Chelios #64 ?

[Swayze 81]

In an article about Kronwall and Rafalski (here), I noticed something possibly odd. Check it out:

So...

- Do we have some prospect also named Chelios that I don't know of? (since this was taken during prospects camp)

- Is Cheli changing his number because Rafalski / Drake / Kopecky is gonna take #24?

- Did someone pull an age prank on Cheli?

...so yeah, what do you guys think?

[zetterbergfan 23]

Chelios son, Dean is skating at prospect camp. Chris isn't.

[Swayze 81]

Yeah, him skating with the prospects + the D. on his name didn't make sense. Thx for clearing that up.

[HockeyCrazy3033 168]

Yeah. That's his son, Dean.

[Guest Canadian Wings]

I guess he never noticed the D lmao

[Zion 93]

Nice!

[BeeRYCE 2]

Not to mention, he is using an Reebok helmet.

[Kcjacoby 10]

Thank god... I see this thread and I started panicing about my jersey...

Edited July 11, 2007 by Kcjacoby

[shannyfan1414 0]

How cool must it be for Dean to get to take part in an NHL prospect camp. The kid has been playing at wings camps for a couple of years. That must be pretty sweet and a ton of fun for him.

Lucky Kid

[JayUp88 1]

Two chelis on one team would be crazy lol. Good to hear Chelis is still keeping the 24

[Systemfel 33]

I guess he never noticed the D lmao

One might have thought it was D for defenseman.

[Flip-check 6]

Not to mention, he is using an Reebok helmet.

Ol' granpa is hip with the times. Next you'd see Chris abandoning the old shoulder pads, putting on a stylish halffie, and wearing some Bauer xxx gloves.

[Izzy24 44]

Ol' granpa is hip with the times. Next you'd see Chris abandoning the old shoulder pads, putting on a stylish halffie, and wearing some Bauer xxx gloves.

With Ovechkin-like mirrored finish?

[Yzermania19 1]

I heard the Wings gave Dean his daddy's locker. Kinda cool!

They interviewed him the other day on TV - it was wierd seeing a Wings sweater with "D. Chelios" and "64" on the back. Maybe he'll be drafted by the Wings and Chris can play long enough so Dean can play with his daddy. LOL

[b.shanafan14 733]

yeah, I noticed that too and right away thought of Cheli's son... not bad though, #64 was my number in sports

[theman19 47]

any body know if Dean is any good?

just sayin'

[chelios4eva 0]

HIs team were State Champs right?

[joshy207 156]

Dean played for Cranbrook, one of the better high school teams in Michigan, for the last few years. I haven't heard if he's playing junior anywhere next year.

[skacore 2]

Dean played for Cranbrook, one of the better high school teams in Michigan, for the last few years. I haven't heard if he's playing junior anywhere next year.

USHL Cedar Rapids or w/e its called

[Detroit # 1 Fan 2,204]

Just wondering , but does Dean play like Chris? Because if so , we totally gotta draft this guy. 2 Chelios = awesome.

[Yzermania19 1]

I don't know how much he's like his dad - he's a forward - but here's a blurb about him from WXYZ-TV's report from the prospect camp -

Undrafted forward Dean Chelios says that it's amazing to play at the Joe, all the players at camp are great players with great skill, and it's a bit intimidating, but the players have been good to him, so he's gotten over the intimidation factor, and he's been lucky in that he's been in the environment before, so the other players don't know the training staff and management, which is an advantage for him;

He's graduated from high school, he's going to play for the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders of the USHL, and then he'd like to go to a Division I school and go pro from there. He's asked what he can do in the USHL to distinguish himself to organizations like Michigan and Wisconsin, and he's been told to improve his skating a little bit, but mostly to fill out, gain 10-15 pounds while improving his strength

Link to the whole piece - WXYZ reports from prospect camp

IMO it sounds like he just needs to get a little more experience and gain some size. The USHL will be a good place for him to do that. Besides, it never hurts to have your dad giving you advice on hockey, especially when your dad is Chris Chelios.

[chelios4eva 0]

If I remember correctly from the spotlight I think it was of him, he said Dean was more like Datsyuk and like to finess the puck while his other son was more like him and liked to get in the scrum. I may have mixed those two up however.

[martyrme19 73]

Dude, Dean sucks. He got on cranbrook cus of his name/money. When we played them, he didnt get ice. Same way he got on the Little Caesars team back in the day.