6' 0" 188lbs. Birthday: March 8th 1989 Home: Littleton, Colorado Position: LW
Drayson Bowman was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan and raised in Littleton, Colorado. In 2003 Drayson and his family moved to Vancouver so he could play hockey in the bantam leagues. He was the first pick of the Spokane Chiefs (8th overall) in the 2004 bantam draft. He quickly made his presence with the Chiefs in the 06-07 season scoring 24 goals and 19 assists and earning rookie of the year honors. He was drafted in the third round by the Carolina Hurricanes (72nd overall) in the 2007 NHL draft. In the 07-08 season he led the Chiefs with 42 goals while adding 40 assists and was a +32. He was one of the biggest reasons for the success of the Chiefs in their Memorial Cup championship run, scoring in all five games the Chiefs played in the tournament, including a hat trick against Belleville in the first game and scoring the game winner against Kitchner in the championship. Hockey runs in the Bowman family as well: Drayson's little brother Collin also plays in the WHL with the Kelowna Rockets.
If you want to see Drayson while he's in Spokane you better do it soon. Even though he is only 19 years old he is likely to get called up by the Hurricanes next season. He got a long look at camp and almost got the call this season. He did sign a three year contract with the Hurricanes over the summer, and it's not likely that they would make that kind of investment without calling him up. Ironically enough during his time with the 'Canes he shared a line with former Chief Ray Whitney, who was a member of the 90-91 Spokane Chiefs that also won the Memorial cup.
I completely expect that this will be Drayson's last season with the Spokane Chiefs. He will end up in the NHL and will flourish there. I know it's down the road a little, but I look forward to seeing Drayson playing in his first NHL all star game. That WILL happen.
On a sadder note and off subject: The Chiefs have taken Ondrej Roman off their active roster. He can still be added to their roster again if he gets back before January 10th. My emotions are all over the board on this so I'll say it again before I get cranky: FREE ONDREJ ROMAN!!!!
Drayson Bowman was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan and raised in Littleton, Colorado. In 2003 Drayson and his family moved to Vancouver so he could play hockey in the bantam leagues. He was the first pick of the Spokane Chiefs (8th overall) in the 2004 bantam draft. He quickly made his presence with the Chiefs in the 06-07 season scoring 24 goals and 19 assists and earning rookie of the year honors. He was drafted in the third round by the Carolina Hurricanes (72nd overall) in the 2007 NHL draft. In the 07-08 season he led the Chiefs with 42 goals while adding 40 assists and was a +32. He was one of the biggest reasons for the success of the Chiefs in their Memorial Cup championship run, scoring in all five games the Chiefs played in the tournament, including a hat trick against Belleville in the first game and scoring the game winner against Kitchner in the championship. Hockey runs in the Bowman family as well: Drayson's little brother Collin also plays in the WHL with the Kelowna Rockets.
If you want to see Drayson while he's in Spokane you better do it soon. Even though he is only 19 years old he is likely to get called up by the Hurricanes next season. He got a long look at camp and almost got the call this season. He did sign a three year contract with the Hurricanes over the summer, and it's not likely that they would make that kind of investment without calling him up. Ironically enough during his time with the 'Canes he shared a line with former Chief Ray Whitney, who was a member of the 90-91 Spokane Chiefs that also won the Memorial cup.
I completely expect that this will be Drayson's last season with the Spokane Chiefs. He will end up in the NHL and will flourish there. I know it's down the road a little, but I look forward to seeing Drayson playing in his first NHL all star game. That WILL happen.
On a sadder note and off subject: The Chiefs have taken Ondrej Roman off their active roster. He can still be added to their roster again if he gets back before January 10th. My emotions are all over the board on this so I'll say it again before I get cranky: FREE ONDREJ ROMAN!!!!
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