The Burnaby Winter Club put three players from its Tier 1 bantam A1 hockey team into the first round of the Western Hockey League bantam draft on Thursday.
Dante Fabbro, a 6-0 right-handed defenceman, was picked up eighth overall by the Seattle Thunderbirds.
Vancouver forward Jake Kryski also went in the opening round, drafted 13th by the Prince Albert Raiders.
Another winter club defenceman, Matt Barberis, could play his future junior hockey closer to home. The 5-10 defender went to the Vancouver Giants in the 20th spot following an earlier deal that sent David Musil to the Edmonton Oil Kings.
As suspected the Giants drafted consensus first overall Tyler Benson from the South Side Athletic Club in Edmonton with the No. 1 pick.
A fourth winter club pick, forward Jaeger White, was taken in the fourth round by Lethbridge with the 72nd pick acquired from Regina.
Burnaby goalie Tyler Shugrue was also picked up by Vancouver, going in the fifth round 102nd overall with a pick acquired from the Red Deer Rebels.
"(The draft) kind of fell into the spots we thought it ws going to fall into," said Burnaby Winter Club bantam head coach John Batchelor, adding the draft worked out well for Fabbro, his best friend Mathew Barzal and the Thunderbirds.
"I talked with Dante, and he's happy to go to the Seattle, Seattle's happy to have him and Matty (Barzal) is happy to have him."
