RED DEER, AB – Brent Sutter, General Manager of the Red Deer Rebels Hockey Club, announced today the team has acquired the rights to forward Taden Rattie from the Portland Winterhawks in exchange for a 4th round selection in the 2016 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft.

Rattie is currently playing with the Calgary Mustangs of the Alberta Junior Hockey League. He played last season with the Whitecourt Wolverines in the AJHL, and played the first 14 games of this season with the Wolverines before being traded to the Calgary Mustangs. In 87 career games in the AJHL, Rattie has 16 goals and 15 assists for 31 points, along with 297 minutes in penalties. He had committed to Western Michigan in the NCAA; however he is expected to join the Rebels tomorrow.

Taden Rattie

Hometown: Airdrie, AB

HT: 6’4”

WT: 190lbs

DOB: Feb. 27, 1998

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The Winterhawks have acquired a fourth round pick in the 2016 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft in exchange for the rights to Taden Rattie.

The pick acquired by the Hawks originally belonged to the Tri-City Americans, who sent it to the Rebels in a prior deal.

Rattie currently plays for the Calgary Mustangs of the Alberta Junior Hockey League, where he has nine goals and 10 assists for 19 points in 34 games. He is the younger brother of Ty Rattie, a St. Louis Blues prospect who registered 348 points for the Hawks from 2008-2013, and was a member of the 2012-13 championship team.

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