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A10 The Abbotsford ft Mission Newt Saturday, June 21. 2008 ffld mri nmi mi mm nmmm PCEHIEn SQGGEO For Boys Girls Ages 6 to 15 SHAWNIGAN LAKE, Pin MEADOWS MISSION 2008 DATES I LOCATIONS ij Sports Editor Dan Kinvig General inquiries 604-853-1 1-H-Direct line 604-851-4527 -sports2abbynews com Abby prospects feeling a draft Wudrick, Grant on NHLs radar Abbotsfords Derek Grant (photo, right) is on the NHLs radar after a sensational season with the junior A Langley Chiefs. by DAN KINVIG Abbotsford News Fees quoted include (jST. Family rates team discounts available. Residential casrps da sit transportation to and from Shawnigan Lake School Registration forms available on line, or at Fir.t 1, ,4 Si i cer, Keaie Vale Shopping Pitt Meadows, or at Fraser Valley Building Supplies.

707 Hr Mission. WlTaTaMILY PACK'OR ONE OF THREE INDIVIDUAL PRIZES To ATTEND A PITT MEADOWS OR MISSION PSE SOCCER SCHOOL FREE! i Name Telephone (604) I Please maildeliver your entiy to 2008 Soccer School Pnze Draw, 34375 Gladys Avenue, Abbotsford, BC V2S 2H5 Draw takes place Monday, July 15, 2008 Vp to three members of the same family I Derek Grant and Geordie Mission Record OR uSro OuttjhV Did you know, every day, 395 children A I and their families visit B.C.'s Children's Hospital for treatment and care? Give generously. Childrens www.kidstelethon.com The playmaking centre is ranked 40th among North American skaters by Central Scouting, and hes projected to be a middle-round pick in the NHL entiy draft today. His former Abbotsford bantam AAA Hawks linemate Geordie Wudrick also figures to go in the draft today, as hes rated 71st by Central Scouting. Wudrick plays for the WHLs Swift Current Broncos.

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Back in 2005, the precocious power forward was picked second overall in the Western Hockey Leagues bantam draft by the Swift Current Broncos after racking up a mind-boggling 114 goals in 64 games with the Hawks. No Abbotsford player has been drafted higher, before or since. The following season, Wudrick played midget hockey at Athol Murray College of Notre Dame, the famed Wilcox, Sask. hockey factory that has produced the likes of Vincent Lecavalier, Brad Richards, Wendel Clark and Curtis Joseph. One season later, he was a full-timer with the Broncos at age 16.

Last summer, he suited up for the Canadian under-18 team, and he participated in the CHL-NHL Top Prospects Game in January Playing in the NHL has been a goal of mine since watchmg the Canucks run (to the Stanley Cup finals) in 94 with Trevor Linden and Kirk McLean, said Wudrick, who is rated 71st among North American skaters by the NHLs Central Scouting Bureau. This draft week puts me one step closer to this dream becoming a reality Grants path to top prospect status has been less conventional. He was easy for scouts to overlook during his bantam draft year, given that he stood just five-foot-four and weighed 120 pounds soaking wet, and he went undrafted by the WHL. He suited up for the South East Flames of the B.C. Major Midget League the following year, but missed the vast majority of the season after breaking his arm in November.

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