Many people were calling the 2020 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft the deepest in quite a few years. Led by Connor Bedard who was picked first overall by the Regina Pats, the draft included so many top prospects and the Brandon Wheat Kings were able to get in on […]
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Daily Dose of the Dub: Wheat Kings sign Johnson, Winterhawks parent company files for bankruptcy
The Brandon Wheat Kings have signed 2020 WHL Bantam Draft second-round pick Trae Johnson to his WHL Education Contract
Daily Dose of the Dub: Wheat Kings sign Mantei, Plouffe commits to Golden Bears
Wheat Kings sign Mantel Welcome to the Brandon Wheat Kings, Quinn! Read: https://t.co/Pb3aKrCwqq#BWK ?? pic.twitter.com/oa1ap7q5pU — Brandon Wheat Kings (@bdnwheatkings) May 8, 2020 The Brandon Wheat Kings have signed their 2020 first-round bantam draft pick Quinn Mantei to his Standard Player Agreement. Playing for the Weyburn Whitecap Wings in […]
Wheat Kings’ Patera up for prestigious award
Jiri Patera’s journey to North America came after several years of competitive hockey in his home country of the Czech Republic. It now includes a shot at the prestigious award of Goaltender of the Year. Although his North American junior career ended in Canada, his start was with the […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Hope out in Victoria, More prospects sign Education contracts
The Victoria Royals have announced that Cameron Hope won’t be back in his role as President and General Manager for the 2020/21 season.
Daily Dose of the Dub: Four WHL prospects sign, Hlinka Gretzky canceled
Tuesday was the sixth day since the 2020 WHL Bantam Draft took place and the Red Deer Rebels signed the sixth overall pick Kalan Lind.
Brandon Wheat Kings add 11
The Western Hockey League Bantam Draft was staged earlier than normal this year due to the season being cut short because of COVID-19. As a result, the draft went virtual and it was held last Wednesday with Connor Bedard going first overall to the Regina Pats. Prior to even […]
Top 5 Bantam Drafts in team history: Brandon Wheat Kings
With the 2020 WHL Bantam Draft coming tomorrow morning and all of us missing WHL hockey because of the current pandemic, we at DUBNetwork thought it would be fun to look at the past WHL Bantam Draft classes for all 22 teams and rank them. We will be posting these […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Hurricanes, Royals complete WHL’s first off-season trade + More award news
The Lethbridge Hurricanes have acquired overage defenseman Mitchell Prowse, an eighth-round pick in 2022, and a conditional seventh-round pick in 2021 from the Victoria Royals for Nick Dorrington, a seventh-round pick in 2020 and a fourth-round pick in 2021.
Looking ahead to the 2020-21 WHL season: import situations
There is a lot of uncertainty surrounding the 2020-21 WHL season as a whole. Will it start on time? Will it happen at all? Will import players be able to come back to North America? It will be a while before we get any clarity on these three questions […]