Originally posted Mar 13, 2019. It’s been a tale of two seasons for 2001-born right-handed defenseman Connor Horning of the Swift Current Broncos. The six-foot-three, 198 pound blue liner joined the Broncos in time for their dream season in 2017-18. He played in 50 regular season and 12 playoff games […]
NHL draft profiles
2019 NHL Draft Profiles: Logan Barlage
It was one of the biggest Western Hockey League trades in recent history. On January 9, 2018, the Swift Current Broncos traded center Logan Barlage – the fourth overall pick in the 2016 WHL Bantam Draft – and six other assets to the Lethbridge Hurricanes for forwards Tanner Nagel and […]
2019 NHL Draft Profiles: Taylor Gauthier
When National Hockey League Central Scouting dropped its most recent rankings, Prince George Cougars goalie Taylor Gauthier was near the top among all Western Hockey League goalies. The WHL goaltending sweetheart has entered the minds and hearts of the NHL scouting world with his tireless work ethic and outstanding performances […]
2019 NHL Draft Profiles: Emil Malysjev
2001-born defenseman Emil Malysjev had a pretty good set up in Sweden. He was developing in the vaunted HV71 system where many talented Swedish players had played before. The six-foot-three, 190-pound blue liner could have kept moving up the system and possibly onto the professional club. To hear him tell […]
2019 NHL Draft Profiles: Kirby Dach
When the Saskatoon Blades picked second overall in 2016, they needed a real game-changer. Since hosting the Memorial Cup back in 2013, the team had no first-round Bantam Draft picks to speak of, trading away the rights to draft players like Stelio Mattheos and Ty Smith during the season they […]
2019 NHL Draft Profile: Reece Newkirk
Reece Newkirk is a name familiar around Portland, Oregon and Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. By the end of June, an NHL market will be well aware of the 17-year-old, second-year center for the Portland Winterhawks. Newkirk is quickly rising up NHL draft lists for the 2019 Entry Draft in Vancouver. Central […]
Blades’ 2016 draft class spearheads playoff push
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Daily Dose of the Dub: 47 WHL players on latest NHL Central Scouting list; Pats add two forwards; More rumblings around Cranbrook
WHL has 12 more names on November’s list than October’s NHL Central Scouting released their players to watch list on November 12th and there were quite a few changes from the list that came out in early October. This is not surprising as scouts get more viewings. Of the 14 […]
2019 NHL Draft Profile: Dillon Hamaliuk
Every year during the WHL campaign, there is at least one player who starts out far down or off the radar for NHL scouts. Then, that player gradually works their way up the rankings until they end up far above where they were at the start of the year. Last […]
2019 NHL Draft Profile: Dylan Cozens
For a player in the middle of his 17-year-old season in the WHL, Dylan Cozens of the Lethbridge Hurricanes has already played in a lot of big games. He played in 12 WHL playoff games in his 15-year-old season and 16 last year. He also played in key roles for […]