12 players from Alberta, one from Saskatchewan and Manitoba and three players from the United States. The Royals also have two players from the Czech Republic; forwards Robin Soudek and Lukas Kralik.

# Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown DOB

1 Jared Rathjen G 6'2" 180 Prince George, BC May 13/94

2 Hayden Rintoul D 6'1" 191 Calgary, AB Feb. 2/91

3 Zach Habscheid D 6'4" 205 Chilliwack, BC Mar. 16/92

4 Emerson Hrynyk D 6'2" 190 Okanagan Falls, BC Sep. 9/92

5 Keegan Kanzig D 6'5" 200 Athabasca, AB Feb. 26/95

6 Jesse Zgraggen D 6'0" 211 Lethbridge, AB Apr. 23/93

7 Tyler Stahl D 6'2" 201 Drumheller, AB Jan. 29/92

7 Brett Cote D 6'0" 200 Oakbank, MB May 21/94

8 Kade Pilton D 6'4" 191 Parksville, BC Nov. 8/94

9 Kevin Sundher C 6'0" 188 Surrey, BC Jan. 18/92

10 Justin Spagrud LW 6'0" 160 Gull Lake, SK Jan. 18/92

11 Steven Hodges C 5'11" 160 Delta, BC May 5/94

12 Tim Traber RW 6'2" 186 Quesnel, BC Jan. 26/93

14 Zane Jones LW 6'3" 205 Olds, AB Jun. 8/94

15 Jamie Crooks LW 5'11" 177 Vermilion, AB Jan. 8/92

16 Brendan Perseley C 6'0" 195 Kelowna, BC Jun. 3/93

17 Curt Gogol LW 6'1" 188 Calgary, AB Sep. 21/91

18 Brandon Magee C 5'7" 161 Edmonton, AB Jan. 23/94

19 Logan Nelson C 6'1" 174 Rogers, MN Sep. 9/93

20 Lukas Kralik RW 6'1" 178 Sternberk, CZE Mar. 19/93

21 Austin Carroll RW 6'0" 160 Scottsdale, AZ Mar. 26/94

22 Taylor Crunk LW 5'11" 165 San Jacinto, CA Jan. 20/95

23 Jesse Pauls D 5'9" 173 Chilliwack, BC Feb. 10/92

24 Blair Wentworth RW 5'11" 204 Calgary, AB Feb. 23/92

25 Robin Soudek RW 5'11" 172 Ceske Budejovice, CZE Jul. 31/91

26 Reid Halabi RW 5'11" 164 Edmonton, AB Jun. 27/95

27 Joe Hicketts D 5'8" 170 Kamloops, BC May 4/96

30 Keith Hamilton G 6'1" 180 Kelowna, BC Mar.1/92

35 Braden Gamble G 5'10" 176 North Star, AB Feb. 13/91

Luke Harrison C 6'1" 190 Westbank, BC Oct. 7/95