The Belleville Bulls and Plymouth Whalers completed a trade on Wednesday involving three players and three draft picks.  Coming to Belleville is second year forward Cory Tanaka along with Plymouth’s second round picks in 2006 and 2007 in return for fourth year forward Evan Brophey, third year defenceman Wes Cunningham and a fourth round pick in 2006. 

Tanaka, Plymouth’s second round choice in the 2004 OHL Priority Selection scored ten times and added eleven assists in sixty-seven games during his rookie season in 2004-05.  This season he has two goals and three assists in twenty-one games with the Whalers. 

Cory Tanaka

Position: C

Height: 5’11

Weight: 185

Shoots: L

Birthplace: Stouffville, Ontario

Birthdate: May 17,1988

Season Team                GP            G            A            PTS        +/-       PIM

04-05 Plymouth Whalers 67           10        11            21            3            49

04-05 Playoffs                 4             0           0             0            -2            4

Newest Bull Cory Tanaka