The Winnipeg ICE Have won the WHL Bantam draft lottery moving them up 1 spot. The 2019 WHL Bantam Draft will be held in Red Deer and is typically held on the first Thursday in May. It was once thought to be a one horse race with Matt Savoie being […]
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Inaugural WHL Lottery Prognostication, Part II
The big question will be answered shortly: who deserves to win the WHL Lottery the most?
Inaugural WHL Lottery Prognostication, Part I
Welcome to the Inaugural WHL Lottery Prognostication, where I will scientifically determine who should win the upcoming lottery!
Blades’ 2016 draft class spearheads playoff push
The two top picks by the Blades in the 2016 draft have helped turn around their franchise.
Overreaction Monday: We will see Matthew Savoie taken with a pick traded away by Regina or Swift Current
The conundrum of trading a first-round pick away for a roster player, is that this pick could end up being a high one as you enter the down part of your cycle. This is an issue facing both the Regina Pats and Swift Current Broncos this season. Regina went all-in […]
Stankoven stirs up excitement in successful debut
Logan Stankoven gave his hometown crowd a taste of what the future might hold, as he assisted on the winner in his debut.
Ice get their top-ranked player with Lambos
For Carson Lambos, Thursday was just another school day at Rink Hockey Academy in Winnipeg. However, just after his metalworking class began, the young 15-year-old defenceman learned he had been selected second overall by the Kootenay Ice in the WHL Bantam draft. Lambos said he kept up his regular routine […]
Rebels pleased with their selections at the 2018 WHL Bantam Draft
-Red Deer, AB Thursday was the beginning of the dream for the 2003 age group. The Red Deer Rebels held selections number seven and 16 in the first round of today’s WHL Bantam Draft and with it they chose the best players available to them. With the seventh overall selection […]
Blazers select hometown Stankoven
On Thursday, May 3rd the Kamloops Blazers entered the draft room in Red Deer, Alberta not knowing if Kamloops Product Logan Stankoven would be available to them when the selected at 5th overall. He was, and the team from the Tournament Capital made the obvious choice bringing in the home […]
Hitmen take Tschigerl at four
The Calgary Hitmen bucked their trend of taking a defenceman in the first round by landing a northern boy fourth overall during the annual Western Hockey League Bantam Draft. The process of turning around the fourth-worst season in franchise history took a big step forward this morning in Red Deer […]
