Matthew Savoie was the first overall selection at the 2019 Western Hockey League U-15 Draft. As he waits for training camp with the Winnipeg ICE, Savoie has joined the Sherwood Park Crusaders of the Alberta Junior Hockey League. The Crusaders is the same team where his brother, Carter played […]
WHL Bantam Draft
Wheat Kings prospect shines close to home
Tyson Zimmer’s path to the Western Hockey League isn’t going like anything he had expected. After he was drafted sixth overall by Brandon in the 2019 WHL U-15 Draft, Zimmer took part in his first main camp with Brandon last year. The 16-year-old also played in a preseason game […]
Iorio named to Central Scouting list
Jake Chiasson said it was an honour to be named to the NHL’s Central Scouting ‘Players to Watch’ list. The Wheat King is back home right now in Abbotsford as he waits for the opening of training camp which is set to begin just after Christmas. 53 kilometres down […]
Wheat Kings skaters continue to impress
NHL Central Scouting has released its annual ‘Players to Watch’ list for the 2020-2021 season. The list rates draft-eligible players from North America and Europe on a three-tier scale. ‘A’ indicates a potential first-round selection, ‘B’ indicates a potential second or third-round selection, and ‘C’ indicates a potential fourth, […]
Cougars prospect won’t be far from home when time comes for WHL debut
From Fort St. John to Delta and eventually to Prince George. Forward Caden Brown was the second selection second by the Cougars at 17th overall in this year’s WHL Bantam Draft. Brown was selected from the Delta Hockey Academy’s (DHA) Bantam Prep Green team, where he served as captain, […]
Royals host the WHL Development Combine
This past weekend the Okanagan Hockey Group put on a WHL Development Combine in Victoria, BC. In a world where life seems to be an endless supply of new restrictions and procedures these days, for one weekend on Vancouver Island the world of youth hockey seemed relatively normal. Kids […]
Zimmer pushes hard for 2020-2021 success
The Western Hockey League has announced that the 2020-2021 season will begin on Friday, December 4. The novel coronavirus has caused a delay of more than two full months. In Manitoba, the Brandon Wheat Kings have yet to set a day when training camp will begin. When they do, […]
Heidt ready to rise to the occasion for Prince George
Prince George Cougars’ first-round draft pick Riley Heidt says the fact that he is a part of a WHL team is sinking in for real. The 15-year-old was taken second overall in this year’s WHL Bantam Draft from the Saskatoon Contacts of the SMHL. Career so far Heidt notched […]
Zimmer aims for big things with Wheat Kings
For so many young Canadians, getting a chance to play on the country’s national team is just about the highest honour that can be achieved. Tyson Zimmer is one of those young Canadians who had that exact dream, and he’s received some national recognition. We’ll get to that in […]
Giants add NHL bloodline, sign Langkow
The prospect cupboard continues to build for the Vancouver Giants with their fifth signing this offseason as they announced the signing of American-born forward Colton Langkow to a WHL Standard Player Agreement. Vancouver selected Scottsdale, Arizona native Langkow, in the fifth round (99th overall) in the 2019 WHL Bantam Draft, […]