As the WHL inches closer to getting back on the ice, teams are making necessary transactions to sort out their rosters. The Edmonton Oil Kings have put the finishing touches on an offseason transaction, as they have signed 17-year-old right-handed defender, Ethan Peters to a WHL standard player agreement. […]
Tag: WHL Bantam Draft
Revisiting Edmonton Oil Kings 2008 bantam draft
The WHL Bantam Draft is a prestigious event that holds the dreams of any high-level bantam hockey player looking to make it to the next level. Think of the WHL as a mini NHL. Many kids want the chance to suit up in front of a big crowd and […]
Daily Dose of the DUB: Svejkovsky wins Memorial eCup, Warriors make trades, Chiefs release overage players, and more
Svejkovsky wins inaugural Memorial eCup What a performance!! He only needed two games to claim the best-of-three series. Lukas Svejkovsky is your inaugural Memorial eCup Champion!!@CHLHockey | @tigershockey | @KiaCanada #KiaCHLeCup pic.twitter.com/9B6h7XbO2T — The WHL (@TheWHL) December 18, 2020 Lukas Svejkovsky of the Medicine Hat Tigers is the inaugural winner […]
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 […]
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 […]
WHL Commissioner announces WHL U.S. Prospects Draft and U14 Challenge Cup
(Kent, WA) Tonight at the accesso ShoWare Center in Kent, Washington, the WHL announced further details about two events to take place in the spring of 2020. First, WHL Commissioner Ron Robison announced the Western Hockey League had created the U.S. Challenge Cup. “This is the first-ever tournament of its […]
Two is better than one: Giants add second Shepard
The reigning Western Conference champion Vancouver Giants made a rather significant step in shaping their roster for the upcoming 2019-20 WHL season. The club announced at a Wednesday morning press conference that they have signed 2002-born forward Cole Shepard to a WHL Standard Player Agreement. The five-foot-ten 152-pounder was originally drafted by […]
Prospect Profiles: Jackson Niedermayer and Lynden Hanvold
The 2019 WHL Bantam Draft was held in Red Deer, Alberta, on May 2nd, where the Vancouver Giants selected eleven 2004-born players. Two of their selections — Jackson Niedermayer and Lynden Hanvold — were teammates while playing for the Okanagan Hockey Academy Bantam Prep team, based out of Penticton, British Columbia. […]
Off-season has been busy for Kelowna Rockets
When the Kelowna Rockets dropped a 5-1 decision to the Kamloops Blazers in the Western Hockey League tiebreaker game on March 19, it signaled the beginning of an uncharacteristically lengthy off-season. And that is something the organization is not accustomed to. Indeed, for the first time since the spring of […]
13 picks and a not so minor trade – The 2019 Seattle Thunderbirds Bantam Draft recap
May 2nd, 2019, RED DEER, ALBERTA, CA The Western Hockey League’s annual life changing event for teenagers across western Canada and the United States went off with only a couple of hitches (depending on which team you support). In all, the Seattle Thunderbirds made 13 total selections, and two trades, […]