Raiders pay tribute to Ron Gunville to start bantam draft; pick power forward Niall Crocker
The Prince Albert Raiders made sure to flood the podium at the 2019 WHL Bantam Draft to pay an appropriate tribute to Ron Gunville.
Gunville passed away to cancer on Dec. 11, midway through his third year as the Raiders’ director of player personnel. In Gunville’s stead were his son Reed Gunville, his nephew Keanan Tibbs and Curt Brownlee, the new director of player personnel for the Raiders.
As the three stepped up to the microphone to mark the first pick in Brownlee’s tenure as the team’s head scout, he deferred to Reed to announce the selection.