Meet Our Prospects - Tri-City Americans

Each Western Hockey League team maintains a player protected list, which contains 50 players that a specific team has the exclusive rights to. Included in these 50 players are the 22-25 players currently on the team's roster. Players are added and dropped from this list frequently as needs within the organization change and new players are found. This list is the product of the money and time the club has invested in its scouting. Below is a subset of that list and represents some of the Americans top prospects.

Players who do not make the final roster cuts, but remain on the player protected list play in any number of amateur hockey leagues for their age groups. Players who are considered 15-year-olds usually are completing their second season of bantam hockey, but occasionally they will move up to play midget level hockey. Midget level is usually reserved for 16 and 17-year-olds, but occasionally an exceptional 15-year-old will crack a midget roster. British Columbia is a bit different as elite players in the 15-17 age group generally play at the junior B or junior A level.

Its important to remember that the list of prospects for the Americans changes monthly, weekly and even daily. This list reflects the top prospects in the organization as of July 29th, 2010. Ages reflect "hockey ages" for the 2010-11 season.

Alberta Prospects

Pos Player Age Ht Wt Hometown Current Level

LW Max Moline 17 6-3 165 Lethbridge, AB Lethbridge Midget

RC Marcus Messier 16 5-9 140 Canmoe, AB Notre Dame Midget

RD Riley Guenther 16 5-11 155 Calgary, AB Calgary Midget

RD Tyler Kunz 16 5-9 150 Whitecourt, AB Spruce Grove Midget

LD Austin Seaman 15 5-11 155 Calgary, AB Calgary Bantam

LD Clint Fibrandt 15 5-6 120 Calgary, AB Calgary Bantam

RD Ryer Sawchuk 15 6-0 160 Taber, AB Lethbridge Bantam

F Taylor Marr 15 5-4 131 Twin Butte, AB Lethbridge Bantam

British Columbia Prospects

Pos Player Age Ht Wt Hometown Current Level

RD Spencer Humphries 18 6-2 190 Delta, BC Westside Jr. A

C Zach McPhee 17 6-2 165 Vernon, BC Okanagon Midget

LC Connor Rankin 16 6-0 185 N. Vancouver, BC B.C. Bantam

LD Matt Lloyd 16 6-0 165 Aldergrove, BC B.C. Bantam

LD Justin Klimek 16 6-0 170 Langley, BC Langley Midget

LC Lucas Nickles 16 5-11 150 Salmon Arm, BC Kamloops Midget

LD Sam Grist 17 6-3 190 N. Saanich, BC Victoria Jr. A

G Ross Baadsvik 18 6-3 190 Aldergrove, BC Richmomd Jr. B

Manitoba Prospects

Pos Player Age Ht Wt Hometown Current Level

D Peter Stoykewich 18 6-0 160 Winnipeg, MB Winnipeg Blues Jr. A

D Brett Pile 17 6-0 160 Winnipeg, MB Winnipeg City Midget

G Chris Driedger 16 6-2 160 Winnipeg, MB Winnipeg Midget

RD Justin Hamonic 16 6-1 160 Winnipeg, MB Winnipeg Midget

C Matthew Hughesman 16 5-11 175 Winnipeg, MB Winnipeg Midget

LD Paul Bonar 19 6-1 192 Brandon, MB Swan Valley Jr. A

RW Taeron Lewis 15 5-10 162 Winnipeg, MB Winnipeg Bantam

Saskatchewan Prospects

Pos Player Age Ht Wt Hometown Current Level

C Jaden Schwartz 18 5-9 160 Wilcox, SK Tri-City Jr. A

LW Wyatt Garagan 16 5-11 160 Estevan, SK Estevan Midget

LD Joel Steve 16 5-11 145 Milestone, AK Notre Dame Midget

RW Dylan Fluter 16 5-8 135 Frostbite, SK Saskatechwan Midget

LD Josh Wik 15 6-3 184 Swift Current, SK Swift Current Bantam

LW Justin Spragrud 15 6-0 145 Gill Lake, SK Swift Current Bantam

United States Prospects

Pos Player Age Ht Wt Hometown Current Level

RW Zach Budish 19 6-4 225 Edina, MN University of Minnesota

C Shane Sooth 18 6-0 175 Canyon County, CA USNDTP U-17

RW Matthew Nieto 19 5-11 175 Long Beach, CA USNDTP U-18

LD Nick Leddy 19 5-11 180 Eden Prairie, MN University of Minnesota

RD Justin Faulk 18 5-11 185 South St. Paul, MN USNDTP U-18

D Blake Miller 16 6-3 182 Huntington Beach, CA California Wave Midget

LW Max Gardiner 18 6-3 180 Deephaven, MN Minnetonka HS

RD Justin Holl 18 6-2 170 Excelsior, MN Minnetonka High School

G Zane Gothberg 18 6-0 177 Thief River Falls, MN Thief River Falls High School

LC Brock Nelson 19 6-2 205 Warroad, MN Warroad High School

D Cody Castro 19 6-3 215 Pasadena, CA Tri-City Titans

LD Zach Frye 16 6-0 175 Spokane, WA NORPAC Jr A

G Eric Comrie 15 5-10 165 Edmonton, AB LA Selects Bantam

C Brian Williams 15 5-8 141 Claremont, CA LA Selects Bantam

RW Andrew Oglevie 15 5-10 150 Fullerton, CA LA Selects Bantam

RD Ryan Schlerf 15 6-1 175 Garden Grove, CA LA Selects

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