Congratulations to Jr Gamblers Quinn Finley ('04) and Johnny Thrasher ('04) who've been selected for the 2019 National Development Camp July 15th - 20th in Amherst, NY. A complete list of the players selected from this year's Central District Camp, that includes Jr Gambler alums ('02s) - Carson Bantle, Casey Roepke, Cade Lemmer, Brendan Poshak. (03's) - Drew Sutton, Max Toijala and ('04) - Turner Richards, can be found here. Best of luck boys at Nationals!
Congratulations to the 05 Bantam Minors who finished 5-0 last weekend at the STX Showcase at the University of Notre Dame. The Jr Gamblers started the weekend with a 5-2 win Friday morning over the St. Louis Jr Blues followed by a 3-2 win over Carshield that evening. On Saturday they kept their momentum going first with a 6-1 win over the Rocky Mountain Roughriders and then a 3-0 shutout of the Colorado Thunderbirds. In their finale on Sunday the Jr Gamblers completed the sweep with an 8-3 win over the Providence Hockey Club. Congrats boys!
Mason Appleton ('96) is on his way to Winnipeg. The 2015 sixth round draft pick of the Winnipeg Jets is in his second year of professional hockey after two years in East Lansing playing for the Michigan State Spartans. Since leaving State after his sophomore season, Mason has also proven himself to be a standout for Winnipeg's AHL affiliate the Manitoba Moose as well. Last season Mason led the Moose in total points and won the AHL Red Garrett Memorial Award as the league Rookie of the Year. This season he once again leads Manitoba in total points prior to today's NHL call up. Mason played four years of youth AAA hockey in the Northeast Wisconsin Hockey Association and he joins Jr Gambler alums Max McCormick (Ottawa) and Anders Bjork (Boston) in the NHL this season.