Just got off the phone with Larry Wintoneak. The Klippers have signed 18-year-old defenceman David Haaf, who played AAA with Medicine Hat last year.
Haaf produced two goals and 17 points in 34 games last season, to go with 36 penalty minutes.
He went to camp with Weyburn earlier this month before being cut.
Haaf will meet the Klippers today in Eston. No idea what kind of role he'll be expected to play - Larry hasn't even seen him in action - but as he said, "We need some depth."
EDIT: Haaf and Beau Taylor were teammates with the Tigers in 2008-09. Haaf racked up 71 penalty minutes that year in 32 games.
EDIT #2: Forgot to mention - defenceman Cody Thiel has decided to go back for his last year of midget. I'm not sure if this happened before or after the Haaf signing, but he would have been the odd man out regardless. I really liked him at camp, but it's much better for him to play top minutes in AAA this season than be a #7 or #8 defenceman in the SJHL. He'll play in Kindersley next season.
So the D now looks like this (don't bank on these pairings though, aside from the first one):
Leedahl-Flanagan
Tabin-Sonntag
Down-Haaf
Bartel
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