Article: Wheat King trio gets the call

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The Brandon Sun
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May 30, 2009
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They aren't on target to compete in the 2010 world junior hockey championship just yet, but three Brandon Wheat Kings are indeed on the radar screen.

Wheat Kings defenceman Colby Robak and forwards Brayden Schenn and Scott Glennie were three of 41 players invited Friday to the Canadian junior team summer evaluation camp, slated for Aug. 5-10 in Saskatoon.

"I'm really excited, actually," said Robak, a 19-year-old from Gilbert Plains who was picked in the second round (46th overall) by the Florida Panthers in the 2008 NHL draft. "It's still surreal. I tried to put a lot into the post-season and the rest of the regular season to try to work for something like this and I'm really happy that ...

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