Daily Dose of the Dub: Warriors sign Yager, Prefontaine finds USports home

 

Warriors sign Yager

The streak of first-round picks signing WHL Education contracts continued on Friday with the Moose Jaw Warriors signing Brayden Yager. The Warriors selected Yager third overall, one pick behind his Saskatoon Contacts teammate Riley Heidt. Yager played 44 games last scoring 18 goals and 24 assists playing a year up.

Prefontaine commits to Huskies

The University of Saskatchewan Huskies are quickly putting together a pretty good recruiting class with Ty Prefontaine committing on Friday. Prefontaine played 255 games in the WHL with the Prince Albert Raiders, Calgary Hitmen, and Lethbridge Hurricanes from 2015-20. He joins Parker Gavlas and Jaxan Kaluski as part of this year’s recruiting class.

Mikkelson signs with MODO in Sweden

Brendan Mikkelson (226 GP, 16 G, 54 A with the Portland Winterhawks and Vancouver Giants from 2003-07) has signed with MODO Ornskoldsvik in Sweden for the 2020-21 season. Last season he played 28 games for Red Bull Salzburg in Austria scoring one goal and adding four assists.