Prospects Hockey – WHL

Prospects Hockey Magazine – WHL Digital Edition – Spring 2016

NATIONAL CONTENTS:

Finding Diamonds in the Rough

The search for a mid-to-late round gem at the NHL Draft often defines a team’s success at the drafting table. Here’s a look at 10 Canadian Hockey League players who could fit that definition this year.

By Peter Robinson

Q+A Colby Armstrong

Fifteen years after he hoisted the trophy as a member of the Red Deer Rebels and now working as a broadcaster with Sportsnet, Colby Armstrong reflects on winning the national championship.

Long time Coming

The Red Deer Rebels will host the first MasterCard Memorial Cup in Alberta in more than four decades and they have the team that could win the championship.

By Daniel Nugent-Bowman

Lifetime Connections

The friendships and bonds that form in major junior hockey last long after a player graduates and often continue well in to retirement.

By Bob Duff

WHL CONTENTS:

New Man with a Plan

Brent Kisio has the Lethbridge Hurricanes revitalized in his first year as head coach. Tyler Wong, Giorgio Estephan, Brayden Burke and Andrew Nielsen have led a group that is poised to reverse the franchise’s recent history of missing the playoffs.

By Peter Robinson

WHL Scholarship

Since 1993, more than 5,500 graduates of the WHL have utilized the Scholarship program put in place over two decades ago. Many of those graduates excel in both the classroom and the ice, in a quest to win the University Cup. 

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