Some draft notes . . .

CLEANING OUT THE DRAFT NOTEBOOK . . .
The Kootenay Ice used the 147th overall pick on F Jackson Elynuik of Calgary. His brother, Campbell, plays for the Everett Silvertips. Their father, Pat, is a former WHLer who went on to play in the NHL. . . .
The Saskatoon Blades took F Conner Kortko in the sixth round. His father, Roger, played for the Blades (1980-83). . . .
The Portland Winterhawks used the 112th pick on F Connor Hutchins, a native of North Richland Hills, Texas, who played for Detroit Honeybaked, a team that won the U.S. Nationals. He had seven goals in six games at Nationals. One observer noted that more than one OHL team felt Hutchins, were he eligible for the OHL draft, would have been a first-round pick next year. . . .
Word during the day was that the Detroit Red Wings have signed Kelowna Rockets F Mitchell (Dirty Harry) Callahan. He was the 180th pick in the NHL’s 2009 draft. . . .
The Swift Current Broncos used the 165th pick to take F Matthew Gelinas of Calgary. He is the son of former NHLer Martin Gelinas. . . .
The Medicine Hat Tigers took F Cameron Gotaas of Sherwood Park, Alta., with the 168th pick. His father, Steve, played for the Prince Albert Raiders (1983-87). . . .
Many draft observers felt that F Brian Williams of the bantam AAA Los Angeles Selects easily was a first-rounder were he to commit to the WHL. Without that commitment, he fell to the 173rd pick where he was taken by the Tri-City Americans. . . .
The Everett Silvertips used the 212th pick to take G Casey Parker of Regina, who played at Notre Dame. He is the son of Regina Pats general manager Brent Parker. . . .
The Prince George Cougars dropped Czech D Petr Senkerik, 19, whom they acquired in January from the Kootenay Ice. . . . The Cougars also deleted D Daniel Medland-Marchen, who played with them this season. He originally was a second-round pick by the Kamloops Blazers in 2007. . . .
The Chilliwack Bruins dealt a 2011 sixth-round pick to the Edmonton Oil Kings for Czech F Robin Soudek, 19. Swedish F Alexander Wiklund and Czech F Roman Horak both are eligible to return to the Bruins but Wiklund as a 20-year-old, would be a two-spotter. So the acquisition of Soudek might indicate that Wiklund won’t be back. . . .
The Bruins dropped F Cole Penner, who was taken by the Prince Albert Raiders with the fourth overall pick in 2006. Could it be that the Cole Penner Saga is over?

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