 The Rainmen kicked off their inaugural PBL season by placing former Rainmen Eric Crookshank, Kadiri Richard, Brian Silverhorn and Jimmy Twyman on their protected players list, giving them exclusive PBL negotiating rights to the four.Halifax then received the second overall pick in the PBL Entry Draft, held in Chicago, Illinois.With the pick the Rainmen selected former Acadia Axemen all-star Walter Moyse.