On Monday, October 19, the Western Red Wings applied for and were granted a one year leave of absense due to a low number of players, and a few key injuries to some returning players. 

Also, it was accepted that Junior B hockey would be returning to Kings County.  The Kings County Rivermen will be playing out of the Cavendish Farms Wellness Centre in Montague with their home games on Saturday nights at 8:00.

The remainig players from the Red Wings were offered to the other teams through a dispersal draft earlier this evening.  The order of the draft was Kings County, Kensington, then Sherwood. 

Before the draft began, there were a couple trades made to secure some future for teams.

 Trade

• • Vipers trade 2023 2^nd Round entry pick, playing rights to Jack Flanagan, and Tyler MacKinnon to the Rivermen
  • Rivermen trade their 1^st pick in the Red Wings Dispersal Draft to the Vipers
• Trade
  • Vipers trade future considerations to Metros
  • Metros trade their 1^st pick in the Red Wings Dispersal Draft to the Vipers
• Agreement
  • Vipers agree to release players cut from Vipers to the Rivermen

Draft:

1. Kensington (via trade with Vipers)                - Nick Reeves
2. Kensington                              - Ethan Beaulieu
3. Kensington (via trade with Metros) - Fred Morency
4. Kings County - Pass
5. Kensington - Cody MacCormac
6. Sherwood - Stephen Smallwood
7. Kings County - Pass
8. Kensington - Chandler Desroches
9. Sherwood - Keiran Rennie
10. Kings County - Pass
11. Kensington - Austin Arsenault
12. Sherwood - Max Chisholm
13. Kings County - Pass
14. Kensington - Austin Callaghan
15. Sherwood - Keefe Marshall