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Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
2025 WHL Prospects Draft First-Round Recap
WHL Draft Logo The first round of the 2025 WHL Prospects Draft is now complete. 23 players heard their names called, including Maddox Schultz, who went first overall to the Regina Pats. Here is a look at which players were selected in the first round. 1st Overall: Regina Pats: Maddox Schultz, Forward, Regina Pat Canadians U18 AAA 2nd Overall: Edmonton Oil Kings: Holden Wouters, Defenceman, St. George's School U15 Prep 3rd Overall: Regina Pats: Liam Pue, Forward, Langley Hockey Academy U18 4th Overall: Penticton Vees: Thor Liffiton, Defenceman, Calgary Northstars U15 AAA 5th Overall: Everett Silvertips: Reid Nicol, Forward, Brandon Wheat Kings U18 AAA 6th Overall: Vancouver Giants: Louis-Oscar Holowaychuk, Forward, St. George's School U15 Prep 7th Overall: Red Deer Rebels: Nolan Wolitski, Defenceman, Northern Alberta Xtreme U15 Prep 8th Overall: Edmonton Oil Kings: Christopher Kokkoris, Defenceman, Yale Hockey Academy U15 Prep 9th Overall: Tri-City Americans: Ben Oliverio, Forward, Calgary Northstars U15 AAA 10th Overall: Wenatchee Wild: Kalen Miles, Forward, Northern Alberta Xtreme U15 Prep 11th Overall: Kamloops Blazers: Mateo Ferreira, Defenceman, Winnipeg Bruins U15 AAA 12th Overall: Brandon Wheat Kings: Cruz Jim, Defenceman, Northern Alberta Xtreme U15 Prep 13th Overall: Vancouver Giants: Crosby Mateychuk, Defenceman, Eastman Selects U15 AAA 14th Overall: Kamloops Blazers: Teagen Bouchard, Forward, Northern Alberta Xtreme U15 Prep 15th Overall: Saskatoon Blades: Kain Martinuik, Forward, Shattuck St. Mary's 14U AAA 16th Overall: Prince Albert Raiders: Athens Shingoose, Forward, RINK HA Winnipeg U15 Prep 17th Overall: Prince George Cougars: Cohen Baker, Forward, Burnaby Winter Club U15 Prep 18th Overall: Moose Jaw Warriors: Kash Elke, Forward, Humboldt Broncos U15 AA 19th Overall: Victoria Royals: Roan Greschuk, Defenceman, St. Albert Sabres U15 AAA 20th Overall: Kelowna Rockets: Will Kelts, Defenceman, Northern Alberta Xtreme U15 Prep 21st Overall: Seattle Thunderbirds: Brook Haile, Defenceman, Calgary Northstars U15 AAA 22nd Overall: Swift Current Broncos: Cohenn Rotar, Forward, Grande Peace Storm U15 AAA 23rd Overall: Regina Pats: Logan Henry, Forward, Burnaby Winter Club U15 Prep Make sure you bookmark THN's WHL site and add us to your favourites on Google News for the latest news, exclusive interviews, breakdowns, and so much more. Swift Current Ships Two Skaters, Acquire Picks In Double Deal Calgary Hitmen Deal Captain In Draft Day Blockbuster Medicine Hat Tigers To Watch During The 2025 WHL Final Spokane Chiefs To Watch During The 2025 WHL Final Several WHL Skaters Shine At World U18 Championships
Edmonton Journal
08-05-2025
- Business
- Edmonton Journal
Oil Kings opt for pair of defencemen with two first-round picks in WHL bantam draft
Article content Oil Kings GM Kirt Hill, who engineered the Moose Jaw trade last year with the Warriors as they eventually won the WHL championship, didn't even try to offer his No. 2 and No. 8 to Regina this year with a whimsical chance they might give up the No. 1 for two cracks in the draft. 'I think that was a non-starter for them with anything I was offering them,' laughed Hill, who decided to stock his asset cupboard with back-end additions. After taking centre Kayden Stroeter fifth last year and with Jarome Iginla's 16-year-old son Joe in the fold, too, after his rookie WHL season, they passed on two high-end forwards — Liam Pugh from B.C. and Reid Nichol from Manitoba, who both played U18 as 14-year-olds like Schultz. Regina traded with Kelowna for third overall to take Pugh, with the Rockets, who are hosting the 2026 Memorial Cup, getting a tidy 26th overall pick this year and the 2026 and 2017 first-rounders from the Pats. 'We talked about that, too, but you saw the assets that went for it. Once the prices got that high we weren't willing to do that,' said Hill, who might have opted for a forward at No. 3 but was very happy to add defencemen to the pipeline at 2 and 8.
National Post
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- National Post
Take Five Edmonton Events: Dance to the sweet music at the Oilers playoff parties
Article content Oilers Tailgate Party: It's playoff time with a number of musical crossovers, including at the arena-adjacent Fan Park and Tailgate Party if you want to dance a little in between biting those nails! Article content South of the rink, north of the Bob and Doug statue, DJ DJ Alize will be hosting the official Tailgate Party from a balcony at the tip of the arena overlooking the crowd, spinning tunes when appropriate. Article content Over at the Fan Park east of Rogers Place where Shania Twain and OLP played last year, Oil Kings DJ Post Meridian will be entertaining that crowd, so take your pick — but do arrive early. Article content And of course, the Oilers Drum and Brass Crew tends to rove around, so keep an ear out for them … pretty hard to miss, really. Article content If you didn't know this already, you can also usually watch away games inside the rink for $10, net proceeds after costs heading to the Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation. Article content Details: 5 p.m. Friday, 4:30 p.m. Sunday south and east of Rogers Place, free Article content Hockey pubs: One of the great things about being in another Canadian city as the playoffs churn is you can usually find a bar that's playing the Oilers, and even up at North Country Fair people gather in the tool shed! Article content As for seeing the games in town right now, here's a few personal favourites in the core as the fever builds. Article content If you can get on the patio at The Pint (10125 109 St.), this is one of the best places to feel the mayhem as the hockey-stick adorned vehicles honk up and down 109 Street looking for love — this is of course true for any Jasper Avenue and Whyte Avenue spot with open-air seating, so have your pick. Article content Article content Sherlock Holmes downtown (10012 101A Ave.) has a great, dog-friendly patio and is close to the action when we win — and, musically, pub favourite Alex McKinnon will be playing between periods as the game takes precedence (but also Saturday night). They're also doing ticket draws for every home game, so pop by. Article content Right at the edge of the Ice District with no less than 11 TVs, the new O'Byrnes at 10235 101 St. has DJ UKNWHO and DJ Medzo spinning in rotation post games, with more ticket draws happening here as well. Article content Of course, drink specials are rampant everywhere and every local appreciates your patronage — please don't forget to tip your servers well after you screamed at referees all night!
