The Regina Pats held the first overall pick in the 2020 WHL Bantam Draft held on Wednesday and officially made Connor Bedard the first overall pick. Bedard has been granted exceptional status and will be able to join the Pats full-time in the 2020-21 season
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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 […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Chiefs’ scout hired as head coach of BCHL’s Express, Awards and Alumni news
Spokane Chiefs BC Bantam scout Dan Cioffi has been named head coach of the BCHL’s Coquitlam Express.
Daily Dose of the Dub: NHL Central Scouting releases final rankings, Johnson signs with Moose and more
The NHL Central Scouting Bureau released their final rankings for the 2019-20 season on Wednesday featuring 52 WHLers
Looking ahead to the 2020-21 WHL season: Overage situations
With the 2019-20 WHL season getting cut short and the 1999-born players not getting the send-off they deserved, we are left in this awkward position ahead of next season. Should everything be somewhat back to normal and the next WHL season be able to start in a normal way, […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Leafs sign Kral and Rubins, Oil Kings hand out team awards
The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed graduating defenseman Filip Kral (154 GP, 31 G, 89 A with the Spokane Chiefs from 2017-20) and defenseman Kristians Rubins (109 GP, 10 G, 41 A with the Medicine Hat Tigers from 2016-18) to entry-level contracts
Daily Dose of the Dub: More team awards handed out, Alumni News
The Kamloops Blazers handed out their team awards on Friday morning:
2019-2020 Prince George Cougars: Bright future
The Prince George Cougars were dealt some good news earlier this week. They won the 2020 WHL Bantam Draft Lottery which means they’ll now pick second, as opposed to the original fourth slot that they were in. The Regina Pats will select first overall and John Paddock has confirmed […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Blades sign Bocharov, Silvertips sign Hemmerling
The Saskatoon Blades signed defenseman Pasha Bocharov to a WHL Education Contract.