There are many, many NHL Draft Rankings that are available for hockey fans to view and it’s always interesting to see where WHL players rank. There are roughly a dozen rankings that are reliable and updated on a regular basis. Here are a few of those rankings that have been […]
Author: Jeff Hollick
Random WHL Stats as of November 14, 2017
Only 13 teams have a record of .500 or better. 5 teams in the East Division are above .500. 6 teams in the East Conference are below .500, 5 are from the Central Division. Kootenay, Lethbridge and Regina have played a league high 12 home games. Tri City has played […]
WHL Where You From
Based on the WHL rosters as of October 31, 2017 there is a total of 534 players on the active rosters. These do not include AP call-ups but does include players on the injured list. Alberta leads with 29.78% of the players and BC is 2nd with 27.15%. The top […]
WHL Birth Months
In 2011 Malcom Gladwell’s book “Outlier: The Story Of Success” he has a chapter on hockey and how much of an advantage it is for kids to be born earlier in the year. In minor hockey you are grouped in your birth year but kids born in January on average […]
WHL-how they were built
As of October 31, 2017 there are 535 players in the WHL. 494 are from Canada/USA, while 41 are Import players. As you look at these numbers remember that this is where the players were taken in the draft and not all were selected by the team they are currently […]
WHL 16-Year-Olds
As of October 31st, 2017 there are 42 16-year-olds (born in 2001) on WHL rosters. The numbers listed under each player is what round they were selected in the 2016 WHL Bantam Draft. The 1st round picks have their overall selection displayed in brackets. eg. 1 (12) is 1st round […]
WHL In NHL Draft Rankings
There are many, many NHL Draft Rankings that are available for hockey fans to view and it is always interesting to see where WHL players are rated. There are about a dozen that are most reliable and are updated on a regular basis. Not including the NHL Central Scouting Service preliminary […]
2017 Bantam Draft w/17-18 Stats
1st round Prince Albert – Kaiden Guhle – CSSHL OHA 8 GP 2-3-5 10pm Kootenay – Connor McClennon – CSSHL Northern Alberta 8 GP 1-7-8 6pm Vancouver – Justin Sourdif – BC Midget Valley West 4 GP 3-8-11 6pm Edmonton – Jake Neighbours – Alberta Midget Calgary 6 GP 5-4-9 […]
2017 Prospect Update
2017 WHL Bantam Draft 1st round Prince Albert – Kaiden Guhle – CSSHL OHA 8 GP 2-3-5 10pm Kootenay – Connor McClennon – CSSHL Northern Alberta 8 GP 1-7-8 6pm Vancouver – Justin Sourdif – BC Midget Valley West 4 GP 3-8-11 6pm Edmonton – Jake Neighbours – Alberta Midget […]
2017 U16 rosters announced
The rosters for the 2017 U16 WHL Cup were announced and nearly every WHL team had a draft pick named. Let’s take a look at those 2002-born players that will be participating in the WHL Cup in Calgary later this month. U-16 Oct 18-22, 2017 in Calgary, Alb BC […]