CHL Top Prospects Game

Callum Ritchie (Ontario Hockey League's Oshawa Generals) scored into an empty net and contributed a helper, while Colby Barlow (OHL's Owen Sound Attack) and ...

``I do it in practice all the time, but I've never actually tried to do it in a game. ``So you've always got to expect that and obviously it was good, I think, for the fans and everything.'' The pair exchanged blows over several moments before being separated by officials and sent to the box with fighting majors. Fists flew and Bedard was sent to the box for cross-checking. Carson Rehkopf (Ontario Hockey League's Kitchener Rangers) and Callum Ritchie (OHL's Oshawa Generals) each had a goal and an assist in the victory. ``We knew we were kind of the underdogs in that game,'' said Gauthier, a right-winger for the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Sherbrooke Phoenix.

Here are the WHL players that will skate with Team Red Wednesday! Carson Bjarnason, G, Brandon Wheat Kings Bjarnason, the top-ranked North American Goaltender ...

Myatovic is ranked #47 among North American Skaters by NHL Central Scouting. Cagnoni, the #34 North American Skater in the NHL Central Scouting Rankings, has collected a dozen multi-point games in Portland this season. From Vancouver, B.C., the 6-foot-2 Levis has collected 35 points with the Kamloops Blazers this season ahead of a spring that will see the Club host the 2023 Memorial Cup. Undrafted in the WHL Prospects Draft, Luca Cagnoni has carved a starring role on the Portland Winterhawks blueline since joining the Club during the shortened 2020-21 WHL season. Bedard, from North Vancouver, B.C., has recorded at least a point in his last 32 contests with Regina, scoring 12 times in five games with the Pats since returning from a gold-medal performance with Canada at the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship. This season, Bjarnason has collected 17 victories in his first campaign as the number-one netminder with the Brandon Wheat Kings, boasting a .913 save percentage along the way.

British Columbia is well represented at the 2023 CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game, including people who played with and against Connor Bedard growing up.

"But that being said, it's not the end all, be all." "It's unreal, especially to have it right here in Langley," said the 6-foot-4, 208-pound pivot, who just turned 18 in December. Still, players can't afford to coast when many of them have a lot on the line, barely five months out from the highly anticipated 2023 NHL Draft in Nashville in late June. "A lot of it was just trusting (coach) Mike (Johnston's) plan that he gave me," said Cagnoni. "They picked me up when I went undrafted, so obviously it's a special place in my heart," said Cagnoni, who has put up 39 points in 41 games with the Winterhawks so far this season. "We've always had a lot of competition here in B.C., so it's something that's really fun," he said. "I think we've known for a while now that B.C. I think that kind of goes unnoticed for people watching — he's so good on the forecheck." "I mean, he's got all that skill and he's such a hound on the puck. Another Bedard chum, Andrew Cristall of the Kelowna Rockets, is tied for third in WHL scoring with 62 points and ranked No. "He's always been a special player," Benson said. This is not a typo: he has 17 points in five games with Regina in January.

Kitchener Rangers forward Carson Rehkopf skates through the defence and snipes the go-ahead goal in the third period of the CHL Top Prospects Game.

Forty players who are expected to hear their names called at the 2023 NHL draft will take to the ice in Langley tonight. It's the CHL Top...

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LANGLEY, B.C. – The NHL scouting world has descended upon Langley, just outside of Vancouver, for one of the premier prospect showcases of the season.

At the CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game, he has yet another national stage to do it on. Beyond Bedard and Benson, there are no other players inside the top 20 on NHL Central Scouting’s most recent rankings on Team Red's roster. [@WHLPats]captain Connor Bedard spoke with the media ahead of the 2023 [@KubotaCanadaLtd]CHL / NHL Top Prospects Game. Usually those two are battling on opposite sides of the ice, which makes Bedard a little more relieved they can be on the same side for once. An especially mature 17-year-old, Bedard always seems to find a way to show up when the spotlight is brightest. "I prepare the same way every single game," Bedard said. If he couldn't top all of that, he's currently in the midst of one of the most productive seasons the WHL has seen in 30 years. Bedard is the top scorer in all of the CHL with a staggering 81 points and 39 goals in just 33 games. Now you're seeing every fan base of NHL teams at the bottom of the standings cringe with every win and silently (or not so silently) fist pump when their favorite team loses. The CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game will feature 40 high-end prospects eligible for the 2023 NHL Draft including North Vancouver native and No. Few 17-year-old hockey players have ever seen the level of attention, expectation and hope that has surrounded Bedard for more than a year now. He’s the guy everyone wants to see and he’s the one even all the other players have to answer questions about.

