Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Gill & Raley Make Chicago Steel Roster:


This is posted on the Chicago Steel web site:

Chicago Steel Hockey Team Selects Players for 2009-2010 Season

Story By: Amanda Schmidt

Bensenville (June 18th, 2009) -- After a weeklong selection camp The Chicago Steel has finalized its roster for the upcoming year; combining 14 new and 8 returning players to make the official team count stand at 22.

Over 100 players came out to the invitation-only selection camp June 8th-14th in hopes of securing a spot on the 2009-2010 Chicago Steel team. Although all attending players possessed talent and a clear love of the game, cuts were made throughout the weeklong camp on the basis of individual performance in drills, workouts and games.

Assistant Coach, Jon Waibel, found camp to be a success and is �looking forward to a new season, and working with a new team of guys.� This new team, listed below, mixes diversity, youth and experience as the roster includes players from parts of the Midwest, East Coast and Canada, ranging between the ages of 17-20.

Here is the Steel's 2009-10 Roster,




Former Vernon Viper & current Trail Smoke Eaters defenceman, Patrick Raley & Vernon Vipers forward, Sahir Gill have made the USHL's Chicago Steels 2009-10 roster. Raley played 39 games with the Vipers back in 2007-08 as a rookie before being traded at the BCHL's trade deadline to the Trail Smoke Eaters. Raley would play a season and a half with the Smokies. In 39 games with Vernon, Raley would collect 2 goals, & 7 assists good for 9 pts, before being traded to Trail. In the final 18 games of the regular season with Trail Raley would collect just 2 assists. In his first full season with the Smoke Eaters, Raley would play in 58 games, picking up 8 goals, 15 assists and 23 pts. In 6 career Playoff games, Raley would pick up just 1 assist. Patrick Raley will be heading home, well sort of. The 6'0 defenceman is from Inverness, IL


Patrick Raleys Profile,



Sahir Gill who's WHL rights were drafted by the Vancouver Giants and then later traded to the Kamloops Blazers played in 54 games last year as a rookie with the Vernon Vipers. Gill collected 18 goals & 21 assists for 39 pts playing on the Vipers top line with twins, Kellen & Connor Jones. In 17 BCHL Playoff games Gill picked up 8 goals & 9 assists good for 17 pts. In all 6 games at the Royal Bank Cup, Gill scored 2 goals, while collecting 3 assists, good for 5 pts. Gill was then drafted in May of this year by the USHL Chicago Steel, In the 5th round of the USHL Draft, with the 56th pick.

Sahir Gills Profile,



Here's a list of the USHL Draft,


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