Even while the 2022-23 season was ongoing, the Dauphin Kings were looking to the future, signing some prospects for the upcoming season.
The signings started with Brandon product Skylar Ramsey, who scored 15 goals and added 12 assists for 27 points in 43 games with the Brandon Wheat Kings of the Manitoba U18 AAA Hockey League, last season.
The Kings then signed goaltender Austin Seibel, who compiled a 16-10-1 record with a 2.95 GAA and .926 save percentage with the North Okanagan Knights of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League, last season.
Seibel was not the only goalie the Kings signed as they also inked Luke Swanson, who played high school hockey at Bloomington Jefferson High School, last season, where he put together a 3-22-1 record, a 4.17 GAA and .890 save percentage.
The Kings signed another high school player out of Minnesota, defenceman Karson Raymond, who played for St. Michael-Albertville High School. He scored three times and added seven assists for 10 points in 24 games.
Markus Olson was the third high school player from Minnesota to sign with Dauphin after he put up 38 goals, 48 assists for 86 points in just 27 games with Bagley-Fosston High School.
Gavin Nemis from the Rink Hockey Academy’s U18 team based in Winnipeg was signed by the Kings after scoring seven goals and adding 19 assists for 26 points in 32 games.
Forward Rylan Gage signed with the Kings after tallying 21 goals and 38 assists for 59 points in 44 games with the Yellowhead Chiefs of the Manitoba U18 AAA Hockey League, last season.
Morden’s Rhett Perrin signed the Dauphin after a season with the Moose Jaw Warriors in the Saskatchewan U18 AAA Hockey League, where the forward scored eight goals and added 18 assists for 26 points in 43 games.
Trey Gnetz had two goals and seven assists in 30 games with Cretin-Durham Hall, a high school in Minnesota, before he signed with the Kings.
Recently, Dauphin signed Gabriel Bugeaud, a forward from the Notre Dame Hounds of the Saskatchewan U18 AAA Hockey League, where he had 11 goals, 22 assists for 33 points in 40 games.
The latest Kings signing is forward Elias Eisenbarth, who played last season with the South Alberta Hockey Academy U18 Prep team. In 31 games, Eisenbarth scored seven goals and added 13 assist for 20 points in 31 games.
Four players from last year’s Kings squad will move on to play college hockey next season.
Captain Owen Wareham will attend the University of Manitoba, where he will suit up for the Bisons. Last season, Wareham was fourth on the Kings in scoring, with eight goals, 29 assists for 37 points and he was the only player to play in all 58 games for Dauphin.
Forward Mason Smith will take his talent to the Liberty University Flames of the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA), a Division 1 school.
Smith was second in team scoring with Dauphin, last year, notching 17 goals and assisting on 26 others for 43 points in 54 games.
Dauphin’s leading scorer, Matthew Gough, will suit up next season for the Adrian College Bulldogs of the ACHA Division 3.
Gough topped the Kings with 27 goals and 29 assists for 56 points in 55 games. He was Dauphin’s only player with more than 20 goals.
Deepkaran Hans, who joined Dauphin early in the season, has committed to play next season for the Marian University Sabres of the ACHA Division 3.
Hans played 41 games with Dauphin last season, scoring 13 goals and 12 assists for 25 points.