The Regina Pats' Connor Bedard was held scoreless in Wednesday's CHL-NHL Top Prospects Game, which was played in Langley, B.C..

The sports world is ever-changing, as are the times. He is expected to be the first player drafted June 28 in Nashville. Bedard was penalized for cross-checking Ritchie after his empty-net goal. Article content Each week, sports editor Rob Vanstone will provide additional commentary on the Roughriders, Pats and other teams/sports of interest, along with a peek behind the curtain.

Forty of the top draft-eligible prospects in the CHL will take the ice tonight in Langley, BC.

Scott Wheeler's notebook from two games that serve as important measuring sticks for the top prospects in this year's draft class.

There were questions coming in about whether he’d even play in the game and then he was great. He was a little quiet in the first and third but had a couple of looks in each (naturally) and plenty of opportunities in the second. He scored the opening goal getting open in the slot and leaning into that hard catch-and-release wrister of his to rip it off the post and in. F Oliver Moore: With the NTDP’s top line playing opposite him on Team Blue, the game was an opportunity for Moore to be the guy for Team Blue and really own the moment and that’s exactly what he did. Didn’t end up on the scoresheet but in a game that seemed to lack skill his was on display. F Luca Pinelli: Had one of the best shifts of the game, where I counted three shots on goal without the puck leaving the offensive zone and a couple of retrievals to get it back as well as a couple moments of deception. Some of the quickest in the draft. Pinelli probably would have been my player of the game for White, but Rehkopf was a deserving recipient. Got rewarded after a few other shifts like that when he popped loose and scored from the slot on a nice catch-and-release. He displayed some soft touch in the game too and set up Benson’s late goal with a nice play from below the goal line. That was all you needed to see for the rest of the week. I thought he was Red’s most noticeable player offensively throughout so it was nice to see him get rewarded for it with a goal from the slot in the final minute.

LANGLEY, B.C. — Even the best players in the Canadian Hockey League can feel like underdogs at times. Heading into the Kubota CHL/NHL top prospects game in ...

"So you've always got to expect that and obviously it was good, I think, for the fans and everything." And I was shocked a bit when I got it up.” Ratzlaf kept tight to his post, however, and the ensuing shot bounced off the goalie's shoulder. Fists flew and Bedard was sent to the box for cross-checking. The pair exchanged blows over several moments before being separated by officials and sent to the box with fighting majors. Cataford opened the scoring for Red 3:22 into the opening frame. "I do it in practice all the time, but I've never actually tried to do it in a game. Carson Rehkopf (Ontario Hockey League's Kitchener Rangers) and Callum Ritchie (OHL's Oshawa Generals) each had a goal and an assist in the victory. “We knew we were kind of the underdogs in that game," said Gauthier, a right-winger for the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Sherbrooke Phoenix. "He's got a great release, he can shoot from anywhere and he's very dynamic. White not only won 4-2, but they kept Bedard off the scoresheet. They talk about him a lot," the goalie said.

The spotlight will be on Connor Bedard once again when he headlines the Kubota CHL/NHL top prospects game in Langley, B.C., on Wednesday.

And, I don't know what the score is going to be or anything, I know everyone will be competing and trying to win.” And he's a special player, he'll put it in the back of the net.” “We're all competitive and no one wants to lose," he said. “It makes it easier when the players are as good as they are here, so I think that it definitely helps," he said. The spotlight will be on Bedard once again when he headlines the Kubota CHL/NHL top prospects game in Langley, B.C., on Wednesday. “I prepare the same way every single game," he said.

Hot off his second gold medal for Canada at the world junior hockey championship last month, Bedard is set to highlight the Kubota CHL/NHL top prospects game on ...

