WHL Draft

A Kelowna forward was the first to hear his name called at the 2022 WHL Prospects Draft on May 19. Hailing from Whitehorse, Yukon, Gavin McKenna skated with ...

He added five points in a trio of playoff games. McKenna said in the WHL’s livestream shortly after the pick that the experience is “awesome.” That all led up to McKenna being chosen as the first overall pick by the Medicine Hat Tigers.

With the first-overall pick in the 2022 WHL Prospects Draft, the Medicine Hat Tigers used the selection to take forward Gavin McKenna (Whitehorse, Yukon / Rink ...

Each season, WHL players also form the nucleus of Canada’s National Junior Hockey Team. Team: Delta Hockey Academy U15 Prep Stats: 28 GP – 19G-27A–46 points Team: Rink Hockey Academy U15 Prep Stats: 30 GP – 33G-48A–81 points Team: Okanagan Hockey Academy U15 Prep Stats: 30 GP – 12G-20A–32 points Team: Delta Hockey Academy U15 Prep Stats: 29 GP – 32G-18A–50 points Of the 22 players selected, there were 15 forwards and seven defencemen chosen.

MEDICINE HAT, AB - It was likely the worst kept secret in junior hockey, but the Medicine Hat Tigers finally h...

The Medicine Hat Tigers have selected Rink Hockey Academy forward Gavin McKenna with the first overall selection in Thursday's Western Hockey League ...

The Cochrane product recorded 22 goals and 23 assists over 30 games with RHA’s U15 prep squad this season. Fifteen picks later, the Tigers were back on the clock. “I’m a dynamic playmaker who likes to play with lots of speed, sees the ice very well and is very competitive and loves to win.” The 5-foot-7, 141-pound Edmonton product managed 13 goals and 39 assists over 30 games with OHA this season, as well as two goals and nine assists in nine games at the U16 level. I think he’s a player who gets faster when the has the puck.” It’s not every day you get to be selected first overall to such a great program,” McKenna said in an interview on the WHL’s draft livestream.

The Prince George Cougars landed some more scoring punch in today's (Thursday) WHL Prospects Draft (formerly known as the Bantam Draft).

Cam Schmidt to the@WHLGiantsand Chase Harrington to the @spokanechiefsWell deserved and the future is bright! Unreal seeing TWO Prince George products drafted 7th and 8th overall! — The WHL (@TheWHL)May 19, 2022

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The selection of Shurgot marks the third consecutive draft the Cougars have taken a Saskatchewan product with their first pick. He also spent eight games with the Saskatoon Blazers U18 team, tallying four points. With the ninth overall selection in the opening round of the 2022 WHL Prospects Draft, the Cougars selected forward Lee Shurgot.

History was made during the 2022 WHL prospect draft today. With the club's 13th round pick, 268th overall, the Vancouver Giants selected defenceman Chloe ...

"The Vancouver Giants are happy to recognize her strong play by drafting her to the Western Hockey League." “The Vancouver Giants are happy to recognize her strong play by drafting her to the Western Hockey League.” "Chloe's play this season in the top U15 league in Canada made her fully deserving of this selection today.— The WHL (@TheWHL)

Cameron Schmidt and Chase Harrington of Prince George went seventh and eighth overall in 2022 WHL draft and the P.G. Cougars chose Lee Shurgot 9th overall.

The Cougars got the player they were after in Shurgot, who averaged 3.43 points per game this past season with 57 goals and 43 assists for 100 points in just 31 games for the Generals, the team for which Cougars centre Riley Heidt played as a first-year bantam. Centre Aiden Foster of the Lloydminster Bobcats 15U triple-A squad went 61st overall to the Cougars, who acquired the pick in a trade with Red Deer. Foster put up 50 points, including 29 goals, in 32 regular season games. Harrington, listed at five-foot-10, 154 pounds, was also a prolific scorer this past season, leading Delta Hockey Academy U15 prep with 32 goals and 18 assists for 50 points in 29 games. “His ability to generate offence is unparalleled,” said Cougars’ director of scouting Bob Simmonds. “We wanted to add to our young, skilled forwards that we had already in place and we saw Lee as an excellent fit for our group going forward. The five-foot-eight, 132-pound Prince George native lit it up for six goals and 11 points in five playoff games. He’s a one-shot scorer and we are thrilled to have selected him today.”

Burnaby Winter Club player Chloe Primerano drafted into the Western Hockey League Thursday.

