The Swift Current Broncos have acquired an 18-year-old defenceman from the Brandon Wheat Kings.

Garrett Sambrook is headed to Speedy Creek for a 2020 ninth-round pick.

Sambrook is a 6-foot, 170-pound righty with 70 games of WHL experience - all with Brandon. He has a goal and nine assists in those games.

Fifty-five of those games came when Sambrook was in his 16-year-old season.

The Medora, Man. native played seven games in Jr. 'A' with the Virden Oil Caps of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League this season, registering three assists.

The move comes just after the Broncos released defenceman Sam Pouliot. Currently there are nine players on Swift Current's blue line, including the injured Artyom Minulin.

The Spokane Chiefs are in Swift Current today for a 7 p.m. start.