#RAPID CITY RUSH TEAM 2008 PRO#

'He wants to come in and prove his skill set at the pro level. 'Keanu is someone I have ties to having coached him as a young player in Spokane,' said Rapid City head coach and general manager Scott Burt. He is also the younger brother of Kailer Yamamoto, also a former Spokane star who was a first-round draft pick of the NHL's Edmonton Oilers in 2017. native played at the junior level with Spokane in the Western Hockey League. Prior to his time at McGill, the Spokane, Wash. Yamamoto was also selected to skate for a Quebec university all-star team in a preseason game against the Montreal Canadiens rookie squad, earning one assist in a 5-3 loss on Sept. In OUA regular season play, he had 29 goals and 82 points in 98 games. Over his four years at the university level, the feisty 5-foot-7, 166-pound forward tallied a career total of 46 goals and 123 points in 142 contests overall. Yamamoto, a 26-year-old native of Spokane, Wash., graduated with an arts degree in economics after leading the McGill Redbirds in scoring last season with 17 points, including five goals, in 16 regular season games. 'I am really excited to get this season going and am looking forward to seeing what we can accomplish' 'I'm really grateful for this opportunity to play for the Rush,' Yamamoto said in a news release from the team. Yamamoto becomes the 96th McGillian to play at the professional level (see complete list below). He is the second McGill hockey player from last year's squad to sign with an ECHL team, joining Samuel Tremblay, who recently inked a deal with the Wheeling Nailers. MONTREAL – The Rapid City Rush of the ECHL have signed McGill University graduate Keanu Yamamotofor the 2022-23 season.

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