Primerano won’t be the first female to play in the league. “I would say I’m a two-way defenceman,” she said in a Giants interview. In 2021 goaltender Taya Currie became the first female drafted to the Ontario Hockey League when she was selected by the Sarnia Sting in the 14th round (267th overall). That title went to Shannon Szabados when she became the first female player to take to the ice in a regular season WHL game in September 2002. The Langley-based Giants have made hockey history as the first team to name a female player in the Canadian Hockey League Prospects Draft. Chloe Primarano is the first ever female to be selected in a WHL Bantam Draft.

Two members of the U15 AAA GPAC Storm have been picked in the Western Hockey League Prospects Draft.High Prair...

Medicine Hat, AB – The Medicine Hat Tigers are excited to announce that they've signed Gavin McKenna, the first overall pick from the 2022 WHL Prospects ...

It takes an entire family to get a player to this level, we’d like to thank Crystal, Willy and Gavin’s two sisters for their hard work and sacrifice. We’d also like to thank Gavin’s agent, Byron Ritchie and CAA in helping us sign Gavin.” McKenna who stands 5-foot-10 played in 35 games for the Rink Hockey Academy’s U18 team in Kelowna. The 2007-born forward registered 23 goals and added 42 assists, averaging 1.86 points per game playing in a league with players that are three and four years older than him.

2022 WHL Prospects Draft sees a handful of Abbotsford and Abbotsford-trained players selected.

— YHA_Lions (@YHA_Lions)May 19, 2022 — Braeden Cootes (@BraedenCootes)May 19, 2022 The defenceman had 42 points in 21 games with the U15 Prep Team. Hurricanes head scout Rob MacLahlan said they were thrilled to choose him. — Braeden Cootes (@BraedenCootes)May 19, 2022 YHA again had a good showing at the event, with a total of 10 players chosen. — YHA_Lions (@YHA_Lions)May 19, 2022

The Vancouver Giants have selected defender Chloe Primerano in the 2022 WHL Prospects Draft, the team announced Thursday, making her the first ever female ...

Taylor Green, Giants' manager of hockey operations said of Primerano. "Her processing speed allows her to consistently make good decisions in all three zones of the rink." Last year, goaltender Taya Currie was selected 267th overall by the Sarnia Sting, making her the first female to be selected in the OHL draft. The Vancouver Giants have selected defender Chloe Primerano in the 2022 WHL Prospects Draft, the team announced Thursday, making her the first ever female to be selected in the WHL Bantam Draft.

Primerano (North Vancouver, B.C.) skated in 30 games with Burnaby Winter Club U15 Prep this past season, registering 19 points (2G-17A). In total, 240 players ...

Each season, WHL players also form the nucleus of Canada’s National Junior Hockey Team. Team: Delta Hockey Academy U15 Prep Stats: 28 GP – 19G-27A–46 points Team: Rink Hockey Academy U15 Prep Stats: 30 GP – 33G-48A–81 points Team: Okanagan Hockey Academy U15 Prep Stats: 30 GP – 12G-20A–32 points Team: Yale Hockey Academy U15 Prep Stats: 21 GP – 19G-23A–42 points Team: Edge School U15 Prep Stats: 29 GP – 28G-29A–57 points Primerano (North Vancouver, B.C.) skated in 30 games with Burnaby Winter Club U15 Prep this past season, registering 19 points (2G-17A). Team: Yale Hockey Academy U15 Stats: 30 GP – 29G-38A–67 points Team: Delta Hockey Academy U15 Prep Stats: 29 GP – 32G-18A–50 points Team: Rink Hockey Academy Winnipeg U15 Prep Stats: 30 GP – 9G-26A–35 points Alberta led all provincial branches with 83 players selected. Team: Edge School U15 Prep Stats: 29 GP – 15G-23A–35 points

The Regina Pats were active during Thursday's WHL bantam draft -- and before it, too. Prior to the draft, the ...

The 15-year-old is from Onoway, Alta. “You have to try and draft (goal-scoring),” director of scouting Dale McMullin said. “This just came about between 9 and 10 o’clock when (Swift Current) reached out to me. Paddock feels MacInnes will create some competition in the crease going into training camp this August. The 14-year-old was second in the Saskatchewan AA Hockey League in goals (55) and third in points (92) in 31 games this season with the Saskatoon Outlaws. The 5-foot-11, 163-pound forward also played six games with the Saskatoon Blazers U18 AAA team. He’s a veteran goalie, so that’s what we did.”

Chloe Primerano, who plays defence for the Burnaby Winter Club U15 Prep team, was drafted by 268th overall in the 13th round by the Vancouver Giants.

“I’ve just got to keep working hard. “She is able to deliver the puck crisply both in breakout and transition situations. “I was driving home from school with my mom in the car, and I just, I was just praying for it,” Primerano said.