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The WHL Bantam Draft is an annual outing, in which the teams of the Western Hockey League (WHL) select players who have graduated from bantam. The draft's order of selection depends on where the team finishes in the league standings. The teams that miss the playoffs are placed into a lottery for the 1st round only.
McKenna was the first Yukon-born player to be drafted first overall in the Western Hockey League (WHL), being selected in the 2022 bantam draft by the Medicine Hat Tigers. Although he was granted exceptional player status by BC Hockey and Hockey Alberta , the third such player after Connor Bedard and Matthew Savoie , he did not receive ...
The WHL bantam draft is an annual event in which teams select players from bantam hockey league age groups (i.e. 14 or 15 years old). The order of selection depends on the league's standings. The order of selection depends on the league's standings.
Following the 2022–23 season, in which he recorded 19 goals and 47 points, [3] Yakemchuk was named to the WHL Central Division second all-star team. [4] In the 2023–24 season, Yakemchuk was selected as one of 40 draft-eligible players to play in the 2024 CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game.
Minten was drafted by Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League (WHL) in the fourth round of the 2019 WHL Bantam Draft. He joined Kamloops for the 2020–21 season where he progressed from the fourth line to the third line. In his second year, the Blazers made the 2022 WHL playoffs and Minten played in 17 games. [1]
While attending RINK Academy in Kelowna, where as a 15-year-old playing at the under-18 level he recorded 48 points in 32 games, Iginla was drafted ninth overall by the Seattle Thunderbirds in the 2021 Western Hockey League (WHL) bantam draft. [1] Iginla scored his first WHL goal on October 14, 2022, against the Edmonton Oil Kings. [2] In 48 ...
Catton was selected first overall by the Spokane Chiefs in the 2021 Western Hockey League (WHL) bantam draft. Although he considered playing college ice hockey, he ultimately chose the WHL. [2] In his first full WHL season, the 2022–23 season, he scored 23 goals and 55 points in 63 games. [3]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Yager was drafted third overall in the 2020 Western Hockey League (WHL) Bantam Draft by the Moose Jaw Warriors. [3] Due to the foregoing pandemic, Yager was able to make his major junior debut at the age of 15 without gaining "exceptional player" status.