Derek Schutz
Age: 18
Height: 6-3. Weight: 190.
Number: 25.
Hometown: Yorktown, Saskatchewan.
Position: Center.
Last year: 61 games, 20 goals, 21 assists, 9 goals on the power play.
Draft status: Calgary Flames (3rd round, 60th pick, ‘97).
Local school: Ferris.
Quick check: Played with a hurt shoulder through much of last year. Knock on him is skating speed, but Chiefs head scout says Calgary got a great player when they made Schutz the 60th pick of the draft.
Coach’s comment: “Few know how much pain he put up with to play last year. Tough, two-way player with great upside.”