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Alexander Urbom, Toni Rajala both expected to be Wheat Kings
8/20/2009 at 4:07 PM
The Wheat Kings held a press conference this afternoon to update on a few topics.
The first that eBrandon readers will be excited to hear is that Swedish defenceman Alexander Urbom will be in Brandon on Friday to join the Wheat Kings.
In the press release, they state that Toni Rajala will also "soon be on his way to the Wheat Kings." Rajala was originally supposed to be on the same flight as Urbom, but the knee injury discussed in a previous discussion means that his arrival will be delayed.
Other info to come out of the press conference...
- The Wheat Kings-CKLQ broadcast partnership will be extended by three years. Exciting to hear that Q's pre-game show will now be a full 30 minutes.
- The Wheat Kings are up to 3045 season tickets sold. The record, set last year, was 2780.
- New Reebok Edge NHL-style jerseys will be unveiled in September
- Rookie camp starts this coming Tuesday, Main camp on Friday the 28th. The annual Black & Gold game will be on the 30th.
- Season tickets will be ready for pickup on September 11 at the Keystone's South Side parking lot. There'll be more details on the Wheat King site shortly.
Full video of the press conference will be posted later this evening. Full press releases will be on the Wheat King site shortly.