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Two WHL stars are away on Tuesday, after the Kelowna Rockets acquired Chicago Blackhawks prospect Colton Dach from the Saskatoon Blades in return for center Trevor Wong.
Dach, an 18-year-old product from Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., Led the Blades with 11 goals and five power-play scorers in the 2020-21 WHL season before being selected in the second round of the 2021 NHL Draft. the NHL by Chicago.
Wong, 18, led the Kelowna skaters with 16 points (6G-10A) in the 2020-21 WHL campaign and recently attended his first NHL training camp with the Florida.
The Rockets have acquired @NHLBlackhawks prospect Colton Dach from @BladesHockey in exchange for the Trevor Wong center.
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– Kelowna Rockets (@Kelowna_Rockets) September 28, 2021
“Colton is going to bring things to our team that are going to be important to us, he shoots the puck well, I think he is going to mature a lot as a player here now that he has an NHL training camp in his active, â€said Bruce Hamilton, president and general manager of the Rockets. “We will expect him to come here and have a leadership role in our group in the near future.”
“When you make a deal of this size, battleship for battleship, we are certainly giving up on a young player who we thought a lot about. Trevor was our first round pick a few years ago and a really special person, but I think with our squad situation I thought that size was going to be an issue when we were up against big physical teams. I wanted to do something sooner rather than later, â€added Hamilton.
We have entered into a trade with the @Kelowna_Rockets, acquiring center Trevor Wong for forward Colton Dach.
Welcome to Blade City, Trevor!
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– Saskatoon Blades (@BladesHockey) September 28, 2021
“I owed it to our group of talented and committed grassroots players to get the right deal to improve our squad,†commented Blades President and CEO Colin Priestner. “Trevor was one of the most dynamic Bantam players I have recruited in my nine years with the Blades. He’s someone you normally could never acquire in a profession because he is so talented and so well regarded in the league, but this profession seems like a good fit for both parties.
Dach has appeared in 82 regular season games in the WHL over the past two seasons, posting 49 points (22G-27A). He was first selected sixth overall by Saskatoon in the 2018 WHL Draft.
Wong, a Vancouver, BC product, was drafted by Kelowna with the 18th pick in the 2018 WHL Draft. He appeared in 79 games for the Rockets, recording 31 points (13G-18A).
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