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Tryout Registration- Sat April 26th at 10:30am at Knickerbacker Arena 103rd St. North Troy Hotels Clarion 518-785- 0931 Holiday Inn Express 518-783-6161 Albany Marriott 518-458-8444 LaQuinta 518-640-2200 Directions From East Mass Pike West to the End. Take Rt 90 into NYS and get off at B 1 Exit ( Rt 90 towards Albany ) Take Rt 787 North to Rt 7 east Cross River and bear right towards Downtown Take right onto Hutton Street Go to the River and turn right onto River Street and go to 103rd street and turn right. Go to dead end Rink is on the left From the West
NY State thruway East to Exit 24 Take Rt 87 North to Rt 7 east . Then follow directions from above when on Rt 7 East From South NY State thruway North to Exit 23 Take Rt 787 North to Rt 7 east . Then follow directions from above when on Rt 7
From North Rt 87 south to Rt 7 east . Then follow directions from above when on Rt 7
"CD Select Continues to Impress NHL Scouts"
The Capital District Junior A Team continues to feed quality NCAA hockey programs with talent and
this spring recently had five former players get drafted or sign NHL contracts.
The San Jose Sharks took former CD Select talent, (2004/05) Nick Petrecki, a 6'3, 215 lb defensemen, in the
1st round of the NHL draft last week in Columbia, Ohio. Nick will be pursuing his college career at Boston
College under the watchful eye of the highly acclaimed coach, Jerry York.
Also in the NHL draft this past June was 6'6, 200lb. goalkeeper Scott Darling. Scott, who was selected 153rd
in the early 6th round, had a tremendous season for the Capital District Selects with over a 92% save percentage.
Before this spring's draft, Scott was ranked 11th out of 30 of the top goalies in North America.
Shawn Weller, another CD Select alumni, (2004-2005,) 6'2, 190lb forward coming off an impressive
Junior year at Div. 1 Clarkson University leading the team in scoring and to the ECAC Championship, signed
a 3 year contract with the Ottawa Senators. During Weller's senior year in high school, Shawn was drafted by
Ottawa in the 3rd round while playing for the Capital District Seclects and was of the teams leading scorers.
Jay Leach, a former CD Select defensemen (1996-1997,) recently signed a NHL contract with the
Tampa Bay Lightening. Leach has captained the Providence Bruins in the AHL for the past two years. After
playing with the CD Selects, Jay attended Providence College where he was selected Captain. While attending
Providence he was drafted by the Phoenix Coyotes.
Ben Guite a forward who played with CD Selects, (1995-1996,) signed a two-year contract with the
Colorado Avalanche this spring. Ben was originally drafted by Montreal Canadians and after playing at the
University of Maine and winning an NCAA Championship, signed with Boston Bruins where he played
in over 400 games in the AHL with the Providence Bruins. After signing a contract with Colorado, Ben was
assigned to the Albany River Rats, their AHL affiliate. He was called up to Colorado and finished out last
season and was rewarded by receiving a two year contract to play in the NHL. " I couldn't be more happier for all of these young men. I think our style of play, which is wide open, and the fact that I am very tough on the players during practices and games, is the reason so many of our players move on to the next level " said Jim Salfi (CD Selects Coach/Owner. )
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