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KITCHEN AND BALL LOOK
FORWARD TO UPCOMING WAXERS SEASON
We finally caught up with the two youngsters last night (Ball and Kitchen) and their respective fathers and asked them to reflect on their future plans and to share their thoughts now that they've had some time to absorb the consequences. You can listen to the short audio clips yourself but to summarize their thoughts there was mixed emotions felt all around. Randy Kitchen, father of Joel looked at the positive side of things as Joel was picked by a fine organization (Erie Otters) and perhaps reflecting on the large number of young men playing hockey in this province it was still an honour to be selected. Joel, the hard-working and talented forward was extremely pleased to be picked by Erie but looked forward to playing a year or two more with the Waxers and he wouldn't rule out the possibility of going the NCAA route if the opportunity arose.
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Brian Ball
was quite disappointed with the fact that his son Jimmy wasn't selected in day one of the
OHL Draft but emphasized the positives as well, the young defenceman was selected in the
first round of the first ever OHL Bantam draft and the NCAA route was on the horizon as a
very real possibility. Jimmy's looking forward to rejoining his Waxers, certainly he made
the adjustment from Minor Bantam to Junior quickly and was perhaps the most improved
player for the Waxers from beginning of the year.JS