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Flames send 2024 9th overall pick Zayne Parekh back to OHL

The Calgary Flames have assigned 2024 ninth-overall pick Zayne Parekh back to the Ontario Hockey League (OHL).

The 18-year-old defenceman will play the 2024-25 season with the OHL’s Saginaw Spirit – the defending Memorial Cup champions.

On Thursday, the Flames also sent their other 2024 first-round pick Matvei Gridin back to junior, to play with the Shawinigan Cataractes of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

Additionally, they reassigned Andrew Basha, the team’s 2024 second-round pick, 41st overall, to the Medicine Hat Tigers.

Later on Friday, the team announced they had assigned seven players to the Calgary Wranglers of the AHL, including:

  • Gallant, Alex – RW;
  • Janicke, Trevor – RW;
  • Kerins, Rory – C;
  • Murphy, Connor – G;
  • Nikolaev, Ilya – C;
  • Radomsky, Matt – G; and
  • Silye, David – C.

The Flames have four goalies, 16 defencemen and 26 forwards remaining on their training camp roster, as of Friday.

Calgary will take on the Vancouver Canucks in their next pre-season game on Saturday at 7 p.m. MDT.

The Flames’ regular season schedule begins on Oct. 9 in Vancouver. They will have their home opener on Oct. 12 against the Philadelphia Flyers.

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