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warmux; CHleCLE - Wednesday, April 10. 20B - 21 Lone Wolf joining bro as Rangers’ pick BY loam “It said. “One is we did it as a team. not one guy or two guys car- And Dietrich believes his players have the right stuff to ChmnicleSmfl rying us. We sold the message that we're one of the better succeed at the next level. learns in Ontario became we are that â€" a team. “Whether that's the OHL, whether it’s lr. 8, whether it's S cott Pedersen couldn't help but shake his head. The “M you know what . . . there's not one team that owns NCAA. whether it's Canadian university. our guys have what Waterloo Wolves minor midget-AAA product from the (their OHL rights) and now everyone gets to look at you it takes." Dietrich said. ”It's not being noticed now. but we Anhur/Drayton area was drafted by the Kitchener Rangers again naryear. And ifthey want to invite you to camp, you got to where we were because all those guys have the right Saturday during the 2013 OHL Priority Selection as the first nowhlvemteamsthalmifiitlnvheyou instead of one." character'sdcs.‘ pick in the eighth round. v - . - -: Butthatwasn‘ttheooolpart. (it i ‘ 3" The Rangers are about the closest thing to a home- ; ‘t’ f I 9“; I] town team for Pedersen. who used to travel with hi - i, ‘. , “ u t family to watch Rangers games at the Kitchener .~ ; Memorial Auditorium Complex. ; 1' - i ,1 1 Still. that is not the most exciting part for Pedersen. ' ' . l a sturdy six-footâ€"Z defenceman. ‘. That would be the fact his brother. Brent. a forward z ‘ i who was drafted out of the Wolves system in the first round of the 201 1 draft by Kitchener. is on the Rangers too. “We've never really played together in anything." he ' t said. ”We've maybe had some ice times together in the i summer and stuff with him getting ready. but I can't ‘ l say I've played with him. ’ ‘ , r I "It obviously makes it difficult since he‘s two years 5 older. but that would be great if i could make the team . ‘l either this year or next yeari That would be pretty spe- ‘ 3 Cial." ‘ - Q But that wasn't the only reason why Pedersen was » i r ; shaking his head this weekend. , Pedersen was the lone player in the Waterloo minor . - 5}; hockey system drafted by an OHL club last weekend. i ‘3‘ ‘T '2‘ even after the Wolves earned a spot in the Minor Hock- 1" it}? 1 ‘ t : ey Alliance of Ontario championship and a berth in the " , i .3; OHL Cup Showcase tournament last month in Missis- “ 4“ 3:? sauga. 2.x” if} “I think we've got some great players on our team U; ‘ f- ‘ and i thought more of them were going to be picked.” ’ ,_ g; t, i ‘7 Pedersen said “I was kind of surprised at that. but you ' if“: ' ‘ I never know, right? ” ' 2 “It's too bad. but I guess that's what happened and I'm sure some of them will be playing junior some- where else next year.” By comparison. the Elgin Middlesex Chiefs. the " team that beat the Wolves in the Alliance final. had two ,_, players drafted in the top five and six more selected in 5 the top 90 â€" about 50 spots before Pedersen saw his , name posted on the OHL draft website. . . Meanwhile. the Kitchener lr. Rangers. who lost to . Elgin Middlesex in the Alliance semifinals. had six play- ers selected â€" Jacob Cascagnette (fourth round to . , Kitchener). David Lobsinger (fifth round to Peterbor- ~ ,~' g ‘ ough). Alex Black (sixth round to Samia), Stephen Gib- ’1 x If. V son. Nathan Bastien (seventh round to Mississauga) ‘ it. 1' and Francis Prevel (14th round to Oshawa). . . 7‘” ‘ “We might have set a new record for a team that I‘m" ‘l H i \ } H gt, went to the ()HI. Cup." head coach Shawn Dietrich ‘ said. adding he had a lot of young men calling him in tears on Saturday evening once the draft was complet- 0d. "It's frustrating for them. but it's part of the busi- “(’98. So instead of offering congratulations. Dietrich tried to spin the positive on Saturday. telling his players they ‘ are now "free agents" and can control their mm destiny when it comes to taking their game to the next level, He pointed to players like Waterloo Siskins rookie Keigan (ioct/ and Kitchener Dutchman centre Keegan Calder. ‘ (KW!) spent the 201243 season drawing attention ‘ of()lll. scouts as a lfi-yt’ariold Jr. 8 player while Calder signed with Guelph after being passed over in the 2010 draft and played 10 games with the Storm in 2m 1-12 before settling hack in the (it )lHL "There's two messages I give the guys," Dietrich