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Mustangs swing deal with Bobcats

Jun 19, 2018 | 2:00 PM

The Melfort Mustangs trade away 20-year-old Drew Warkentine is exchange for a pair of veterans from the Lloydminster Bobcats on Tuesday.

The Mustangs received a pair 1999-born players in forward Jacob Tibbatts and defenceman Andrew Liwiski.

Warkentine scored 31 points in 35 games with the Mustangs last season, and added 135 penalty minutes.

Tibbatts scored twice and had six points in 38 combined games with the Bobcats and the Battlefords North Stars last season. Liwiski also had two goals and six points in 50 games last year with the Bobcats.