“You’ve just got to know he’s on the ice and where he is. “I think the biggest thing is that (scouts and NHL management) want winners,” he said. Notably, the Pats went 4-1 in B.C., with their lone loss being a 9-3 decision in Kamloops on Nov. “You’ve always got to be prepared for it and know where he is.” And you’ve just got to sort of deal with it as it comes.” In that game, though, Bedard tallied three points with two goals and an assist. “So it’s easy to focus on the team. “I grew up playing against him and he’s been doing all that to me. Those expectations come with extra attention for the up-and-coming stars. “Just do your best,” said the blueliner for the Ontario Hockey League’s London Knights. 1 at the NHL entry draft this summer. “I think you’ve just got to play your own game, and he’s going to do what he does out there.

Seattle's Scott Ratzlaff and Moose Jaw's Jackson Unger combined to stop 45 shots in the Team White net as Connor Bedard was held off the scoresheet in his ...

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LANGLEY, B.C. - Connor Bedard knows a thing or two about playing in big games. In the last six months, the 17-...

“I prepare the same way every single game,” he said. The spotlight will be on Bedard once again when he headlines the Kubota CHL/NHL top prospects game in Langley, B.C., on Wednesday. “Obviously there’s going to be bigger games than others, but I treat every one basically the same and I think that kind of helps me mentally going in.”

Top prospect Connor Bedard remains scoreless after two as Team Red head into the third period tied 1-1 with Team White at the CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game.

Barlow has 33 goals and 27 assists in 40 games with the Attack this season. Cataford has 22 goals and 29 assists in 43 games with the Moosehead this season. The North Vancouver native is projected to be the No.1 pick in the 2023 NHL Draft.

LANGLEY, B.C. - Carson Rehkopft had a goal and an assist and Team White took a 4-2 win over Team Red at the Ku...

Callum Ritchie (Ontario Hockey League’s Oshawa Generals) scored into an empty net and contributed a helper, while Colby Barlow (OHL’s Owen Sound Attack) and Luca Pinelli (OHL’s Ottawa 67’s) also scored for White in the annual showcase of 40 of the Canadian Hockey League’s top draft-eligible talents. Red’s goals came from Mathieu Cataford (Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s Halifax Mooseheads) early in the first period and Zach Benson (WHL’s Winnipeg ICE) with 36 seconds left on the clock. LANGLEY, B.C.

LANGLEY, British Columbia -- Carson Rehkopf, No. 31 on NHL Central Scouting's midterm ranking of North American skaters presented by BioSteel, ...

he's a great player and he's going to probably have great things come his way in the future." "I've worked a little bit on the stuff over the summer and trained in these specific areas a lot too," Lardis said. "You're seeing a lot of prospects coming out of there, and you're going to see more over the next few years. I was No. Kalan Lind (6-0, 158; No. "I think it's a great resource to have guys that work at that level in the game," Mann said. "I think it's for the benefit of both of us. So, if I have questions, I can ask him, and he's able to give me things that I can work on in my own kind of way away from the team. Zach Benson (No. Riley Heidt (No. He's a projected second-round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft and considered a two-way player with power-forward upside. Scott Ratzlaff (No.

Carson Rehkopf of the OHL's Kitchener Rangers was named player of the game after the annual Canadian Hockey League Top Prospects Game held in Langley, ...

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The Top Prospects game showcasing the best CHL players up for the NHL Draft went down Wednesday night and scout Jason Bukala shares some of his takeaways.

He won the ensuing puck battles and took the play to the net. He was above the play when his team didn’t have the puck and worked effectively along the boards and around the net. The Flint Firebird forward plays quick and fast and he can be a threat off the rush. Off the rush he displayed his speed and long reach as elements that can translate to the NHL game. • The Guelph Storm have played better as a team for an extended period of time and defenceman Cameron Allen is part of the reason they are improving. He was held off the scoresheet and ended the game a minus-2. Benson isn’t a pure burner in open ice or in transition, but he’s elusive when he cuts back and across the seem. Lind was celebrating his 18th birthday last night and left scouts with a massive impression of what he can bring to the team that drafts him. His was especially impressive in the second period, though. He clocked in for the full 60 minutes and dropped the mitts with Sudbury Wolves forward Alex Pharand. With the game out of reach for Team Red, Lind blocked a shot with less than two seconds left off the stick of Bedard. His infectious energy and compete was noticeable every time he rolled over the boards.